NSF/OCE DIRECTOR’S REPORT:
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NSF/OCE DIRECTOR’S REPORT:
Dr. David O. ConoverDirector, Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE)Directorate for GeosciencesNational Science Foundation
“The First 90 Days and Beyond”
Background
Assistant Professor, 1981, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) at Stony Brook University
Dean, 2003, SoMAS
Appointed Director of Ocean Sciences Division (GEO/OCE) on July 19, 2010
Overview of OCE
OCE supports:
Basic research and education to further understanding of all aspects of the global oceans and their interactions with the earth and the atmosphere
Participation in global change research programs and other focus programs
Operation and acquisition of major shared-use oceanographic facilities
75% of funding for basic research in ocean sciences
Presentation Outline
1. Deep Water Horizon (DWH) Oil Spill
2. Budget Overview
3. Recent and Upcoming Climate Solicitations
4. Observations and Action Items (so far)
Summary of National Science FoundationRapid Response Research Efforts
Total Amount Awarded: $19,432,224Total Number of NSF Awards: 166Average Award Amount: $117,062
Total Amount Awarded by GEO Directorate: $8,198,075Total Number of Awards in GEO Directorate: 77
Total Amount of Ship Costs: >$5,000,000
GEO Directorate Rapid Response Research
Other NSF Directorates89
AGS4
EAR14
OCE59
Other NSF Directorates$11,234,149
AGS$455,777
EAR$919,138
OCE$6,823,160
Total Amount Awarded per Division in GEO
Total Amount Awarded in GEO: $8,198,075
Number of Grants Awarded per Division in GEO
Total Number of Grants in GEO: 77
Division of Ocean SciencesDeepwater Horizon Rapid Response Research
•Estimated Number of requests: 443 •Total Number of OCE NSF Awards: 59•Total Amount Awarded: $6,823,160
•Average award processing time in OCE: 11.3 days•Average award processing time at NSF: 27.8 days
NSF Rapid Response Research Grants to Gulf Coast States
Number of Grants Awarded to Gulf Coast States
Total number of grants: 75
Total Amount Awarded to Gulf Coast States
Total Awarded Gulf Coast States: $9,028,792
Note: Alabama and Louisiana are EPSCOR states
Rest of U.S.91
Alabama11
Florida21
Lousiana20
Mississippi12
Texas11
Rest of U.S.$10,403,432
Al-abama
$1,167,545
Florida$2,668,367
Lousiana$2,523,177
Mississippi$1,692,685
Texas$977,018
30-Apr 31-May 1-Jul 1-Aug 1-Sep 2-Oct 2-Nov 3-Dec
Cruise dates
Pelican
Pelican
Pelican
Walton Smith
Cape Hatteras
Cape Hatteras
Cape Hatteras
Endeavor
Oceanus
Atlantis
Atlantis
Atlantis
Cape Hatteras
Endeavor
Total NSF Ship Days – 224R/V Pelican - 12R/V Cape Hatteras - 61R/V Walton Smith - 22R/V Endeavor - 34R/ Oceanus - 46R/V Atlantis - 49
NSF Ship Rapid Response Research Effort
NSF Rapid Response Research Effort
Number of grants
Official Start Date
First Rapid proposal submitted
First Rapid grantawarded
First publication from Rapid Grant
Research
DWH GOMOil Spill
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Examples of Publications from Rapid Response Research
August 19, 2010 (online). R. Camilli et al., Tracking Hydrocarbon Plume Transport and Biodegradation at Deepwater Horizon. Science Express. 10.1126/science.1195223.
September 16, 2010 (online). D. Valentine et al., Propane Respiration Jump-Starts Microbial Response to a Deep Oil Spill. Science Express. 10.1126/science.1196830.
September 23, 2010 (online). T. Crone and M. Tolstoy, Magnitude of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Leak. Science Express. 10.1126/science.1195840.
Future of Funding Efforts Directed Towards DWH GOM Oil Spill
Research Initiatives Funded by BP:
BP made a $500 million commitment over a 10 year period to support independent research
The first round of funding was announced on June 15:
$5 million to Louisiana State University
$10 million to the Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO)
$10 million to the Northern Gulf Institute (NGI)
$5 million to a consortium in Alabama
$10 million to National Institutes of Health
Renewal of Rapid Response Proposals
Covered in GPG Section II.D.1.:
“Renewed funding of RAPID awards may be requested only through submission of a proposal that will be subject to full external merit review. Such proposals would be designated as “RAPID renewals.”
Deepwater Horizon Oil SpillPrincipal Investigator (PI) Conference
Sponsored by the Office of Science and Technology Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and TechnologySt. Petersburg, FLOctober 5-6, 2010
The conference brought together scientific investigators from academia, private research institutes, and agencies actively conducting DWH oil spill related research, monitoring, and sampling, as well as representatives from the NSTC JSOST agencies.
GEO: The Big PictureAmerican Reinvestment and Recovery Act – GEO investments: $601M
Initiated OOI and R/V Sikuliaq; Earthscope fully funded; NCAR/Wyoming supercomputer center in development
AC/GEO’s GeoVision released!
FY2010: 10.2% increase over FY2009
Includes Agency-wide climate initiative
FY2011: President’s budget request includes a 7.4% increase for GEO (includes SEES)
FY2012 budget submitted to OMB
Ocean Sciences FY 2011 Request
OMB OSTP S&T Priorities for FY 2012
Understanding, adapting to, and mitigating the impacts of global climate change
Managing the competing demands on land, freshwater, and the oceans for the production of food, fiber, biofuels, and ecosystem services based on sustainability and biodiversity
Promoting sustainable economic growth and job creation
Defeating the most dangerous diseases and achieving better health outcomes for all while reducing health care costs
Moving toward a clean energy future to reduce dependence on energy imports while curbing greenhouse gas emissions
Developing the technologies to protect our troops, citizens, and national interests
Addressing these challenges will require strenghtening our efforts in six cross-cutting areas
OSTP-OMB Guidance: Cross-Cutting Areas
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and advanced learning technologies at every level, from early childhood to lifelong learning and for all segments of society
The vitality and productivity of our research university and national and private laboratories, and sustained support for fundamental research
High-impact collaborations with researchers, the private sector, universities, and other institutions of higher learning, civil society, and international partners to achieve U.S. foreign policy, global health, energy, climate change, and global development objectives
The capacity and robustness of infrastructures for information and communication, transportation, and energy
Capabilities in space, which are germane not only to looking and exploring outward but also to Earth observation, geo-positioning, communication, and more
An economic and policy environment that promotes and rewards research, entrepreneurship, and innovation
Advance climate and energy science, engineering, and education to inform the societal actions needed for environmental and economic sustainability and sustainable human well-being
Foster innovative insights about the environment-energy-economy nexus, especially at the regional scale, that will increase the effectiveness of our energy and management policies in adapting to, and mitigating the impacts of, climate change and improve our capabilities for rapid response to extreme events
Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) Goals
The SEES Portfolio will include:
Research at the energy-environment-society nexus
Data analysis, modeling, simulation and intelligent decision-making facilitated by advanced computation
Study of societal factors such as vulnerability and resilience, and sensitivity to regional change
Short and long term research enabled by a new generation of experimental and observational networks
Building of research and education partnerships, both nationally and internationally
SEES TimelineSEES is expected to be a 5-year effort (FY11 to FY15)
Address challenges in climate and energy research and education using a systems-based approach to understanding, predicting, and reacting to change in the linked natural, social, and built environment
Dear Colleague Letter to be issued soon for FY11 with an emphasis on research networks, postdoctoral scholarships, international partnerships, and a focus on Energy research and Coupling of Human/Natural systems
CRI = Climate Research Investment
Emphasis on climate and environment, including human dimensions
Water, Sustainability, and Climate (WSC)
Ocean Acidification (OA)
Dimensions of Biodiversity (DB)
Climate Change Education (CCEP)
Regional and Decadal Earth System Modeling (EaSM)
FY10: CRI —Starting (and Continuing) Point for SEES
Climate Research InvestmentsSuccess Rates
for Programs
Ocean Acidification 118 proposals / 22 awards 18.6%
Dimensions of Biodiversity 195 proposals / 14 awards 7.1%
Water Sustainability & Climate 185 proposals / 16 awards 8.6%
Decadal and Regional Climate Prediction using Earth Systems Models
136 proposals / Awards not finalized
Frontiers in Earth-System Dynamics (FESD)
Program Goals
1. Foster an inter-disciplinary and multi-scale understanding of the interplay among and within the various sub-systems of the Earth
2. Catalyze research in areas poised for a major advance
3. Improve data resolution and modeling capabilities to more realistically simulate complex processes and forecast disruptive or threshold events
4. Improve knowledge of the resilience of the Earth and its subsystems.
Pre-proposals Received: 69 (Deadline: October 1, 2010)
Full Proposal Deadline: March 15, 2011
OCE Highlights – MacArthur Foundation Fellowships
MacArthur Foundation Fellowships awarded to two GEO/OCE supported PIs this year:
Dr. Jon Dabiri, California Institute of Technology, Aeronautics and Bioengineering
Research understanding the locomotion and hydrodynamic power conversion of animals such as jellyfish
Dr. Kelly Benoit-Bird, Oregon State University, College of Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Research on vertical migration behavior in large squids
Both scientists are:
Researching the physical/biological interactions of plankton and nekton in the sea Advancing technological approaches to assess and observe organisms and their behavior in the ocean
OCE Highlights – MacArthur Foundation Fellowships
MacArthur Foundation Fellowships awarded to two OCE-supported PIs last year:
Dr. Daniel Sigman, Princeton University, Dusenbury Professor of Geological and Geophysical Sciences
Research in the interaction of biomass and climate in shaping Earth’s geologic history
Development of new methods for the analysis of nitrogen and oxygen isotope composition of nitrate and other compounds
Dr. Peter Huybers, Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Research on global climate change on various time scales
Use of analogous physical principles and observations of recent conditions to build simple models of land-ocean-atmosphere dynamics to explain changes in land ice on the scale of years or decades
OCE Highlights
Cascadia Amphibious ExperimentCited on President’s list of top 100 ARRA ProjectsOff-shore array of Ocean Bottom Seismometers Starting in 2011
JOIDES Resolution DrillingLaunched in March, 2009Science Plan for post-2013 under development
JOIDES Resolution near Honolulu, May 2009
Source: COL website
Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI)
OCE Highlights – Integrative Programs Section
R/V Sikuliaq (formerly ARRV)
Status – On Schedule and within Budget
Cut Steel – October 2010Launch – April 2012Begin Science Ops – January 2014
HOV Alvin Upgrade (formerly RHOV)
Status – Final Design Review Completed 9/21-23
Sea Trials – Late 2011Begin Science Ops – 2012
Observations and Action Items
Primary issues impacting OCE/NSF
Infrastructure vs. science funding
Fleet renewal
Cross-cutting programs
Response to OPM Survey
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Infrastructure vs. Science
(Dollars in Millions)
FY 2010 Estimate
Infrastructure Subtotal
Percentage of Total
GEO 889.64 367.79 41%AGS 259.80 125.70 48%EAR 183.00 61.59 34%OCE 348.92 152.90 44%
BIO 714.54 135.45 19%CISE 618.83 30.60 5%ENG 743.93 32.83 4%MPS 1351.84 353.73 26%SBE 255.25 43.56 17%OCI 214.28 150.38 70%OISE 47.83 0.10 0%OPP 451.16 321.43 71%
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Regional Class Research Vessels (RCRV)
Status – Investigating Funding Options:For initial hull construction starting in FY14; three hulls total
Project Readiness:Competitive design development with NSF Panel down-select – Oct 2009UNOLS Community input received - Sept 2010Move forward with “ARRV-like” process (Solicitation drafted)Phase I – “Project Refresh” including CDR/PDR & FDR (R&RA $)
Optimal Schedule:Release Solicitation – Early 2011Begin Construction – Mid-2015Science Operations – Mid-2017
CRI Funding in Ocean SciencesTotal funding for ocean
sciences community including the Great Lakes
and facilities
Approximate NSF total for each theme,
including facilities
Ocean Acidification $ 24,099,080 $ 24,099,080
Dimensions of Biodiversity $ 15,398,818 (est.) $ 34,000,000
Water Sustainability & Climate $ 5,267,079 $ 15,234,042
Decadal and Regional Climate Prediction using Earth Systems Models Awards not finalized (est.) $ 30,000,000
Totals $ 44,764,977 (est.) $ 98,333,122
OPM Surveys – NSF Rankings
1 NSF tied with 3 other agencies. 2 NSF tied with 2 other agencies. 3 NSF tied with 3 other agencies.
OPM Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey - Agency
Leadership and Knowledge
Management
Results-Oriented
Performance Talent
Management Job Satisfaction2010 101 52 10 73
2008 2 1 2 32006 3 1 4 4
Goals for Ocean Sciences Division
1. Assure that investments in infrastructure and science are informed by community input
2. Highlight and strengthen core programs: balance with new initiatives
3. Strategic plan for OCE
4. Fleet renewal: NSF commitment to ship construction plan
5. Broadening participation in the ocean sciences
6. Making connections:
Communication: Site visitsTown hall meetings
Strong interagency partnerships
Questions?