Antarctic Aeronomy Solar-Terrestrial Physics and Astrophysics Program at NSF/OPP Budget and Perspectives

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Antarctic Aeronomy Solar-Terrestrial Physics
and AstrophysicsProgram at NSF/OPP Budget and
Perspectives
Workshop for South Pole Cosmology and
Astrophysics May 3-4, 2003
Vladimir Papitashvili Program Director, Office of
Polar Programs National Science
Foundation vpapita_at_nsf.gov Phone
703-292-7417 FAX [phone]
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Science at South PoleFY04 32 projects
Astrophysics and Cosmology 11 projects
Meteorology and Climatology 4 projects
Dark Sector
Clean Air Sector
AMANDA
Aeronomy and STP 12 projects
Geophysics and Glaciology 3 projects
Quiet Sector
Polar Medicine 1 project Science Writer 1 project
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Astrophysics and Cosmology Dark Sector
South Pole Telescopes
IceCube
2004-2009
AMANDA
10 m
DSL
MAPO
AST/RO
2007
SPASE

• To study formation and evolution of the early
  Universe
• To investigate interstellar space and galaxies
• To discover star formation regions

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Particle AstrophysicsDark Sector
Neutrino telescopes arrays of photo detectors
frozen in the ice
IceCube
AMANDA
SPASE
2007

• To detect high-energy neutrinos from deep space
• To probe new window into the Universe

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NSF/OPP Antarctic Aeronomy Astrophysics Program
in FY01
Astrophysics
Space Physics
Aeronomy

• CARA Projects
• ACBAR 290K
• AST/RO 280K
• DASI 1,440K
• SPARO 100K
• Balloon-born
• CMB studies 100K
• AMANDA 750K
• Cosmic Rays
• and SPASE 440K
• --------------------------------------------------
  -----------
• Total 3,400K
• 8 funded projects

• Ozone monitoring 230K
• Mesosphere and
• Thermosphere 220K
• Middle-atmosphere Dynamics 150K
• -----------------------------------------------
• Total 600K
• 5 funded projects

Suns Atmosphere 200K ULF/ELF Studies
920K Conjugate Riometry 180K Polar
Ionosphere 500K -----------------------------
------------------------------ Total
1,800K 8 funded projects
Aeron Space Astro Funding ratio 1 3 6
Total FY01 budget Base 5.8M (21 projects)
plus logistics support
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NSF/OPP Antarctic Aeronomy Astrophysics Program
in FY02
Aeronomy
Astrophysics
Space Physics

• ACBAR 360K
• AST/RO 2,580K
• DASI 110K
• SPARO 300K
• 10-m SPT 2,890K
• CMB Balloons 100K
• AMANDA 750K
• CosRay/SPASE 450K
• Search for extra
• solar planets 260K
• IceCube/Astro
• Panels/Reports 100
• --------------------------------------------------
  -----------
• Total 7,900K
• 10 funded projects

Suns Atmosphere 230K Conjugate ULF/ELF
Waves Studies 280K Conjugate Riometry
180K Polar Patrol Balloons
360K --------------------------------------------
--------------- Total 1,050K 7
funded projects

• Ozone monitoring 230K
• Mesosphere and
• Thermosphere 220K
• Global Lightning
• Radiation Belts 100K
• -----------------------------------------------
• Total 550K
• 4 funded projects

Aeron Space Astro Funding ratio 1 2 14
Total FY02 budget Base 9.5M (21 projects)
plus logistics support
IceCube 15.0M
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NSF/OPP Antarctic Aeronomy Astrophysics Program
in FY03
Astrophysics
Aeronomy
Space Physics
Sun Atmosphere 230K ULF/ELF Waves 550K
Conjugate Riometry
180K Polar Ionosphere 400K MeV Patrol Balloons
270K SPW Workshop
20K ---------------------------------------------
----------------------- Total
1,650K 9 funded projects

• ACBAR 450K
• AIRO 120K
• BICEP 380K
• DASI 180K
• SPARO 60K
• 10-m SPT 4,400K
• AMANDA 900K
• Cosmic Rays 210K
• --------------------------------------------------
  ------
• Total 6,700K
• 10 funded projects

• Ozone monitoring
• 265K
• Mesosphere and
• Thermosphere
• 495K
• Middle-Atmosphere
• 420K
• -----------------------------------------------
• Total 1,180K
• 4 funded projects

Aeron Space Astro Funding ratio 1 1.4
5.7
IceCube 24.7M
Total budget in FY03 Base 9.6M (23
projects) plus logistics support
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NSF/OPP Antarctic Aeronomy Astrophysics Program
in FY04
Astrophysics
Aeronomy
Space Physics
Sun Atmosphere 515K ULF/ELF Waves 205K
Conjugate Riometers Magnetometers
375K Polar Ionosphere 590K MeV Polar Patrol
Balloons 245K SuperDARN
245K --------------------------------------------
------------------------ Total
2,175K 13 funded projects

• ACBAR 345K
• BICEP 360K
• DASI 120K
• QUaD 430K
• 10-m SPT 4,485K
• AMANDA 1,245K
• Cosmic Rays 205K
• SPIFI 150K
• TREND 40K
• Wkshp/other 65K
• --------------------------------------------------
  ------
• Total 7,445K
• 14 funded projects

• Ozone monitoring
• 260K
• Mesosphere and
• Thermosphere
• 155K
• Middle
• Atmosphere 50K
• -----------------------------------------------
• Total 465K
• 5 funded projects

Aeron Space Astro Funding ratio 1 5 16
IceCube 41.75M ?
Total budget in FY04 Base 9.9M Allocation
10.2M (32 projects 21 new 7 new PIs)
plus logistics support
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Antarctic Aeronomy Astrophysics
Funding FY01 FY02
FY03 FY04 Aeronomy 0.6M
0.6M 1.2M 0.5M New Proposals
0/2 0/2 4/0
3/2 Space Physics 1.8M 1.0M 1.7M
2.2M New Proposals 5/0
4/1 3/0 12/5 Astrophysics
3.4M 7.9M 6.7M 7.5M New
proposals 3/4 4/2
3/6 7/3 Total 5.8M
9.5M 9.6M 10.2M Funded/Declined
8/6 8/5 10/6
22/10 Proposals deadline is around June 1 each
year
OPP has separate money for cross-directorate
programs ITR (1.5M) and MRI (1.1M)
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NSF/OPP Antarctic Aeronomy Astrophysics
Program Budget Profile
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FY05 commitments 79 of the base (9.9M) budget
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NSF/OPP Antarctic Aeronomy Astrophysics
Program New Awards Declines
18
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Aeronomy
Space Physics
10
35
Total
Astrophysics