Unidata Policy Unidata Policy CommitteeCommittee

April 17, 2006

Main TopicsMain TopicsFY 2007 Budget

Update on NSF Strategic Plan for CI

Management Review of NCARUpdate of the Competition for Management of NCAR

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President’s American Competitiveness InitiativeDouble the NSF budget over 10 years

$6.02 billion(Increase from FY 2006: $439 million,

7.9%)

Big PictureBig Picture

Appropriations Account FY 2007 Request

Change over FY 2006

Research & Related Activities $4,666 $334 7.7%

Education & Human Resources $ 816 $ 20 2.5%

Major Research Equipment & Facilities Construction

$ 240 $ 50 26.0%

Salaries & Expenses $ 282 $ 35 14.2%

National Science Board $ 4

Inspector General $ 12 $ .5 4.4%

TOTAL, NSF $6,020 $439 7.9%

Budget by AccountBudget by Account

(1.0%) ($.04)

Advancing research at the frontier

R&RA Total: $4.7 billion

International Polar Year

Michael Van Woert, NOAA

2007-2008

$62 million

Providing world-class facilities and infrastructure

Design by Eric Myers, National Science Foundation

$1.7 billion

MREFC FY 2007

ALMA $47.9

EarthScope $27.4

IceCube $28.6

NEON $12.0

SODV $42.9

ARRV $56.0

OOI $13.5

MREFC REVMREFC REV

(millions)

ARRV

The Glosten Associates, Inc.

ARRVARRV

$56.0 million

OOI

John Orcutt, Scripps Institute of Oceanography

OOIOOI

$13.5 million

NSF FY 2007 BudgetNSF FY 2007 Budget

FY 2005 Actual

FY 2006 Current

PlanFY 2007 Request

FY 2008 Estimate

FY 2009 Estimate

FY 2010 Estimate

FY 2011 Estimate

FY 2012 Estimate

Ongoing ProjectsALMA 49.30 45.14 47.89 47.07 37.37 20.98EarthScope 44.80 46.40 27.40IceCube 48.10 46.25 28.65 22.38 11.33 0.95NEON 12.00 12.00 20.00 30.00 26.00SODV 6.08 53.09 42.88SPSM 16.86 9.13DOJ Judgment 3.00New StartsARRV 56.00 42.00OOI 13.50 48.00 77.00 78.00 53.00 40.00AdvLIGO - 28.48 42.81 46.31 36.25 22.90Totals $165.14 $190.88 $240.45 $199.93 $188.51 $176.24 $115.25 $62.90

Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC) Account (Dollars in Millions)

MREFC AccountMREFC Account

Cyberinfrastructure$597 million

Petascale Computing $50 million

Increase: $77 million

Status Report onStatus Report onCyberinfrastructure Cyberinfrastructure

Planning & Planning & Implementation Implementation

Presented to Committee on Programs and Plans of NSB March 30, 2006 by

byDeborah L. Crawford, Ph.D.Interim Director, Office of

Cyberinfrastructure

Progress Since November Progress Since November 2005 Meeting (1)2005 Meeting (1)

OCI Director search concludes Dan Atkins selectedHigh Performance Computing System Acquisitions Tier 2 Systems

’06 competitiono Proposals received 2/10o Award recommendation to August NSB meeting

‘07 competitiono Proposals due in November, 2006

Tier 1 System Petascale System in President’s Budget Request

Progress Since November Progress Since November 2005 Meeting (2)2005 Meeting (2)

Advisory Committee for Cyberinfrastructure Chair identified

Jim Duderstadt, President Emeritus of the University of Michigan

First meeting scheduled for June 15-16, 2006 Continuing work on CI Vision document v5.0 released for public comment 1/30 v6.0 posted for NSB comment 2/28; includes new chapters on

virtual organizations and learning and workforce development

Learning &Workforce

Development

Data, Data Analysis &

Visualization

High PerformanceComputing

Virtual Organizations (including collaboratories & observatories)

Call to Action

CI Vision DocumentCI Vision Document5 Interdependent 5 Interdependent ChaptersChapters

Virtual Organizations (1)Virtual Organizations (1)Common Technological FrameworkCommon Technological Framework

Seamless support & integration of multiple VOsSoftware service providers (SSPs) play enabling role Develop, integrate, deploy & support interoperable software infrastructure

Tools include High-throughput computing tools Tele-observation & tele-operation Collaborative tools for planning, execution & post-analysis

Workflow tools & processes System monitoring & management

Virtual Organizations Virtual Organizations (2)(2)Operational FrameworkOperational Framework

Partnerships essentialIdentification of common interests Within traditional organizational settings e.g. campuses

Within domain communities Academe-industry government International

Virtual Organizations Virtual Organizations (3)(3)Evaluation & AssessmentEvaluation & Assessment

Evaluate and Assess Role of CI on Science and Engineering Research and Education How humans interact with CI Explore and understand necessary governance approaches, and impact on organizational design, structures and processes

Allocating resources and identifying incentives

Learning and Learning and Workforce Workforce DevelopmentDevelopmentDevelopment, deployment and use of

CI-enabled learning and research environmentsDevelopment of new skills and professions to support CI-enabled opportunitiesPromote broad participation of underserved groups, communities and institutionsFacilitate CI-enabled lifelong learning

Call to Action

HPC

NSB

Data & Viz

VO and LWD

Community InputX

We are here

Spiral Design

NSF Directorates & Offices

Final version to be released Summer 2006

Review of NCAR Review of NCAR ManagementManagement

On Site Review March 20-22, 2006

Panel MembershipPanel MembershipDr Mary L. Good, University of Arkansas, ChairCharles Kennel, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSDCharles Vernon Shank (Chuck), University of California, BerkeleyDiane L. Evans, Jet Propulsion LaboratoryChester S. Gardner (Chet), University of Illinois SystemNorine E. Noonan, College of CharlestonJohn E. Jones, Jr., National Weather ServiceMichel Béland, Meteorological Service of Canada

Charge to the PanelCharge to the PanelThe objective of the review is to assess the quality and effectiveness of NCAR’s performance as managers of an NSF and Division of Atmospheric Science funded Federally Funded Research and Development Center.

In considering this objective, the panel may examine the following questions:

1) Has NCAR management facilitated a strategic partnership with the NSF?

2) Has NCAR demonstrated clear leadership in science and management, and an effective process for cultivating a long-term vision, mission and strategy?

3) Has NCAR developed a robust process for planning and review that engages the community?

4) Has NCAR been effective in promoting and sustaining cross-divisional and interdisciplinary programs?

5) Has NCAR established productive national and international scientific links with Federal agencies, international institutions, NGOs, and the global research community

6) Has NCAR encouraged and facilitated the participation of underrepresented groups (gender, ethnicity, disability, etc.)?

Competition for the Competition for the Management of NCARManagement of NCAR

Information on the Competition for the Management of the National Center for Atmospheric Research

http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=106795&org=GEO&from=news

MotivationMotivation

“… expiring awards are to be recompeted unless it is judged to be in the interest of US science and engineering not to do so.”

NSB resolution 97-224

Governing PrinciplesGoverning Principles

Minimize disincentives for potential applicants

Demonstrate openness to new ideas

Explore alternative models for NCAR M&O

Comments & Questions?Comments & Questions?