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BESC/CoFARM Budget Briefing April 18 th 2007 James P. Collins, Ph.D.

BESC/CoFARM Budget Briefing April 18 th 2007 James P. Collins, Ph.D. Assistant Director for Biological Sciences National Science Foundation. Biology at NSF. BIO’s mission: To enable the discoveries for understanding life. Elements framing BIO’s vision and for fulfilling BIO’s mission:

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BESC/CoFARM Budget Briefing April 18 th 2007 James P. Collins, Ph.D.

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  1. BESC/CoFARM Budget Briefing April 18th 2007 James P. Collins, Ph.D. Assistant Director for Biological Sciences National Science Foundation

  2. Biology at NSF BIO’s mission: To enable the discoveries for understanding life Elements framing BIO’s vision and for fulfilling BIO’s mission: Values: • Integration of Research and Education • Broadening Participation • International Partnerships • Alignment with Other Institutional Agendas Overarching Scientific Themes: • Theoretical Biology • Systems Biology • Biology and Society BIO’s vision: Inspiring research and education at the frontiers of the life sciences Opportunity:Lead a conversation

  3. Biology at NSF • Theoretical and conceptual foundations of biology • Diverse model systems • plant genomics • non-medical microbes • Ecological forecasting • global change research • Interdisciplinary research

  4. Alignment with Other Institutional Agendas American Competitiveness Initiative NSB 2020 Vision Strategic Plan FY 2006-2011 NSF Budget Request FY 2008

  5. Aligning BIO – NSF – ACI BIO Priorities Core Programs, IPY, Biology & Society, Theoretical Biology BIO broadening participation activities NEON, Plant Cyber Collaborative, Nano Center Transformative research, organizational change NSF Strategic Goals Discovery Learning Research Infrastructure Stewardship Amer. Comp. Init. (ACI) Fundamental Research 21st Century Workforce Transformative Facilities & Infrastructure Quality Merit Review

  6. NSF Cross-Directorate Activities • Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) • BIO and SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (DDIG) • Graduate Research Fellowships • Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) • Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training Program (IGERT) • BIO and SBE Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships • Research Opportunity Awards (ROA) • Faculty Early Career Development Awards (CAREER) • ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers • Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) • Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research Program (EPSCoR) • Small Grants for Exploratory Research (SGER)

  7. NSF Cross-Directorate Activities • Human and Social Dynamics • Fosters breakthroughs in understanding the dynamics of human action and development, as well as knowledge about organizational, cultural, and societal adaptation and change. • Agents of Change • Dynamics of Human Behavior • Decision Making, Risk and Uncertainty • Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems • Promotes quantitative, interdisciplinary analyses of relevant human and natural system processes. • Science and Society • Supports research that examines the relationships among science, engineering, technology and society. • Ethics and Values in Science, Engineering and Technology • History and Philosophy of Science, Engineering and Technology • Social Studies of Science, Engineering and Technology • Studies of Policy, Science, Engineering and Technology Cross-directorate research in these areas will increase as science and society converge…

  8. Growth in NSF Budget Current Dollars in Millions

  9. Growth in BIO Budget Current Dollars in Millions

  10. FY 2008 Request Research & Related Activities by Directorate

  11. FY 2008 NSF Budget Priorities • Discovery Research for Innovation • Preparing the Workforce for the 21st Century • Transformational Facilities and Infrastructure • International Polar Year Leadership • Stewardship

  12. Discovery Research for Innovation • Increase support for core BIO research • EF venture funding for transformative research • New Plant Science Cyberinfrastructure Collaborative • New multidisciplinary Center for Research on the Environmental and Health Safety of Nanotechnology Priority:Stimulate innovation within BIO’s core competencies

  13. Plant Science Cyber Collaborative To enable new conceptual advances through integrative, computational thinking. This collaborative will use new computer science, computational science, and cyberinfrastructure solutions to address grand challenges in biology. BIO’s investment in this critical activity will involve plant biologists, computer and information scientists, and experts from other disciplines working in integrated teams.

  14. New Nanotechnology Center A multidisciplinary Center for Research on the Environmental and Health Safety of Nanotechnology will conduct fundamental research on the interactions between nanoparticles and materials and the living world at all scales. Companion research on methods and instrumentation for nanoparticle detection, characterization and monitoring will occur. The fundamental research funded through this center will also support the regulatory mission agencies' abilities to develop science-based standards for risk assessments, such as the standards needed by the EPA to regulate products containing nanomaterials.

  15. Preparing the Workforce of the 21st Century Increase support for activities to broaden participation of individuals from underrepresented groups at all levels

  16. Transformational Facilities and Infrastructure • Increase support for research resources, including cyberinfrastructure • Increase funding for National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) • Progress toward meeting milestones

  17. NEON: FY 2007/2008 Milestones 2007 • Final Sites Selected and EIA/EIS initiated • NEON Construction Project Office operational • Project Execution Plan delivered • Preliminary Design Review conducted • Begin NEON fundamental technology unit assembly and CI integration 2008 • Fully integrate and validate NEON fundamental technology unit and cyberinfrastructure • Initiate deployment of BioMesoNet and basic towers at first location • Bring Project Management Control Software System to a fully operational status

  18. International Polar Year Leadership • Support for research that addresses scientific challenges such as biological adaptation and ecosystem dynamics in polar environments using genomics tools • Support for research on the understanding of environmental change and biotic systems in the polar regions

  19. Stewardship • Emerging Frontiers – transformative research • Evolving Programs • Biocomplexity • Mathematical Sciences • Realignment of Division of Integrative Organismal Systems Future Direction:Foster transformative research

  20. Central Challenge BIO’s mission: To enable the discoveries for understanding life BIO’s vision: Inspiring research and education at the frontiers of the life sciences • Organizational Change:Division of Integrative Organismal Systems • - Behavioral Systems • - Developmental Systems • -Neural Systems • -Physiological and Structural Systems Central challenge:Operate the BIO of today while becoming the BIO of tomorrow

  21. SUMMARY • To lead a conversation • To stimulate innovation within biology • To foster transformative research • To become the BIO of tomorrow

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