EPP Program at NSF

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EPP Program at NSF

• M. Goldberg, J. Kotcher,
• M. Pripstein, J. Stone, R. Ruchti

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Topics

• Recent Items
• Americas Competitiveness Initiative
• FY07 Budget Rollout
• Themes from talks by Arden Bement and Michael
  Turner
• NSF/PHY Committee of Visitors
• NSF/EPP Background Information

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EPP Portfolio

• University Program
• Accelerator based physics
• Computational physics
• CESR
• LHC Construction and Operations
• Accelerator and Detector RD (APPI)
• Coordination with other groups (PNA)
• Non-accelerator
• DUSEL
• Partnerships

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Underlying Themes

• Empowering University-Based Investigators
• Adding Value
• Broadening Participation
• Single Investigators
• RUIs
• Non-traditional/Underrepresented participants
• Education and Outreach Activities
• Partnerships
• Building Interdisciplinary Collaboration

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NSF FY07 Priorities

• From Turners Feb 6 Talk on FY07 Rollout.
• Advancing the Frontier (grant support)
• Facility Stewardship, Instrumentation and
  CyberInfrastructure
• Broadening Participation
• Education and Workforce Development

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Advancing the Frontier

• Elementary Particle Physics (EPP), fundamental
  research across
• the energy frontier the attempt to discover new
  fundamental particles and laws of physics by
  studying collisions at the highest energies
  achievable with current and future accelerators
• the neutrino frontier exploration of the
  properties of the neutrino, a particle now known
  to carry mass and believed to be fundamental to
  understanding the developing universe and
• the cosmic frontier the study of dark matter
  and dark energy.
• Physics of the universe (POU), a set of
  activities carried out in partnership with DOE
  and NASA for exploring
• the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy
• the earliest phases in development of the
  universe
• the fundamental nature of time, matter and space
  and
• the role of gravitation.

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Advancing the Frontier

• Fundamental mathematical and statistical science,
  strengthening the core of the Mathematical
  Sciences Priority Area and enable effective
  partnering across NSF as well as with NIH and
  DARPA.
• Physical sciences at the nanoscale, the
  foundation for innovative nanoscale technologies
  in partnership with other NSF organizations and
  the government-wide National Nanotechnology
  Initiative.
• Cyberinfrastructure and the cyberscience it
  enables, connecting with NSFs high priority
  activities in this area and the government-wide
  Networking and Information Technology RD
  activities.
• Molecular basis of life processes, study of
  complex biological systems in areas such as
  self-assembly of disordered collections of
  molecules into the elements of living systems
  protein folding membranes and emergence of
  physiological processes such as breathing and
  thinking out of complex, coupled arrays of
  individual reactions.
• Sustainability, areas that link the physical
  sciences with environmental sustainability,
  including green chemistry, water chemistry and
  energy.

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MPS by Division
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10-Year Funding History
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EPP Funding History
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Partnerships

• Cyberscience
• Tier 2c with OCI
• UltraLight with OCI
• Trillium/OSG with OCI and DOE
• Education with research
• QuarkNet with OMA, EHR and DOE/HEP
• CHEPREO with OMA, OCI, EHR, OISE
• I2U2 with OMA, EHR, PHY
• Mariachi OCI funded
• CyberBridges OCI funded

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Programs of Interest

• MREFC
• MRI
• DDDAS
• CI-TEAM
• PIF
• GK12
• IPSE
• See NSF website
• www.nsf.gov
• New Themes

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Summary

• The signs from Washington are good.
• We take advice from the community seriously.
• We respond to proposals.

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Additional Slides
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MPS FY07 Budget Highlights

• 65M (6) Over FY06 Current Plan to 1.15B
• Increased support for the grants programs (great
  discovery machine) across the Divisions (AST
  13 PHY 6.4 CHE 5.5 DMR 5 and DMS 3)
• New investment in Elementary-particle Physics
  frontier activities (5M in FY06 to 15M in FY07
  and beyond)
• Increased support for Nanoscale Science (14.9M)
  and Cyber activities (4.3M), NB 50M in OCI
  toward a petascale capability
• Increased support for Physics of the Universe
  activities (8.5M) in AST, PHY
• Increased support for Molecular Basis of Life
  Activities (9.4M in CHE, DMR, PHY)
• Increased support for facility operations LHC
  (4.6M), Gemini (1.7M), LIGO (1.3M), CESR
  (0.15M) and early operations for ALMA (2M)
• Increased support for public/private partnership
  in optical/IR (1.1M for AODP, 2M for TSIP)
• Increased support for Materials mid-scale
  instrumentation (1M) and Astronomy ATI (3.7M)
• Design and development funding for GSMT (5M),
  continued funding for Energy Recovery Linac
  (ERL), DUSEL and LSST
• Increased support for Participation and
  Education/Workforce Activities (8.5M)

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Examples of Award Types

• Standard Grant Variable time length. Funds
  given in one shot.
• Continuing Grant Typically 3 years (can be 5
  years). Funding set for initial year and out
  years unless specified otherwise.
• Cooperative Agreement Required for large
  awards, particularly for Centers, Facilities,
  Projects.
• Supplement Can be attached to any active award,
  up to 20 of total award commitment (at
  discretion of PO).
• SGER Small grant given for topical or high
  potential pay-off activity.

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Other Awards

• MREFC Major Research Equipment awards - for
  projects which exceed a minimum of 100M over the
  project life. Involves the NSB directly. Timing
  depends upon NSF priority and NSB schedule.
• (examples LHC, CLEO, RSVP)
• MRI Major Research Infrastructure awards for
  developing university scientific infrastructure.
  Proposal deadline is late January of a given
  year.
• (examples Aspects of the DØ Upgrade, MICE
  electronics development.) Award maxima for two
  types of awards (800k, 2M)

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Typical NSF Fiscal Year for University Base
Support

• September Target date for proposals for next FY
• October Proposals sent for ad hoc review
• Fall Visits by Project Leaders
• December EPP Panel Review
• Winter Site visits as needed
• Winter/Spring Declinations sent out
• Spring Funding awards initiated
• Summer Hold for final awards and supplements
• July Deadline, Career Proposals for next FY

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Program Guidance

• HEPAP
• P5
• NUSAG, AARD
• DETF, CMB, DMSAG
• University SAG (upcoming)
• Other
• Laboratory PACs
• MUFAC
• FALC

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Effective Funding for EPP