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The FY 2009 Budget. Thomas N. Cooley, NSF Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences March 13, 2008. So, where’s the $$$$$?. Basic Research ($29.2 B out of $145.4 B): DOD: +4.0 % NIH: +0.1 % NASA: -9.1 % DOE/Sci. +16.7 % NSF +17.4 % USDA: -6.8 % Commerce: +83.3 % Interior: -7.0 %
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The FY 2009 Budget Thomas N. Cooley, NSF Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences March 13, 2008
So, where’s the $$$$$? • Basic Research ($29.2 B out of $145.4 B): • DOD: +4.0 % • NIH: +0.1 % • NASA: -9.1 % • DOE/Sci. +16.7 % • NSF +17.4 % • USDA: -6.8 % • Commerce: +83.3 % • Interior: -7.0 % • DHS: +12.8 %
FY 2009 Budget Request American CompetitivenessInitiative America COMPETES Act
The Big Picture NSF FY 2009 Budget TOTAL: $6.85 billion Increase: 13%
Science & Engineering Beyond Moore’s Law FY 2009 Investment: $20 million
Beyond Moore’s Law • To position the U.S. at the forefront of communications and computation capability beyond the physical and conceptual limitations of current systems. • Activities will encourage transformational activities as well as creating partnering opportunities with the private sector and national laboratories to accelerate innovation.
Adaptive Systems Technology FY 2009 Investment: $15 million
Adaptive Systems Technology • Focuses on generating creative pathways and natural interfaces between human and physical systems that will revolutionize the development of novel adaptive systems. • Is essential to advances in highly-innovative adaptive control systems, hybrid computer architectures, improved electronic PDA’s, and computer-based, self-paced, learning and training tools.
Dynamics of Water Processesin the Environment FY 2009 Investment: $10 million
Water • Aims to increase fundamental understanding of the Earth’s freshwater systems and provide the scientific basis for decision-making about water resources. • Efforts will include fundamental research on the complex processes and feedbacks that affect the vulnerability and resilience of freshwater systems to climate and environmental change.
Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation FY 2009 Investment: $100 million
CDI • To advance science and engineering along fundamentally new pathways opened by computational capabilities • Three specific foci: • From Data to Knowledge • Understanding System Complexity • Virtual Organizations
Petascale Computing & Cyberinfrastructure FY 2009 Investment: $682 million
Interdisciplinary Research Science and Technology Centers FY 2009 Investment: $76 million
Major Research Instrumentation FY 2009 Investment: $ 115 million
U.S. Climate ChangeScience Program FY 2009 Investment: $221 million
Climate Change Cyberinfrastructure NNI N&ITR&D CAREER REU RUI STCs FY 2008 FY 2009 $205.25 $220.60M $628.80 $681.95 M $388.69 $396.79 M $931.48 $1090.25 M $167.76 $181.91 M $ 57.73 $ 61.55 M $ 31.53 $ 35.23 M $ 64.95 $ 76.02 M Highlights
Astronomy Polar Materials Nano Computing Education People & Society Earth & Environment Mathematics Engineering Biology Physics Sustained Support forAll Disciplines
Directorate BIO CISE ENG GEO MPS SBE OPP OIA FY 2009 Increase 10.3 % 19.5 % 19.2 % 12.8 % 20.2 % 8.5 % 10.9 % 18.8% R&RA
Enduring Strategies in Education * Broadening participation in the S&E workforce * Strengthening teacher preparation * Integrating research and education * Stimulating students through inquiry-based learning * Reaching a broader public through informal education
Division DRL DUE DGE HRD FY 2009 Increase 5.8 % 4.2 % 19.1 % 9.2 % EHR
Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction ALMA IceCube AdvLIGO
Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction ARRV NEON OOI
AdvLIGO AARV ALMA IceCube ATST FY 2008 FY 2009 $32.75 $51.43 M $42.00 -0- $102.07 $82.25 M $25.91 $11.33 M -0- $ 2.50 M MREFC
The Future of America “To keep America competitive into the future, we must trust in the skill of our scientists and engineers and empower them to pursue the breakthroughs of tomorrow.” The President’s State of the Union Address 2008