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What's the buzz at NSF?

What's the buzz at NSF?. William W. Schultz PD, NSF/ENG/CBET/FD IPA, UM, ME. Federal R&D for FY 2005 $103 Billion Total ( Dollars in Billions ). NucSec $4 4%. NSF $4 4%. Other $4 4%. NASA $8 8%. DOE $8 8%. NIH $28 27%. DOD $48 47%. Table 4.

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What's the buzz at NSF?

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  1. What's the buzz at NSF? William W. Schultz PD, NSF/ENG/CBET/FD IPA, UM, ME

  2. Federal R&D for FY 2005$103 Billion Total (Dollars in Billions) NucSec $4 4% NSF $4 4% Other $4 4% NASA $8 8% DOE $8 8% NIH $28 27% DOD $48 47% Table 4 http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06313/pdf/tables.pdf

  3. Federal Academic S&E Support FY 2005 $22.4 Billion Total (Dollars in Billions) DOD $1 4% NASA $1 4% NSF $3 14% DOE $1 4% NSF NIH $16 71% Other $1 3% http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06313/pdf/tables.pdf Table 59

  4. National Research Funding NSF funds 25% of US Gov University Research

  5. American Competitiveness Initiative • ACI doubles federal investment in key agencies that support basic research in physical sciences and engineering. • Over the next 10 years, the Federal agencies impacted are NSF, DOE Science, and NIST. • ACI includes three broad components: • Research in physical sciences and engineering (including 12 specific goals with 7 related to NSF) • Research and Development tax incentives • Education and workforce

  6. External Reports • Engineering Research and America’s Future (NAE, 2005): Committee to Assess the Capacity of the U.S. Engineering Research Enterprise • The Engineer of 2020 (NAE, 2004) and Educating the Engineer of 2020 (NAE, 2005) • Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future (NRC/COSEPUP, 2005) • Innovate American: National Innovation Initiative Final Report (Council on Competitiveness, 2005) • Measuring Up: R & D Counts for the Chemical Industry (CCR Report, 2006)

  7. $10 B Chemical Industry Operating Income* $5 B Chemical Industry R&D Funding 0.6 M Jobs** $40 B GNP** $1 B Federal R&D Funding In Chemical Sciences $8 B Taxes** Macroeconomic Implications Basis: *estimated from CCR study **extrapolated from LANL study by Thayer, et al., April 2005 using REMI economic model

  8. ENG and NSF Funding RatesResearch Grants ENG Proposals and Awards Funding Rate Percent Yes, FD is Even lower!

  9. NSF Budget by Research DirectorateDollars in Millions

  10. Directorate for EngineeringFY 2007 Office of the Assistant Director Deputy Assistant Director Program Director for Diversity &Outreach Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) Senior Advisor Nanotechnology Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS) Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP)

  11. Engineering FY 2008 Budget RequestDollars in Millions

  12. Transport and Thermal Fluids Thermal Transport Processes Ted Bergman Interfacial Processes And Thermodynamics Bob Wellek Particulate and Multiphase Processes Marc Ingber Fluid Dynamics Bill Schultz Combustion, Fire, and Plasma Systems Phil Westmoreland CBET Organizational Chart Division Director John McGrath Senior Advisor Marshall Lih Deputy Division Director Bob Wellek Environmental Engineering and Sustainability Biomedical Engineering and Engineering Healthcare Chemical, Biochemical, and Biotechnology Systems Research to Aid Persons With Disabilities Ted Process and Reaction Engineering Maria Burka Environmental Engineering Clark Liu Biomedical Engineering Semahat Demir Catalysis and Biocatalysis John Regalbuto Environmental Technology Paul Biophotonics Leon Esterowitz Biochemical Engineering Bruce Hamilton Energy for Sustainability Trung van Nguyen Biotechnology Fred Heineken Environmental Sustainability Bruce Hamilton Chemical and Biological Separations Rose Wesson

  13. FD: Funding Distribution • TURBULENCE, STABILITY & FLOW CONTROL25% • RHEOLOGY - Complex fluids and polymer processing 15% • WAVES, HYDRAULICS & ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS 15% • GENERAL FLUID MECHANICS & COMPRESSIBLE FLOWS 15% • MICRO / NANO FLUIDICS 15% • INSTRUMENTATION 5% • BIO FLUID DYNAMICS 10% trends

  14. Recent History of FM Funding(a personal view) HWA FEM • 1970 • 1980 • 1990 • 2000 • 2010 Enviro Cond avg Transportation Energy RANS Electronic cooling BEM HPC Materials LDV Turb struct Dyn sys DNS Catastrophe theory PIV Micro LES MDS Bio Nano LBM Education Energy ? Cyber-infrastructure Sustainability (& Resiliency) Complexity ? Social aspects

  15. NSF Funding Opportunities • MRI • IGERT • Supplements • REU • RET • IREE • GRS • EPSCoR / ADVANCE • Hi-Fi? • … and unsolicited EVO CDI Peta-Apps EFRI Workshops CAREER NERS/NIRT GOALI MUSES / WATERS

  16. Proposal Tips • Ask colleagues for their proposals & reviews • Ask colleagues to critique your proposal • Suggest reviewers for your proposal •  Anticipate your audience •  Get help with ‘boiler plate’ • Current and Pending, Facilities, … • IP Agreement (mostly for SBIR, GOALI…) • IRB Approval (post recommendation OK) •  Don’t promise too much, too little •  Unsubmitted proposals are not funded •  Submit early

  17. Tell a Good Story! • It should be written for a wide audience • Well written • Mix in… • A good part mystery (we should not know early that the butler did it) • A tad autobiographical (get your chair to “help”) • Healthy amounts of history and reference book • A good journalistic style • Two parts coffee table book • A smidgeon of science fiction

  18. Other Useful Websites Examplesofthe“broaderimpactscriterion”: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf022/bicexamples.pdf www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=gpg http://www-personal.umich/~schultz/CAREER including “NSF CAREER Proposal Writing Tips” by G. Hazelrigg & Friends  FAQ (05-027)  www.nsf.gov/eng/cbet/presentations/ (T. Anderson minority_faculty_workshop_31jul06.ppt and G. Prentice)

  19. How to Contact your PD • Email • Phone call • Prepare questions in advance… listen too! • Be professional, but be yourself • Personal Visit • By appointment (one stop shopping) • During related activity (panel, workshop) • Show presentation slides on laptop, emphasize Q&A • White paper / pre-proposal (2 pg max) • Meet at workshops, conferences • Invite for campus seminar • Volunteer to be panel reviewer For CBET:www.nsf.gov/eng/cbet/reviewer/

  20. The most important things I’ve learned from panelists this year • Proposals should be hypothesis-driven • Broader impacts, fonts, etc. are taken seriously • Need modeling/experiment connection • Make life easier for panelists (they are not journal reviewers)

  21. The CAREER Award Is neither a necessary nor sufficient condition for tenure… Although it can seem like it is necessary …at least a badge of honor. Instead, NSF and your University hope it is a good jump start to your career. Hence, since you only have three chances, the answer to the question…

  22. The CAREER Award Should I wait to “establish myself” before submitting a CAREER Proposal? NO!! Should I ask the PD, for a SGER or two first, to get more preliminary results? NO!! Get in as soon as you can so you can get that “jump start” when it is needed.

  23. Success RateStatistics • Unsolicited proposals about 10% • CAREER about 15% • Initiatives about 10% (varies widely) • Lower by at least 5% in ENG Directorate • Dropped in half since 2000

  24. CBET Workshops iEngineering approaches to obesity iCyber- based Combustion Science iMinority Faculty Workshop iBusiness Engineering Sustainability iResearch Frontiers for Combustion in the Hydrogen Economy iCyberinfrastructure in Chemical & Biological Systems iGrand Challenges of the Future for Environmental Modeling iIntegrating Social Sciences Research in the WATERS Network iFrontiers in Environmental Engineering Education iSustainable Nanomanufacturing (US/Aus/Singapore) iCyber-Fluid Dynamics

  25. Six (not so little) words • Cyber • Complexity • Sustainability • Nano • Interdisciplinary • Incremental Transformative

  26. NSF Important Message 130 The term “transformative research” is being used to describe a range of endeavors which promise extraordinary outcomes, such as revolutionizing entire disciplines; creating entirely new fields; or disrupting accepted theories and perspectives – in other words [those] with potential to change the way we address challenges in science, engineering, and innovation. -- NSB

  27. NSF Buzz Word Search

  28. Distribution of Average Reviewer Ratings FY 2005 Number of Proposals: 41,758 (31,966 Declines & 9,792 Awards)

  29. Advice on SOTL(Scholarship on Teaching & Learning)  Decide your level of activity, but do some  CAREER panels impressed with existing activities with something new • Sound authentic and realistic • Ensure chair is aware of your plans (post-tenure?)  Focus on an area you enjoy Learning styles, tech communications, experiential learning, multidisciplinary design, K-12 outreach, . . . • IRB approval probably necessary for assessment • Get help from Pros and your students  Publish in ASEE J, Wikis, Conferences, …

  30. ENG NSF-wide InvestmentsDollars in Millions

  31. ENG Research Priorities FY07  Nanotechnology  Energy and Environment Innovation Complexity in Engineered and Natural Systems Manufacturing Frontiers

  32. Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) EFRI focuses support on important emerging areas in a timely manner Typically, the annual budget for EFRI will be 3-to-5 percent of the Directorate budget (~$15-to-$30 million) It is expected that the investment in any topic will range from $3 million to the total annual ERFI budget

  33. Major Initiatives with Impact on CBET in FY 2007 NNI $43 million Sensors/Explosives  $5 million EFRI (FY07: Auto-reconfigurable Engineered Systems; Cellular and Biomolecular Engineering) $25 million total ENG

  34. Key Advice  Priority of topic  Project plan  Special initiatives  Equipment needs  Success rates  Timing of submission  Award size  Review process and criteria Often on Website  Deadlines  Application process  Currently funded work  New faculty programs  Typical award size What to Ask

  35. Proposal Title •  More important than you think • Present in clear, concise, • meaningful manner •  Avoid jargon and overstatement •  Be careful with buzzwords (some folks are annoyed) •  Avoid cute and too informal titles •  Reconsider ?s and :s --s

  36. Project Summary  Most important section (initial impressions, particularly for panel reviews, used for reviewer selection)  Contains goals and scope, brief description of method,hypotheses and expected results, technical merit, and broader impacts  Clear, concise, accurate, exciting  Published abstracts are revised summaries  1 page  Conventions vary by field – seek samples

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