1. Edward Seidel Acting Assistant Director Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences Mathematical and Physical Sciences Advisory Committee 1 April 2010 ALMARicci FlowArtificial Life

2. Outline of Meeting l AD Update »FY 2009 ARRA, FY 2010, FY 2011 Budgets »Status of Searches »Discussion on Strategic Planning –Budget oriented, but driven by science l MPSAC Working Group Reports »Thank You!! They are already having impact. l Divisional Breakout Sessions l CEOSE Report, Energy and Data Workshop Reports l Input on FY 2012

3. Budget Context l The budget climate is complex »President, congress recognize basic research and NSF’s central role –Still, need to make this case! »Discretionary spending frozen –Science and NSF still priority –Assume doubling over next years l Priority areas of climate, energy will be reflected in budgets »MPS is fundamental to advances

4. MPS FY 2009 ARRA l $490M total investment in MPS R&RA + $146M MREFC l Research and Education grants - $402M »Close to 400 new PIs »85 CAREER awards »Major investments in GRF, REU, post-doc programs »Over 70 energy and over 25 climate awards l Facilities and Instrumentation support - $88M »10 MPS-supported user facilities received funding, for operations, maintenance, safety upgrades, saving jobs l Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST) »$146M in MREFC construction »Tremendous boost for solar astronomy

5. Selected Highlights since November 2009 l LHC colliding protons at 7 Tev! l CHESS/CESR award to Cornell approved by NSB l IceCube observatory nearing completion; ops award approved l Jim Ulvestad joined AST as DD! l New DMS institute competition coming to a close l CHE/DMR “SciArt” solicitation l Survived historic snowstorms »CHE and DMS CoVs rescheduled  Conference call with AC in June?

6. FY 2010 Current Plan by Division FY 2010 Highlights Core research programs, CAREER, GRF, Centers, Facilities operations CDI, Cyberinfrastructure, SEBML, Climate and Energy research NSF Budget: $6.87 B, +8.0%

7. MPS request: $1.41B + 4.3% (+ $58.07M) MPS FY 2011 Budget Request l NSF overall budget request for FY 2011 »$7.4B, 8.0% increase (+ $552M) l MPS Budget Request Reflects NSF Priorities: »Support innovation in healthy core programs »Advance a strong scientific and technical workforce (CAREER, Postdoc, GRF, REU) »Invest in research addressing national priorities »Support center activity »Invest in facilities

8. MPS FY 2011 Budget Request Discovery +6.7% Average annualized increase 5% Details discussed in divisional breakouts!

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10. MPS FY 2011 Investments in NSF-wide Activities l NSF-wide activities FY 2011 »Science and Engineering Beyond Moore’s Law$32.18M »Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES)$110.50M »Intersection of Biological & Math/physical sciences $5.57M –New! Room for growth… l MPS-wide activities »CAREER –MPS funds 25% of all CAREER $50.68M »Graduate Research Fellows –Aiming to triple number of GRFs $6.62M CAREER request: + 5.8% (+$2.76M) GRF request: + 61% (+$2.51M) SEBML request: + 72.3% (+$13.5M) SEES request: + 27% (+$23M)

11. Status of Searches l Director: Arden Bement stepping down June 1 l Office of Assistant Director for MPS »I am still here, process ongoing l Division Directors »Astronomical Sciences: Jim Ulvestad »Interviews completed –Division of Chemistry –Division of Materials Research –Division of Mathematics l Deputy Division Directors »AST and DMR Bottom line: in spite of uncertainties we are doing OK!

12. White papers, divisional discussions This AC meeting is a critical step! Planning for FY 2012 l MPS AC Meeting »Divisional Priorities »Cross-cutting initiatives »Discussions with Tom Kalil, OSTP l MPS Internal Discussions »Series of meetings with Divisions in April »Retreat in May; strategic plan later in year l NSF-wide and beyond »AD Retreat last month: SEES, CF21, Education (major opportunities here) »FY 2012 Budget retreats, discussions with OSTP in May and June l Internal budget developed by summer end »Passback, president’s budget request

13. MPS Budget Challenges l MPS is by far largest directorate »$1.4B FY11 request, largest staff l Five very different divisions »Heterogeneous culture, programs, cultures, facilities l Difficult to articulate “top few priorities”; find common themes l Core Science Programs for Innovation »MPS spans the space of all science! »Specific drivers for “Core” include all WGs we will be discussing –Some may lead to specific programs Note: program not necessarily equated with solicitation!

14. Reports today; more discussion tomorrow; perhaps merge, continue as we decide. Need help with these going forward MPS/MPSAC Working Groups l Climate l Energy l Broadening Participation l Computation l Life Sciences l SEBML/QIS l Matter by Design l Facilities l Fundamental Science

15. Important All-NSF Activities for FY 2012 and beyond l Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES) l Cyberinfrastructure Framework for 21 st Century Science and Engineering l All NSF units participating in these activities l These will be multi-year investments l MPS can play a major role in each »Working groups will help inform how MPS focuses its activities

16. SEES l Major themes for SEES: »Building an integrated knowledge base --- addressing key gaps –Understanding fundamental processes in change; pathways and processes for energy; human decision making; computational modeling, data, experiments »Generating innovating strategies --- expanding the frontier –Analyzing pathways/scenarios in face of projected change; building sustainable energy economy; developing adaptation/mitigation strategies; building workforce l MPS critical at fundamental level of sustainability »Energy as a primary MPS theme: already $300M annually in MPS –New materials, solar, plasma, fusion, new processes –New thinking, innovation as MPS strength »Climate –Fundamental processes, atmospheric chemistry, etc l All Divisions can play: AST, PHY, DMS, CHE, DMR FY11 SEES request: $110.50 M

17. “Towards a Science of Sustainability” Workshop co-sponsored by MPS/DMS, BIO, CISE, ENG, GEO, SBE Co-organized by Simon Levin (Princeton) and William Clark (Harvard) Held at Airlie Center, November 30-December 2, 2009 Report published March 30, 2010 A Joint Initiative of the North American Mathematical Institutes: Climate Change, Sustainability and the Mathematical Sciences Fourteen mathematical institutes throughout North America have joined together to address the issues of climate change and sustainability. Simon Levin William Clark Sustainability

18. Remarks l SEES is likely to be a major multi-year effort »Dear Colleague Letter from all just released »New programs just being formulated; much to do still! l Many MPS strengths are critical to it; can grow »Climate, energy, matter-by-design »Computation, mathematical approaches »EaSM Solicitation just released –ALL MPS divisions participating! –Opportunities in Mathematical and Physical Sciences Earth System Modeling l May want to consider continuing some working groups merged into a broader SEES group »Climate, energy? »Other?

19. CF21: Cyberinfrastructure Framework… l High-end computation, data, visualization for transformative science; sustainability, extensibility. »Centers as hubs of innovation l MREFCs and collaborations including large-scale NSF collaborative facilities, international partners l Software, tools, science applications, and VOs critical to science, integrally connected to instruments l Campuses fundamentally linked end-to-end; grids, clouds, loosely coupled campus services, policy to support l People. Comprehensive approach workforce development for 21st century science and engineering 19 Looking to build cross-NSF, linked programs in all areas; MPS can leverage these investments. Examples: SI 2 software program; computational science postdoc program. Joint DCL from all NSF units in December, 2009. Looking to build cross-NSF, linked programs in all areas; MPS can leverage these investments. Examples: SI 2 software program; computational science postdoc program. Joint DCL from all NSF units in December, 2009.

20. Remarks l Data-enabled science workshop »Ideas resonate across entire Directorate »Will be exploring potential programs »Note: changes in NSF data policy under consideration l Computational Science working group »Recommendations at MPS-level very important also for CF21 »Envision hierarchy of activities –NSF-wide; Directorate-wide, Divisional »Any new programs, e.g., “SBE&S” will be able to leverage CF21 l Feed into core programs »SEBML/QIS, PIF, Computational Mathematics, … l Now and longer term: MPS can be a major driver of major science activities (e.g., Grand Challenges) on top of complex, integrated Cyberinfrastructure investments

21. Thoughts on going forward l Ongoing process towards FY 2012 and beyond l Organize joint activities with other ACs? »SEES: ERE, GEO, BIO, ENG, SBE »Life-sciences/MPS: BIO, CISE? »Computational/Data-enabled science: ACCI »Etc… l Workshops and further development of whitepapers?

22. What I Hope We Achieve Here l Good input to allow us to develop what is needed l Programs and budget l Decisions on future activities l Which working groups continue l Possible merging of groups that remain active l New groups on facilities and fundamental science case l Tomorrow is flexible to accommodate discussions we need to have l Breakouts, common discussion, etc l Good understanding with OSTP on priorities

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