NSF: The American Competitiveness Initiative January 10, 2007 Hosted by: Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri The Metropolitan St. Louis Grants Conference

2 Along the Road Ahead Backdrop – The overall “environment” includes: –The political landscape –Constrained budgets –“War time” environment –Disaster relief funding –Deficit reduction –Economic uncertainty –Trade deficit

3 Along the Road Ahead There is some potential good news for R&D –The American Competitiveness Initiative

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5 American Competitiveness Initiative Boost physical sciences More attention to math and science education in public schools Focus on applied energy research Make Research and Experimentation Federal tax credit permanent But: Flat lines NIH for next 5 years Freezes NASA’s spending on earth and space sciences

6 American Competitiveness Initiative Haves: Double over 10 years: –DOE Science Programs –NSF NIST DHS: +$18 million for research on nuclear detection and forensics ED: Invest $326 million total in Math and Science Education (+51%)

7 American Competitiveness Initiative Have Nots: NIH: +1% –Some few winners: + $110 million for bio defense fund + $49 million for initiative on genes, environment and health +15 million for new bridge award for young investigators NASA: +1% –A host of science missions being placed on hold including: The space interferometry telescope A probe to search for Earth-like planets Spacecraft to measure global precipitation EPA: 6.7% in S&T account NOAA: $279 million

8 Congress and the Budget: The Future Appears Bright

9 NSF’s Key Congressional Players House and Senate Budget Committees Authorization Committees –House Science Committee/Sub-committees –Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee –Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee Appropriations Committees –New committee structure: House and Senate – new staff

10 Role of Appropriations Subcommittees In FY 2006, they dispersed > $843 billion of discretionary funds. Work with Congressional leadership and members to address priorities of budget resolution. Data Source: Table S-4. Discretionary Funding by Appropriations Subcommittee, FY 2007 Budget of the U.S. Government, p. 316.

Current $ $9.5B$210.2B$2,396B

12 FY 2006 and 2007 R&D Budget Highlights FY 2006 DHS: 25.5 % over 2005 Agriculture: Level with 2005 Defense: 3.2 % over 2005 NASA: 11.7 % over 2005 NIH: 0.2 % over 2005 Commerce: –NOAA: 4.5% under 2005 –NIST: 4.9% under 2005 DOE Science: 1.6% under 2005 USGS: 2.6 % over 2005 EPA: 6.3% under 2005 FY 2007* DHS: 1.6 % over 2006 Agriculture: 16.5 % under 2006 Defense: 3.2 % over 2006 NASA: 7.5 % over 2006 NIH: 0.1% over 2006 Commerce: –NOAA: 6.3% under 2006 –NIST: 6.4% over 2006 DOE Science: 14.4% over 2006 USGS: 4.3% under 2006 EPA: 7.2% under 2006 * Impact of appropriations not yet known Data Source: Table 5-1 Federal Research and Development, FY 2007 Analytical Perspectives, p. 49 and OMB MAX database.

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18 Key House/Senate Language House –Innovation Inducement Prize Senate –$101.2M - Plant Genome Research Program –$50.7M - National Radio Astronomy Observatories –$57 M - polar icebreaking activities –Full Support for Office of International Science and Engineering and the National Nanotechnology Initiative

19 MREFC Projects Ongoing –EarthScope - $27.4M –IceCube – $28.7M –Scientific Ocean Drilling Vessel $42.88M –South Pole Station Modernization - $9.13M –ALMA - $45.14M New –Alaska Region Research Vessel at $56M –Ocean Observatories Initiative at $13.5M –National Ecological Observatory Network at $11.8M

20 President’s Comp Initiative President’s American Competitiveness Initiative Double the NSF budget over 10 years Cover image credit: Eric J. Heller, Harvard University

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22 $6.02 billion (Increase from FY 2006: $439 million, 7.9%) Big Picture

23 Sensors Explosives Sensors for the Detection of Explosives $20 million Credit: Mete Sozen and Julio Ramirez, Purdue University School of Civil Engineering

24 International Polar Year IPY Michael Van Woert, NOAA $62 million

25 Science Metrics Science Met Rev $6.8 million

26 Cyberinfrastructure $597 million Petascale Computing $50 million Credit: NCSA, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and NOAA. Credit: Bob Wilhelmson, NCSA and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Lou Wicker, National Severe Storms Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Matt Gilmore, Lee Cronce, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois. Visualization by Donna Cox, Robert Patterson, Stuart Levy, Matt Hall, Alex Betts, NCSA.

27 Sunflower blank Bolstering K-12 Education Discovery Research K-12 $104 M Grand Challenges Developing effective science and mathematics assessments for K-12 Improving science teaching and learning in the elementary grades Introducing cutting-edge discoveries into K-12 classrooms Credit: Barry Myers