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New and Emerging Federal Funding Opportunities--
The Office of Science (SC) at the US Department of Energy
Bill ValdezOffice of ScienceU.S. Department of [email protected]
Industry University Cooperative Research Program
(I/UCRC) 2006 Annual MeetingFriday, January 13, 2006
DOE Mission Areas
Environmental Quality
- To Repair the Environmental
Consequences of the Cold War
Energy Resources - To Foster a Secure and Reliable National Energy Supply
National Security - To Maintain the Safety and Reliability of the Nuclear Stockpile
Science...
To deliver the remarkable discoveries and scientific tools that transform our understanding of energy and matter and advance the national, economic, and energy security of the US.
-SC Mission
Office of Science (SC) Supports basic research that underpins DOE missions.
• Provides over 40% of federal support to the physical sciences (including more than 90% of high energy and nuclear physics)
• Provides sole support to select sub-fields (e.g. nuclear medicine, heavy element chemistry, magnetic fusion, etc.)
• Supports the research of 15,000 PhDs and graduate students
Constructs and operates large scientific facilities for the U.S. scientific community.• Accelerators, synchrotron light sources, neutron sources, etc.
• Used by about 18,000 researchers every year
Provides infrastructure support for the ten SC laboratories.
SC Research AreasBES - Basic Energy Sciences
Materials Sciences and Engineering•Experimental Condensed Matter Physics•Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics•X-Ray and Neutron Scattering•Materials Chemistry and Biomolecular Materials•Structure and Composition of Materials•Mechanical Behavior and Radiation Effects•Physical Behavior of Materials •Synthesis and Processing Science•Engineering Physics
Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences•Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Science•Chemical Physics Research•Photochemistry and Radiation Research•Catalysis and Chemical Transformations•Separations and Analysis•Heavy Element Chemistry•Chemical Energy and Chemical Engineering•Geosciences Research•Energy Biosciences Research
Scientific User Facilities•X-Ray and Neutron Scattering Facilities•Nanoscience Centers
ASCR – Advanced Scientific Computing Research•Mathematical, Information and Computational Sciences•Applied and Computational Mathematics•High-End Computer Science Research•Computational Software Tools•Collaborative Software Tools for Science•High-Performance Computing Facilities•Large-Scale Science Networks
HEP - High Energy Physics•Experimental HEP•Theoretical HEP•Accelerator Physics and Technology•Accelerator Theory•Detector Development•Quantum ChromoDynamics (QCD)•New Particle Searches•Higgs Physics•Fundamental Forces and Unification•Rare Decays and Phenomena•Electroweak Physics •Quark Flavor Physics and CP Violation•Cosmology•Neutrino Physics•Particle Astrophysics•Dark Matter Searches•Dark Energy
NP – Nuclear Physics•Structure of the nucleon•Nuclear Structure •Nuclear Astrophysics•Fundamental interactions with cold neutrons •Fundamental interactions with neutrinos •Hot dense nuclear matter•Nuclear theory•Advanced instrumentation and accelerator R&D
FES - Fusion Energy SciencesFusion Sciences
•Advanced Fusion Designs•Plasma Physics and Plasma Science•Plasma Confinement Configuration
Optimization•High Energy Density Physics•Enabling Plasma Technology•Burning Plasma Physics
BER – Biological & Environmental ResearchLife Sciences
•Microbial Systems Biology (Genomics: GTL)•Low Dose Radiation Research•High Throughput DNA Sequencing•Functional Genomics•Human Subjects in Research•Structural Biology Facilities
Medical Sciences•Molecular Radiopharmaceutical Development•Molecular Nuclear Medical Imaging•Imaging Gene Expression•Artificial Retina•Biomedical Engineering
Climate Change Sciences•Decade to Century Climate Modeling •Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM)•Atmospheric Science•Carbon Cycle Research•Ocean Sciences•Terrestrial Carbon Processes•Ecosystem Function and Response•Information & Integration•Integrated Assessment of Climate Change
Environmental Remediation Sciences•Contaminant Fate & Transport•In Situ Remediation Research•Radioactive Waste Treatment Research•Characterization & Performance Monitoring•Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab
SC Laboratories, User Facilities, and the Institutions that Use Them
Pacific NorthwestPacific NorthwestNational LaboratoryNational Laboratory Ames Ames
LaboratoryLaboratory
Argonne Argonne National National
LaboratoryLaboratory BrookhavenBrookhavenNationalNational
LaboratoryLaboratory
Oak RidgeOak RidgeNational National
LaboratoryLaboratoryLos AlamosNational Laboratory
Lawrence LivermoreNational
Laboratory
LawrenceLawrenceBerkeley Berkeley NationalNationalLaboratoryLaboratory
SandiaNational
Laboratories
FermiFermiNationalNational
Accelerator Accelerator LaboratoryLaboratory
PrincetonPrincetonPlasmaPlasmaPhysicsPhysics
LaboratoryLaboratory
Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator National Accelerator
FacilityFacility
NationalRenewable Energy
Laboratory
StanfordStanfordLinearLinearAccelerator Accelerator CenterCenter
Idaho National Environmental & Engineering Laboratory
National Energy Technology Laboratory
General Atomics
SC Supported Research Institution (Universities, Colleges, Medical Centers)
User Facilities
SC Multiprogram Laboratory
SC Program Dedicated Laboratory
Other DOE Laboratory
SC makes long-term investments
Office of Science Strategic Plan
20-Year Facilities Outlook
DOE Strategic Plan
SC Investment in the Future
• Advance the Basic Sciences forEnergy Independence
• Harness the Power of Our Living World• Bring the Power of the Stars on Earth• Explore the Fundamental Interactions of
Energy, Matter, Time, and Space• Explore Nuclear Matter-From Quarks to Stars• Deliver Computing for the Frontiers of
Science• Provide the Resource Foundations that
Enable Great Science
SC set seven long-term (20-year) goals for our programs:
20-year Facilities OutlookPublic Prioritizations
Builds Consensus that Builds Facilities
CD0ORNL LCC – CD4
CD3CD0
CD1
Working with NASA on Joint Project
CD0 CD0
Phase one underway
CD0
Indicates Department Approval of Any of the Following Stages (stage is current status)CD0 – Mission Need ApprovalCD1 – Approval of Alternative Selection and Cost RangeCD2 – Approval of Technical, Cost, and Schedule BaselinesCD3 – Approval to Start ConstructionCD4 – Approval for Start of Operations
Competitively Selected, Peer Reviewed Basic Research
SC
$3.6 B (FY06)NSF
$5.6 B (FY06)
mission-drivenproposal-driven
SC Programs• ASCR • BER• BES• FES• HEP• NP
NSF Directorates• Biological Sciences (BIO)• Computer & Information
Science & Engineering (CISE)• Education and Human
Resources (EHR) • Engineering (ENG)• Geosciences (GEO)• Mathematical & Physical Sciences
(MPS) • Social, Behavioral & Economic
Sciences (SBE)
Joint Efforts with NSF• National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (ASCR)• NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering (FES)• EPSCoR (started by NSF and led to creation of DOE/EPSCoR)• DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NP)• High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEP)• Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee (also NASA) (HEP)• Climate Change Research (Also NOAA, NASA, UDSA, Interior & EPA) (BER)• Southern Ocean Iron Experiment (Jointly funded by BER and NSF)• Joint Genome Institute (also NIH, USDA, NASA) (BES, BER)• Arabidopsis Genome Initiative (2010 Project) (also USDA, the EU, and the Chiba Prefectural
Government of Japan) (BER)• Maize Genome Sequencing Project (also USDA) (BER)• The IT2 Initiative (terascale computing) (ASCR)• Summer Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) (WDTS)• Faculty–Student Teams (FaST) (WDTS)• Pre-Service Teacher (PST) Internships (WDTS)
FY 2005 Appropriation, $3,600 Million
Research $1,736M 48.2%
Program Direction $153M 4.3%
User Facilities $1,500M 41.6%
Other CE/GPP/GPE $144M 4.0%
Safeguards and Security $67M
1.9%
Universities & Colleges*$597M, 16.6%
National Laboratories$883M, 24.5%
All Other Research** $256M , 7.1%
Facility Operations$1,074M, 29.8%
Facility PACE/AIP/GPP$426M, 11.8%
Office of Science BudgetUniversities Receive One Third of Research Funds
and Provide Half of the Users at SC Facilities
High Energy Physics (HEP)$717M in FY06
Understand the unification of fundamental particles and forces and the mysterious forms of unseen energy and matter that dominate the universe; search for possible new dimensions of space; and investigate the nature of time itself.
– Supports 90% of U.S. High Energy Physics and Coordinates with NSF, NASA and International Efforts
– HEP’s Fermilab Currently Holds the Energy Frontier and the Potential for Higgs Physics
– HEP’s SLAC is Transitioning to LCLS but the Physics Program Continues until 2009
– Partner in the Large Hadron Collider – the Next Frontier – Initiative in Physics of Neutrino Masses and Mixing – Research Efforts in Dark Energy, Dark Matter, Lattice QCD– R&D for the International Linear Collider – Future Frontier
Nuclear Physics (NP)$367M in FY06
Understand the evolution and structure of nuclear matter, from the smallest building blocks, quarks and gluons; to the elements in the universe created by stars; to unique isotopes created in the laboratory that exist at the limits of stability, possessing radically different properties from known matter.
– Supports 90% of U.S. Nuclear Physics and Coordinates with NSF, NASA and International Efforts
– NP’s RHIC is Unique Forefront Heavy Ion Facility• EBIS Upgrade Underway, Additional Upgrade Planned
– NP’s CEBAF is Unique Forefront Nuclear Confinement Facility• Upgrade Planned
– Partner in Large Hadron Collider - Heavy Ion Program– R&D for Rare Isotope Accelerator – Future Frontier Facility– Research Efforts in High Energy Density Physics, Double Beta
Decay, Lattice QCD and Nuclear Structure
Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
$580M in FY06 Provide the biological and environmental discoveries necessary to clean and protect our environment, offer new energy alternatives, and fundamentally alter the future of medical care and human health.
– Life Sciences with Energy and Environment Potential• Microbial Ethanol, Bioremediation, Carbon Sequestration, Etc.
– Key Partner in Genomics • Facilities - Joint Genome Institute, Mouse Genetics Research Facility• 3-4 Genomics: GTL Facilities Planned
– Key Partner in Climate Change Efforts • Aerosols, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds; Facilities - FACE, ARM)
– Environmental Sciences for DOE Mission needs• Environmental and Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)
– Medical Applications that Utilize DOE Capabilities / Technologies • Artificial Retina – R&D Magazine “Inventor of the Year”
Basic Energy Sciences (BES)$1,135M in FY06
Provide the scientific knowledge and tools to achieve energy independence, securing U.S. leadership and essential breakthroughs in basic energy sciences.– Unique Suite of Scientific Research Facilities that Provide a
Spectrum of Capabilities to a Wide Array of Researchers• Three Neutron Scattering Facilities, Four Synchrotron Radiation Light
Sources, Three Electron Beam Microcharacterization Centers, the Combustion Research Facility, Materials Preparation Center, and Notre Dame Radiation Lab
• Forefront Capabilities at new Facilities: Spallation Neutron Source, Five Nanoscale Science Research Centers, the Transmission Electron Aberration Corrected Microscope, and the Linac Coherent Light Source
– Core Basic Research in Nanoscience, Materials, Engineering, Chemistry, Catalysis, Geosciences, Energy Biosciences
– Initiatives in Nanoscience, Energy (Hydrogen, Solar, Solid State Lighting)
Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)
$235M in FY06 Deliver forefront computational and networking capabilities to scientists nationwide that enable them to extend the frontiers of science, answering critical questions that range from the function of living cells to the power of fusion energy.
– Facilities - NERSC, ESNet, Leadership Class Computing Facility• Upgrades to NERSC and ESNet Planned
– Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) • Partnerships with Science Programs in Simulation and Applications of
Terascale computing to Scientific Research
– Testbeds and Partnerships for Next Generation Architecture – Core Research in Applied Math, Networks, Computer Science– Expansion of Ultrascale Computing Efforts Planned
Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)$288M in FY06
Answer the key scientific questions and overcome enormous technical challenges to harness the power that fuels a star, realizing by the middle of this century a landmark scientific achievement by bringing “fusion power to the grid”.
– The U.S. Investment in Fusion Energy Sciences– 90% of Plasma Science – coordinated with NSF and NASA– Partner in High Energy Density Physics – Partner with NNSA in Inertial Fusion– 3 Unique Fusion Experiments
• National Spherical Torus Experiment, Alcator C-Mod, and D-IIID
– New Facility – National Compact Stellarator Experiment– Partner in ITER – Next Frontier Facility
Obtaining Funding
• Apply to a Project– Ex: SciDAC grant at
http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN06-04.html; deadline for letter of intent January 23, 2006
• Apply to an SC Program– Ex: Nuclear Physics at
http://www.sc.doe.gov/np/grants/grants.html
• Apply to a National Lab– Ex: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory at
http://www.pnl.gov/main/business/index.html
All this info can be found at the SC web site, www.science.doe.gov