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NSF/OCE DIRECTOR’S REPORT:

NSF/OCE DIRECTOR’S REPORT:. “The First 90 Days and Beyond”. Dr. David O. Conover Director, Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE) Directorate for Geosciences National Science Foundation. Background.

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NSF/OCE DIRECTOR’S REPORT:

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  1. NSF/OCE DIRECTOR’S REPORT: “The First 90 Days and Beyond” Dr. David O. Conover Director, Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE) Directorate for Geosciences National Science Foundation

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Presentation Outline • Deep Water Horizon (DWH) Oil Spill • Budget Overview • Recent and Upcoming Climate Solicitations • Observations and Action Items (so far)

  5. Summary of National Science FoundationRapid Response Research Efforts Total Amount Awarded: $19,432,224 Total Number of NSF Awards: 166 Average Award Amount: $117,062 Total Amount Awarded by GEO Directorate: $8,198,075 Total Number of Awards in GEO Directorate: 77 Total Amount of Ship Costs: >$5,000,000

  6. GEO Directorate Rapid Response Research 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. NSF Rapid Response Research Effort First Rapid proposal submitted First publication from Rapid Grant Research DWH GOM Oil Spill First Rapid grant awarded Number of grants Official Start Date

  10. August 19, 2010 (online). R. Camilli et al., Tracking Hydrocarbon Plume Transport and Biodegradation at Deepwater Horizon. Science Express. 10.1126/science.1195223. Examples of Publications from Rapid Response Research 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.

  11. 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

  12. 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.”

  13. Deepwater Horizon Oil SpillPrincipal Investigator (PI) Conference Sponsored by the Office of Science and Technology Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and TechnologySt. Petersburg, FL October 5-6, 2010 The conference brought together scientific investigators from academia, private research institutes, and agencies actively conductingDWH oil spill related research, monitoring, and sampling, as well as representatives from the NSTC JSOST agencies. 

  14. GEO: The Big Picture • American 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

  15. Ocean Sciences FY 2011 Request

  16. OMB OSTP S&T Priorities for FY 2012 • Understanding, adapting to, and mitigating the impacts of global climate change • Managing the competingdemands on land, freshwater, and the oceans for the production of food, fiber, biofuels, and ecosystem services based on sustainability and biodiversity • Promotingsustainableeconomicgrowth and job creation • Defeating the mostdangerousdiseases and achievingbetterhealthoutcomes for all whilereducinghealth care costs • Movingtoward a clean energy future to reducedependence on energy imports whilecurbinggreenhousegasemissions • Developing the technologies to protectourtroops, citizens, and national interests • Addressingthese challenges willrequirestrenghteningour efforts in six cross-cutting areas

  17. 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

  18. Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) Goals • 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

  19. 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

  20. SEES Timeline • SEES 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

  21. FY10: CRI —Starting (and Continuing) Point for SEES • 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)

  22. Climate Research Investments

  23. Frontiers in Earth-System Dynamics (FESD) • Program Goals • 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. OCE Highlights • Cascadia Amphibious Experiment • Cited on President’s list of top 100 ARRA Projects • Off-shore array of Ocean Bottom Seismometers • Starting in 2011 • JOIDES Resolution Drilling • Launched in March, 2009 • Science Plan for post-2013 under development JOIDES Resolution near Honolulu, May 2009 Source: COL website • Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI)

  27. OCE Highlights – Integrative Programs Section • R/V Sikuliaq (formerly ARRV) • Status – On Schedule and within Budget • Cut Steel – October 2010 • Launch – April 2012 • Begin Science Ops – January 2014 • HOV Alvin Upgrade (formerly RHOV) • Status – Final Design Review Completed 9/21-23 • Sea Trials – Late 2011 • Begin Science Ops – 2012

  28. Observations and Action Items • Primary issues impacting OCE/NSF • Infrastructure vs. science funding • Fleet renewal • Cross-cutting programs • Response to OPM Survey

  29. Infrastructure vs. Science

  30. Fleet Renewal Fleet Size – (w/o Federal Agency Investment) Academic Research Vessel Fleet 25 21 20 15 13 10 9 5 2010 2015 2020

  31. Fleet Renewal Fleet Size – Ocean Class, SIKULIAQ & RCRV Academic Research Vessel Fleet 25 21 20 16 15 15 10 5 2010 2015 2020

  32. 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 2009 • UNOLS Community input received - Sept 2010 • Move forward with “ARRV-like” process (Solicitation drafted) • Phase I – “Project Refresh” including CDR/PDR & FDR (R&RA $) • Optimal Schedule: • Release Solicitation – Early 2011 • Begin Construction – Mid-2015 • Science Operations – Mid-2017

  33. CRI Funding in Ocean Sciences

  34. 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.

  35. Goals for Ocean Sciences Division • Assure that investments in infrastructure and science are informed by community input • Highlight and strengthen core programs: balance with new initiatives • Strategic plan for OCE • Fleet renewal: NSF commitment to ship construction plan • Broadening participation in the ocean sciences • Making connections: • Communication: • Site visits • Town hall meetings • Strong interagency partnerships

  36. Questions?

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