June 1-5, 2009June 8-10, 2009
Nuclear Physics at NSF
• NP Experiment– Structure
– Heavy Ions
– Symmetries
– Hadrons and QCD
• NP Theory• Particle and Nuclear Astrophysics
– Astrophysics (Notre Dame, FSU)
– Neutrinos (Borexino, ββ, ϑ13)
• Frontier Center (Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics)• NSCL• FY2008 total: $45M
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Additional Funding
• Major Research Instrumentation (MRI)– small (<$1M); large ($1-4M)
– annual average about $1.6M
– awards to university labs & user groups at national labs
• Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI)– 5-year initiative begun FY2008– plan: +$50M/year, totaling $750M– 1 NP-related award in FY08 (U Washington)
• Petascale Applications• DHS Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
– multi-year initiative begun FY2007– 2 NP-related awards
June 1-5, 2009June 8-10, 2009
NSF-GPRA Interface
• merit review process• Committee of Visitors
– every 3 years
– evaluation includes• proposal decision process
• program balance
• degree of risk taking
– January 2009
– report and response available: www.nsf.gov/mps/advisory/cov.jsp
• highlights
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Highlights Overview
• neutron charge distribution• polarized e vs. 2-photon exchange• short-range correlations in nuclei• handedness in nuclei• archaeometry applications• Monte Carlo studies of dense matter• gluon component of proton spin• pion decay constants• magic numbers for neutron-rich nuclei• production of 96Cd• shape transitions in neutron-rich nuclei• symmetries and lattice QCD hadron spectra
June 1-5, 2009June 8-10, 2009
FY2008-10 Summary
• FY2008 R&RA: $4.827B• FY2009 R&RA request: $5.594B• Recovery Act: $3B; op. plan approved
– $2.5B R&RA, including• $0.3B MRI• $0.2B ARI
• FY2009 R&RA conference: $5.183B (+7%); op. plan approved
• FY2010 (total) request: $7B (FY08+16%)– … to $9.7B in FY2014
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FY2009 Summary
appropriations:• NP experiment: up 0.5%• NP theory: up 4.5%• NSCL: $19.5M … $20.5M (toward optimal ops)
Recovery Act:• NP (theory + experiment): about $12M
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FY2009 Recovery Act
• www.nsf.gov/recovery• investigator programs
– increase success rate– “standard” multi-year awards– priority to new PIs– cannot mix with program funds
• implementation– make some “standard” awards with program funds– frees up out-year commitments– spreads out positive impact of Recovery Act funds– can only work long-term with increased appropriations
June 1-5, 2009June 8-10, 2009
FY2009 Recovery Act
2 new solicitations:– MRI-R2
• August 10, 2009• $200M (same as MRI-1)• awards up to $6M• quota of 3/university• cost sharing exempted for all but top 100 R&D universities
– ARI-R2 (Academic Research Infrastructure)• LOI July 1; full proposal August 24, 2009• $200M• awards up to $10M• quota of 1/university• cost sharing not required
June 1-5, 2009June 8-10, 2009
FY2010 R&RABudget Request
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FY2010 MPSBudget Request
June 1-5, 2009June 8-10, 2009
FY2010 Physics Division Budget Request
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DUSEL
• NSF review Jan. 28-30• Solicitation S4
– proposals to develop project plans for potential candidates for the initial suite of experiments
– anticipate $15M: $5M over 3 years– proposals under review– expect awards in summer
• DUSEL R&D: supplanted by S4
June 1-5, 2009June 8-10, 2009
People
• NSF Director: Arden Bement• NSF Deputy Director: Cora Marrett (acting)• MPS Assistant Director: T. Chan [search begun]• Physics Division Director: Joe Dehmer• Nuclear Physics:
– BDK (expt and theory)– Allena Opper(and astro, underground lab)
June 1-5, 2009June 8-10, 2009
Backup Slides
June 1-5, 2009June 8-10, 2009
Nuclear Physics FY2009
• NSCL operations: restore trajectory toward optimal operations
• Nuclear Theory and Experiment: – success rate higher for FY2009– funds freed up for use in FY2010/11
• Move forward with DOE on partnered funding plan for neutron EDM