NSF Update

AAACAAAC

8 February 20078 February 2007

Update Topics

FY2007 Budget Situation FY2007 Budget Situation

FY2008 RequestFY2008 Request

Senior Review Status and Town MeetingsSenior Review Status and Town Meetings

Looking towards AAAC Annual Report Senior Review report acceptedSenior Review report accepted AST implementation underwayAST implementation underway GSMT Program restructuredGSMT Program restructured Interagency implications of Senior Review Interagency implications of Senior Review

recommendationsrecommendations Plans beginning for next Decade Survey Plans beginning for next Decade Survey

FY2007 Request for AST $215.11M (FY2006 + 7.7% or $15.5M)

•NSF request shaped by American Competitiveness Initiative

•Facilities base operations budgets held level pending outcome of senior review

• Increases for:

- GSMT ($5M, up $3M)

- TSIP ($4M, up $2M)

- AODP ($1.5M, restored)

- Physics of the Universe activities enhanced

- Elementary Particle Physics - dark energy, dark matter studies (with Physics Division)

- Research grants programs up overall

- Gemini future instrumentation

FY2007 Budget Request

MPS by DivisionMPS by Division

FY 2004 Actuals

FY 2005 Actuals

Change from

04 to 05

FY 2006 Current

Plan

Change from

05 to 06FY 2007 Request

Change from

06 to 07AST 196.63 195.11 -0.8% 199.65 2.3% 215.11 7.7%CHE 185.12 179.26 -3.2% 180.78 0.8% 191.10 5.7%DMR 250.65 240.09 -4.2% 242.91 1.2% 257.45 6.0%DMS 200.35 200.24 -0.1% 199.30 -0.5% 205.74 3.2%PHY 227.77 224.86 -1.3% 233.13 3.7% 248.50 6.6%OMA 31.07 29.80 -4.1% 29.68 -0.4% 32.40 9.2%Total, MPS 1,091.59 1,069.36 -2.0% 1085.45 1.5% 1150.30 6.0%

R&RA 4293.34 4234.82 -1.4% 4,331.48 2.3% 4,665.95 7.7%

NSF 5652.01 5480.78 -3.0% 5,581.17 1.8% 6,020.21 7.9%

(Dollars in Millions)

Current FY2007 Budget Situation

Continuing Resolution through 15 FebContinuing Resolution through 15 Feb Activities funded at FY2006 levelsActivities funded at FY2006 levels No new startsNo new starts

Post Feb 15 – Continuing Resolution for Post Feb 15 – Continuing Resolution for Remainder of Year at 2007 Request?Remainder of Year at 2007 Request? Rules?Rules? New starts?New starts?

FY 2008 Request

Call for Reinvestment in STEM

• Increase US talent poolIncrease US talent pool

• Strengthen basic researchStrengthen basic research

• Develop, recruit & retain Develop, recruit & retain best/brightestbest/brightest

• Ensure innovation in Ensure innovation in AmericaAmerica

ACI

• EmphasesEmphases

• Tie fundamental discoveries to Tie fundamental discoveries to marketable technologies.marketable technologies.

• Facilities and instrumentationFacilities and instrumentation

• World class science and engineering World class science and engineering workforceworkforce

• Focus on Phys Sci & EngineeringFocus on Phys Sci & Engineering

• Doubles NSF, DOE-OS, NIST over 10 Doubles NSF, DOE-OS, NIST over 10 yearsyears

• Biggest federal response since SputnikBiggest federal response since Sputnik

FY 2008 MPS Focus Areas• Physical sciences at the nanoscalePhysical sciences at the nanoscale

• Science beyond “Moore’s Law” Science beyond “Moore’s Law”

• Physics of the universePhysics of the universe

• Complex systemsComplex systems

• Fundamental mathematical and statistical scienceFundamental mathematical and statistical science

• SustainabilitySustainability

• Cyber-enabled Discovery and InnovationCyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation

MPS by Division

FY 2005 Actuals

FY 2006 Actuals

Change from

05 to 06FY 2007 Request

Change from

06 to 07FY 2008 Request

Change from

07 to 08AST 195.11 $199.75 2.4% $215.11 7.7% $232.97 8.3%CHE 179.26 180.70 0.8% 191.10 5.8% 210.54 10.2%DMR 240.09 242.59 1.0% 257.45 6.1% 282.59 9.8%DMS 200.24 199.52 -0.4% 205.74 3.1% 223.47 8.6%PHY 224.86 234.15 4.1% 248.50 6.1% 269.06 8.3%OMA 29.80 29.9 0.3% 32.40 8.4% 34.37 6.1%Total, MPS 1,069.36 1,086.61 1.6% 1,150.30 5.9% 1253.00 8.9%

R&RA 4234.82 4449.25 5.1% 4,765.95 7.1% 5,131.69 7.7%

NSF 5480.78 5645.79 3.0% 6,020.21 6.6% 6429.00 6.8%

Facilities Amount Percent

Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR) $14.62 $14.71 $14.71 - -

GEMINI Observatory 18.18 20.00 20.50 0.50 2.5%

IceCube - - 1.50 1.50 N/A

Large Hadron Collider (LHC) 13.36 18.00 18.00 - -

Laser Interferometer Gravit. Wave Obs. (LIGO) 31.68 33.00 28.20 -4.80 -14.5%

NCSL (MSU Cyclotron) 17.34 17.60 19.50 1.90 10.8%

Nanofabrication (NNUN/NNIN) 2.77 2.80 2.80 - -

Nat'l High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL) 25.74 26.50 29.00 2.50 9.4%

Rare Symmetry Violating Processes (RSVP) 0.99 - - - N/A

Nat'l Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) 10.46 10.46 10.45 -0.01 -0.1%

Nat'l Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) 1.03 1.12 1.12 - -

Nat'l Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO) 36.91 40.05 43.18 3.13 7.8%

Nat'l Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) 50.74 50.74 52.74 2.00 3.9%

Other MPS Facilities 12.31 12.47 14.97 2.50 20.0%

Total, MPS $236.13 $247.45 $256.67 $9.22 3.7%

Totals may not add due to rounding.

FY 2006 Actual

FY 2007 Request

FY 2008 Request

Change overFY 2007 Request

MPS Facilities in Operation

1The NOAO total includes funding for instrumentation programs that build public-private partnerships. In FY 2008, the Telescope System Instrumentation Program is funded at $5 million. The Adaptive Optics Development Program is funded at $1.5 million, level with FY 2007 request, but moves into the disciplinary instrumentation program and so no longer appears in the NOAO budget in FY 2008. The base NOAO/NSO program funding increases by $3.63 million over the FY 2007 request .

Facilities in Development and Under Construction

Design and Development:Design and Development: • DUSEL: will begin formally in FY 2008, total DUSEL: will begin formally in FY 2008, total

$6.0M, building on previous Discovery Research. $6.0M, building on previous Discovery Research.

• Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope: level $5.0M.Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope: level $5.0M.• LSST development as planned at $1.3MLSST development as planned at $1.3M

Facilities under Construction:Facilities under Construction: ALMA: reflects new baseline, early operations ALMA: reflects new baseline, early operations

increases to $8.2 million. increases to $8.2 million. IceCube: operations initiated at $1.5M level IceCube: operations initiated at $1.5M level Advanced LIGO: construction begins FY 2008.Advanced LIGO: construction begins FY 2008.

MREFC RequestFY 2006

ActualFY 2007 Request

FY 2008 Request

FY 2009 Estimate

FY 2010 Estimate

FY 2011 Estimate

FY 2012 Estimate

FY 2013 Estimate

Ongoing Projects

ARRV1 56.00 42.00 25.00 -

ALMA2 48.66 64.27 102.07 74.75 42.76 21.44 3.00 -DOJ Judgment 3.00 - EarthScope 49.62 27.40 - IceCube 56.44 28.65 22.38 11.33 0.95 -

NEON3 4.00 8.00 20.00 30.00 26.00 12.00 -

OOI4

5.12 30.99 80.00 90.00 95.00 30.00 -SODV 66.03 42.88 -

SPSM5 13.07 9.13 6.55 - New Starts

AdvLIGO6- 32.75 51.43 46.30 15.21 23.73 15.50

MREFC Account Total $233.81 $240.45 $244.74 $262.51 $210.01 $157.65 $68.73 $15.50

MREFC Account Funding(Dollars in Millions)

Totals may not add due to rounding.1The recent baseline analysis for ARRV noted the potential for a cost increase of $25.0 million (included in FY 2009).

2ALMA is increased by $16.38 million in FY 2007 following a rebaselining completed in FY 2006. Figures for FY 2008 and beyond also

reflect the new baseline.3NEON is reduced in FY 2007 to partially cover ALMA's increase. NEON's revised baseline is expected in May 2007 following a

Preliminary Design Review (PDR). The amount in FY 2012 reflects the reduced funding in FY 2007 and FY 2008. 4OOI is reduced by $8.38 million in FY 2007 to cover the remainder of ALMA's increase. OOI plans to conduct a PDR in December

2007, at which time firmer cost estimates will be available. 5The SPSM cost to complete was updated in August 2006. The revised work plan, schedule and estimate were reviewed in detail by an

external panel in September 2006 and the estimate for FY 2008 reflects the cost to complete the remaining scope of the project in accordance with the revised schedule.6The AdvLIGO estimate reflects the formal project baseline reviewed by the external panel convened by NSF in June 2006.

Status of Other Interagency Efforts VERITASVERITAS

NHPA consultation termination in processNHPA consultation termination in process Work on Kitt Peak resumes ~ March?Work on Kitt Peak resumes ~ March?

ATSTATST PDR in Nov - Ready for ConstructionPDR in Nov - Ready for Construction EIS and NHPA process continuesEIS and NHPA process continues

NVONVO No new starts in FY2007 – FY2008 issueNo new starts in FY2007 – FY2008 issue

Polar Programs

Senior Review Status

AST has begun implementation planAST has begun implementation plan Consult facilities managersConsult facilities managers Consult agency partners, CAA, AAAC,…Consult agency partners, CAA, AAAC,…

AST will take implementation plan to communityAST will take implementation plan to community Town meeting series started in Seattle at AASTown meeting series started in Seattle at AAS Other meetingsOther meetings

Ann Arbor – 26 January Ann Arbor – 26 January Washington, DC - 16 FebruaryWashington, DC - 16 February Santa Cruz - 8 MarchSanta Cruz - 8 March Princeton - 16 MarchPrinceton - 16 March Atlanta - 23 March Atlanta - 23 March Tucson – 5 AprilTucson – 5 April

Welcome constructive comments to email address: Welcome constructive comments to email address: astsenior-review@nsf.govastsenior-review@nsf.gov

Developing an NSF Response and Implementation Plan

AST is working closely with facilities to understand implications of recommendations as we consider possible implementation

NSF is active in encouraging and engaging in discussion with other possible partners in facility operations, including international partners and other funding agencies.

AST is working with the community and NOAO to determine where re-investment in existing OIR facilities should occur and in the development of an integrated and coordinated “System”

Developing an NSF Response and Implementation Plan

AST is undertaking detailed cost reviews of each observatory necessary to understand where cost reductions can be made Understand operational costs, appropriate staffing levels Consider other operational and business models Hope to complete within next 6 to 8 months

Explore costs and legal issues associated with recommendations e.g. environmental, deconstruction, divestiture, termination costs – engaging outside studies over the next year

Many changes will take several years to implement – Budget implications in FY2009

Cost Reviews We have a 50 year tradition of operations that we must We have a 50 year tradition of operations that we must

examine, both for now and for future facilitiesexamine, both for now and for future facilities Can current level of service be delivered for less?Can current level of service be delivered for less?

Some opinions based on university-scale opsSome opinions based on university-scale opsHidden subsidies, etc.Hidden subsidies, etc.

We all must understand the costs thoroughlyWe all must understand the costs thoroughly NSF, facilities, and community must look at different service NSF, facilities, and community must look at different service

modelsmodels Changes similar to those at NAIC may be necessary at all Changes similar to those at NAIC may be necessary at all

AST facilitiesAST facilities NSF will support efforts towards implementation of NSF will support efforts towards implementation of

recommendations by managing organizations.recommendations by managing organizations.

Senior Review Recommendations

Implications at this meeting GSMT program restructuringGSMT program restructuring AreciboArecibo VLBAVLBA Gong ++Gong ++

Community Input is Essential

AST Web site for the Senior Review:

(http://www.nsf.gov/mps/ast/ast_senior_review.jsp)

The Senior Review Report:

(http://www.nsf.gov/mps/ast/seniorreview/sr-report.pdf)

Email input astsenior-review@nsf.gov

Decade Survey planning input Astro2010@nas.edu