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NSF Nuclear Physics. Budget Overview: FY2003, FY2004 NSF Initiatives Physics Division issues. NSF NP Program. Facility: MSU Coupled Cyclotron Facility University Facilities: ND, FSU, SUNY-SB User Groups: RHIC, JLAB Collaborations: LANSCE (UCNA, np d ); NIST
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NSF Nuclear Physics • Budget Overview: FY2003, FY2004 • NSF Initiatives • Physics Division issues RHIC-AGS User Group Meeting
NSF NP Program • Facility: MSU Coupled Cyclotron Facility • University Facilities: ND, FSU, SUNY-SB • User Groups: RHIC, JLAB • Collaborations: • LANSCE (UCNA, npd); NIST • Solar neutrinos, double beta decay • Individuals RHIC-AGS User Group Meeting
Research Highlights Muon g-2 Neutron Monochromator at NIST RHIC-AGS User Group Meeting
Research Highlights Search for Stable 16Be Breakout from Hot CNO Cycle RHIC-AGS User Group Meeting
Research Highlights Dense Matter Equation of State Distribution of Proton Charge and Magnetism RHIC-AGS User Group Meeting
NSF/MPS FY2003 Budgets Budgets: FY2002 FY2003 FY2003 ($ millions) (Actual) (Request) (Final) NSF R&RA 3,599 3,783 4,083 (+13.1%) MPS 920 942 1,041 (+13.1%) Physics 196 193 Notes: • 0.65% overall reduction • Physics Division • “low double digit” percentage increase • Advance guidance: PI programs get 5% boost RHIC-AGS User Group Meeting
NSF/MPS FY2004 Budgets Budgets: FY2003 FY2003 FY2004 ($ millions) (Request) (Final) (Request) NSF R&RA 3,783 4,083 4,106 (+8.5%,+0.6%) MPS 942 1,041 1,061 (+12.7%,+1.9%) Physics 193 217 Note: • % change over ??? yet to be resolved RHIC-AGS User Group Meeting
NSF Initiatives • MRI: deadline past, proposals under review • FY2002: $640K (BigBite, NP Astro) • ITR • Deadline past, proposals under review • FY2004 is last planned year • FY2002: $500K for PHENIX/Globus RHIC-AGS User Group Meeting
Physics Division Physics Frontiers Centers • 4 funded in FY2001, 1 in FY2002 • 2 held over; anticipate funding • Plasma • JINA • next competition begins August 2005 • steady state • every 3 years on 6-year cycle • existing centers to be folded in to competition RHIC-AGS User Group Meeting
Physics Division New programs • Biological Physics • Physics at the Information Frontier • Advanced computing • Networks • Quantum information science • Accelerator Physics and Mid-Sized Instrumentation • NSF-wide concern • FY2005 RHIC-AGS User Group Meeting
NSAC Charges • Nuclear Theory • Opportunities • People and Tools • Fundamental Neutron Science • What is the present/future science context? • Education • Where are we now? Where do we want to be? • How do we get there? RHIC-AGS User Group Meeting