NSF Programs and Possibilities

1. NSF Programs and Possibilities Research Linkages EU-US 23 September 2004 Sylvia Spengler US National Science Foundation

2. NSF’s Mission • To promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; and to secure the national defense. Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate

3. The President of the United States Office of Science Advisor Other Boards, Management Councils, Etc. Office of and Budget Science & Technology Policy Agriculture Health & Interior Transportation Defense Energy Commerce Human Services National National Environmental Smithsonian Nuclear Other Science Aeronautic Protection Institution Regulatory Agencies Foundation & Space Agency Commission Administration NSF-9

4. National Science Board Office of Inspector General National Science Foundation Director Deputy Director • Office of the Director • Legislative & Public Affairs • Equal Opportunity Programs • General Counsel • Integrative Activities • Polar Programs • Directorates • Biological Sciences • Computer & Information Science & Engineering • Education & Human Resources • Engineering • Geosciences • Mathematical & Physical Sciences • Social, Behaviorial & Economic Sciences • Offices • Budget, Finance & Award Management • Information & Resource Management 33

5. The Collaboration Challenge Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate

6. Collaboration Benefits ( Venice, October 2001) • Large-scale, global research challenges can be addressed • Exchange/gain expertise and knowledge • New perspectives on the research phenomenon • Economies of scope and scale • Sustainability of research efforts Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate

7. Persistent Issues • Intellectual Property Rights • Timing of collaborations • Timing of actual award • Oversight and management from the funding perspective Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate

8. “Distance matters” • Difficult to establish mutual regard and common ground, increased misunderstanding (Cramton, 2001) • Delays in project schedule (Herbsleb et al., 2000) and poor monitoring of progress (Weisband 2001) • Information and awareness distributed unevenly (Olson et al, 2001) Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate

9. Potential Collaboration • A lot of models, many creative approaches • Many emerging areas of collaboration • Digital Government • Cyberinfrastructure • Cybertrust • Critical Infrastructure Protection, Embedded Systems • Digital Society • E-health • EcoInformatics/Environmental Research Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate

10. Examples of Collaboration • US grantees & EC Contractors • Grantee workshops and conferences for agenda setting and future collaborations • E-business, e-work (2001, 2002 in Europe) • Open Source Software (2002 in US & Europe) • Critical Infrastructure Protection (1998, 2000, 2002 in Europe and US) • Embedded Systems (2001, 2002, 2003) • Joint programs • Multi-lingual information access and management (1999) • NSF supplements to grants • For US researchers to work jointly with IST projects • For researchers to hold joint workshops Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate

11. Mechanisms of Collaboration • Supplements to US awards and modifications in scope of work in EC projects; the example of ITR at NSF. • Workshop grants • Planning grants • A Model Joint Partnership Agreement Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate

12. NSF/ITR and FP6/IST Research Topics 6 Linked Research Themes • Critical Infrastructure protection • Secure, networked, embedded systems • E-business • E-government • Crisis management • E-health Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate

13. PROJECTS Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate

14. PROJECTS (2) Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate

15. Representative Projects • Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/index.jsp) • Science Environment for Ecological Knowledge (http://seek.ecoinformatics.org/) • UVM Ecoinformatics Collaboratory (http://ecoinformatics.uvm.edu/) Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate

16. Other projects • GEON(http://www.geongrid.org/) Cyberinfrastructure for the Geosciences • LEAD (http://lead.ou.edu/) Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery • DGO (http://digitalgovernment.org/) Digital Government Research Program) Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate

17. A Model Agreement • EU-USA, Agreement for Scientific and Technical Collaboration between the European Community and the United States of America, December 1997 • An Implementing Arrangement for Cooperative Activity in the Area of Environmental Research, 2001 Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate

18. Elements of the Model • Scope • Duration • Management of the Partnership (overall and scientific • Information Management (publications, website) • Confidentiality • Intellectual Property • Handling and Use of Data • Dispute Resolution Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate

19. Other Ideas? • Many programs in CISE at NSF are interested. • Suggestions are welcome: sspengle@nsf.gov vgregg@nsf.go hgill@nsf.gov siacono@nsf.gov Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate