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Materials Research & Education: Looking Back, Racing Forward

Zakya H. Kafafi Director, Division of Materials Research (DMR) National Science Foundation. Materials Research & Education: Looking Back, Racing Forward. Where are we? . Where are we going?. MRS Spring Meeting April 14, 2009 San Francisco, CA. Outline of Talk. Outlook on NSF Budget

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Materials Research & Education: Looking Back, Racing Forward

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  1. Zakya H. Kafafi Director, Division of Materials Research (DMR) National Science Foundation Materials Research & Education:Looking Back, Racing Forward Where are we? Where are we going? MRS Spring Meeting April 14, 2009 San Francisco, CA

  2. Outline of Talk Outlook on NSF Budget Introduction to DMR Staff Career Opportunities in DMR DMR Programs and Budget Distribution * Large Facilities & Instrumentation * Research Centers * Individual and Group Investigators * Special Programs (International, Outreach, etc.) Future of DMR

  3. A Snapshot of NSF Budget • FY 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act:Signed on 2/17/09 by President Obama • FY 2009 Budget: Omnibus appropriations bill passed by Congress last Month • FY 2010 Congressional Request: Under development, expected to be delivered in early May • FY 2011 Congressional Request: Planning process begins this spring

  4. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) NSF Awarded $3 Billion • $2.5 B - Research and Related Activities • * $300 M for Major Research Instrumentation Program (FY2008: $94M) • * $200 M for Academic Research Infrastructure Program (dormant since FY 1996) • $100 M - Education and Human Resources • * $60 M to the Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (FY2008: $11M) • * $25 M to the Math and Science Partnerships Program (FY2008: $49 M) • * $15 M to a Professional Masters Science Program authorized in the America • COMPETES Act • $400 M - Major Research Equipment & Facilities Construction • (MREFC) Program (FY2008: $205 M) to accelerate the construction of major • research facilities with unique capabilities at the cutting edge of science www.nsf.gov/recovery

  5. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) During the ARRA signing ceremony, President Obama said that "this investment will ignite our imagination once more, spurring new discoveries and breakthroughs that will make our economy stronger, our nation more secure and our planet safer for our children." • Guiding principles for fund’s use: • * Increase funding rates (and size) of proposals • * Support investigators early in their careers with focus • on “Under-represented Majority” • * Provide for “shovel ready” projects • NSF spending plan must be approved by OMB and Congress • Goal is quick deployment of funds (spend by the end of FY2009)

  6. FY 2009 NSF Request

  7. FY 2009 NSF Request (R&RA) (Dollars in Millions) Change over FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2008 Estimated Estimate Request Amount Percent BIO $612.02 $675.06 $63.04 10.3% CISE 534.53 638.76 104.23 19.5% ENG (incl. SBIR/STTR) 636.87 759.33 122.46 19.2% GEO 752.66 848.67 96.01 12.8% MPS 1,167.31 1402.67 235.36 20.2% SBE 215.13 233.48 18.35 8.5% OCI 185.33 220.08 34.75 18.8% OISE 41.34 47.44 6.10 14.8% OPP 442.54 490.97 48.43 10.9% IA 232.27 276.00 43.73 18.8% US Arctic Research Comm. 1.47 1.53 0.06 4.1% Total, NSF $4,821.47 $5,593.99 $772.52 16.0% Totals may not add due to rounding.

  8. America COMPETES Act (ACA) Signed in August 9, 2007 • America Competitiveness Initiative (ACI) went out with the Bush Administration • ACI was aimed at doubling the budget for NSF (also NIST and BES) over 10 years with focus on critical physical sciences • America COMPETES (Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education and Science) Act is law authorizing specific funding but not appropriating actual funds • ACA calls for doubling NSF (also NIST and BES) budget in ≈ 7 years. Emphasis is on a balance across scientific disciplines and science education, not the physical sciences alone

  9. FY 2009 Budget NSF Request: $6.854 B, +13.0%

  10. Discretionary budget authority in billions of dollars 10 In addition, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act includes $3B Projections 8 Actual, including emergencies 7.0 6.5 6.1 5.9 5.6 6 4 2 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 National Science FoundationBudget Profile

  11. Division of Materials Research (DMR) Administrative Unit OFFICE of the DIVISION DIRECTOR Manager Program Support Senior Program Assistants Zakya Kafafi Division Director Ulrich Strom Executive Officer (Acting) Lorretta J. Hopkins Senior Staff Associate Neila Odom-Jefferson Operations Specialist Denise HundleyDivision Secretary My Di Le STEP Student Bill Daniels Specialist Deborah E. Dory Renee Ivey Shirley Millican Bernie Trumble Priya BaligaSTEP Student Carol Savory-Heflin Denese Logan Analyst Program Directors Materials Research Science & Engineering Centers (MRSEC) Condensed Matter & Materials Theory (CMMT) Solid-State & Materials Chemistry (SSMC) Ceramics (CER) William Brittain Daryl W. Hess Michael A. Lee Kent State U. Mark R. Pederson Dave L. Nelson Linda Sapochak Akbar Montaser George Washington U. Lynnette D. Madsen Maija M. Kukla Thomas P. Rieker Rama Bansil Boston U. Marco Fornari Central Michigan U. John Mintmire Oklahoma State Condensed Matter Physics (CMP) Polymers (POL) Electronic Materials (EM) Office of Special Programs (OSP) Wendy Fuller-Mora Roy Goodrich Andrew J. Lovinger Freddy Khoury LaVerne D. Hess Z. Charles Ying Z. Charles Ying Danielle Finotello Carmen I. Huber Uma Venkateswaran VACANT Instrumentation for Materials Research (IMR) National Facilities (NAF) Biomaterials (BMAT) Metals (MET) Sean L. Jones Univ. Florida Oscar O. Bernal Udo Pernisz Dow Corning Joseph A. Akkara Satyendra Kumar Kent State U. Harsh D. Chopra SUNY Bruce A. MacDonald Charles Bouldin Guebre X. Tessema Joseph A. Akkara VACANT Alan J. Ardell David A. Brant

  12. Biomaterials (BMAT) Ceramics (CER) National Facilities (NAF) Condensed Matter & Materials Theory (CMMT) Instrumentation for Mat Research (IMR) Joseph A. Akkara Lynnette D. Madsen Guebre X. Tessema David A. Brant Marco Fornari Central Michigan U. Daryl W. Hess John Mintmire Oklahoma State Charles Bouldin Sean L. Jones Univ. Florida Office of Special Programs (OSP) Condensed Matter Physics (CMP) Electronic and Photonic Materials (EPM) Materials Research Science & Engineering Centers (MRSEC) Danielle Finotello Kent State U. Oscar O. BernalCal State U. L.A. LaVerne D. Hess Wendy Fuller-Mora Udo Pernisz Dow Corning Z. Charles Ying Rama Bansil Boston U. Thomas P. Rieker William Brittain Polymers (POL) Solid-State & Materials Chemistry (SSMC) Metallic Materials and Nanostructures (MMN) Freddy Khoury Linda Sapochak Andrew J. Lovinger Alan J. Ardell Bruce MacDonald Division of Materials Research (DMR) ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT OFFICE OF THE DIVISION DIRECTOR Manager Program Support Senior Program Assistants Zakya Kafafi Division Director Carmen I. Huber Executive Officer (Acting) Neila Odom-Jefferson Operations Specialist Priya BaligaSTEP Student My Di Le STEP Student Carol Savory-Heflin Denese Logan Analyst Bill Daniels Specialist Deborah E. Dory Renee Ivey Shirley Millican Bernie Trumble Program Directors

  13. www.nsf.gov/materials Link to DMR Vacancies

  14. Career Opportunities at DMR

  15. FY 2009 Budget Request by Division Mathematical and Physical Sciences Funding (Dollars in Millions) Change over FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2008 Estimated Actual Actual Request Amount Percent Astronomical Sciences $215.39 $217.90 $250.01 $32.15 14.8% Chemistry 191.22 194.62 244.67 50.45 26.0% Materials Research 257.27 262.54 324.59 64.37 24.7% Mathematical Sciences 205.74 211.75 245.70 33.91 16.0% Physics 248.47 251.64 297.70 47.18 18.8% Multidisciplinary Activities 32.64 32.67 40.00 7.30 22.3% Total, MPS $1,150.73 $1,171.12 $1,402.67 $235.36 20.2% Totals may not add due to rounding. NSF: $6.854 B, +13.0% FY09 Final…………………………$6,490.40 FY08 Enacted…………....................$6,065.00 FY09 Budget Request……………...$6,854.10 Compare w/ FY08 Enacted (+7%)….+$425.40 Compare w/FY09 Request (-5.3%)….-$363.70

  16. FY 2008 Overall MPS Funding Rate: 27% MPS

  17. Racing Forward Increase # and size of PI grants Start new centers & institutes to enable focus on transformative, interdisciplinary, global materials research & education effort Expand investments in workforce development, especially at the junior rank while broadening participation for women, minorities and scientists with disabilities Develop new educational & outreach activities Substantial increase in budget will allow DMR to:

  18. DMR Support for Materials Research & Education($ 262.54 M in FY08)

  19. DMR Budget* for Materials Research & Education($277.14 M in FY 2008) * Includes $14.6 M MRI

  20. Stewardship: DMR Facilities 536 users $ 42M ~ 6000 users annually ~290 Users ~480 users 3564 users ~1000 Users

  21. FY 2008 Budget Distribution forFacilities ChemMatCARS $0.3M SRC $4.95M CHESS $6.79M ChemMatCARS NNIN $2.55M CHESS CHRNS $3.50M CHRNS NHMFL NHMFL $26.5M NNIN SRC

  22. DMR Facilities – Major Challenges Facility operating costs are borne by DMR I. Stewardship of the NHMFL • DMR currently provides ~95% of NSF funding • Serving an increasingly broad user community Partnership is essential ! II. Stewardship of Future Light Source Facilities? Future of University-Based Synchrotron Facilities? MPS AdvisoryLight Source Panel Report November 6, 2008

  23. MPS Advisory Panel on Light Source FacilitiesCharge to Panel The Panel was charged to provide guidance to the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences regarding future NSF stewardship and/or partnership in support of future coherent light source facilities and instrumentation. Asked to advise on all possible outcomes No hidden agenda; wanted informed community input Not seeking guidance for any specific facility or proposal

  24. Context • Science drivers in research fields likely to use major light source facilities • Potential for interagency, private sector, and international partnership • DOE and other federal agency plans • Education and future workforce needs • Multidisciplinary nature of the anticipated user communities • Budget outlook and balance for NSF, MPS and DMR • NSF’s responsibility to maintain appropriate balance at all levels among funding modes, including individual & group investigators, centers, instrumentation and major facilities

  25. NSF Light Source Panel Report “The science case for coherent light sources is not debatable” Venky Narayanamurti, Chair of the Light Source Panel • The United States needs to move more aggressively in this new area • NSF plays a stewardship role in the design, construction and operation of university-based 4th generation light sources • NSF stewardship must reflect the breadth of the science and engineering and must therefore involve multiple Directorates and Divisions, and partnership with other agencies • Continue active user research programs where next-generation light source R&D work is being pursued • Concurrently support university-based research on advanced concepts (“table top” sources) for light sources Recommendations

  26. Towards NSF Stewardship Role in Coherent Light Sources • Support site-independent and technology neutral R&D for Coherent Light Sources (CLS) • Use the expertise and infrastructure at existing light source facilities, as springboards for 4th generation light source technology R&D • Explore intra- and inter-agency partnerships/coordination for technology selection • Possibly conduct an open competition for siting and construction of a CLS

  27. DMR Budget* for Materials Research & Education($277.14 M in FY 2008) * Includes $14.6 M MRI

  28. Instrumentation for Materials Research (IMR)* and Major Research Instrumentation (MRI)** • IMR supports instrumentation grants for equipment larger than that in programmatic awards • MRI supports even larger equipment grants, $100K to $4M • Both programs support acquisition and development awards for instrumentation • MRI limited to 2 acquisition and 1 development proposals per institution per year. IMR limited to one per PI and one as co-PI • 30% cost sharing required in MRI, no cost sharing requirement in IMR. * No solicitation in FY2009 (Division of Materials Research) ** Two solicitations in FY2009 (Office of Integrative Activities)

  29. Instrumentation for Materials Research – Major Instrumentation Projects (IMR-MIP) Solicitation 09-547 Deadline: June 29, 2009 Two award types: • Conceptual and Engineering Design (CED) • Supports development of detailed conceptual and engineering design for new tools for materials preparation and/or characterization at research facilities • Funded through continuing or standard grants for a total of up to $2 M per award • Construction (CNST) • Provides support for construction of major instruments costing more than $4 M but less than $20 M • Funded through 5-year cooperative agreement for $1-4 M per year • Operational costs are not supported through the solicitation

  30. DMR Support for Materials Research & Education($ 262.54 M in FY08)

  31. DMR Research and Education Centers 80.00 NSECs Nanoscience & Engineering Centers 70.00 60.00 STCs Science & Technology Centers 50.00 MRSECs Materials Research & Engineering Centers 40.00 $M 30.00 20.00 10.00 0.00 FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08

  32. Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers FY 2008 Competition • 31 centers nationwide • 14 Awards - National investment in timely and important areas such as sustainable energy, bio- and soft-materials, nanotechnology, next-generation electronics and photonics • Largest turnover in the history of the program • 5 awards to institutions that have not had a MRSEC • 9 MRSECs successfully re-competed • 4 existing MRSECs being phased-out Where are we going? A DMR Working Group has been established to evaluate the recommendations of the NRC report and look at the future directions of Materials Research & Education Centers

  33. Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSECs)Where are we going?* • Next MRSECs (> one IRG): • Expand activities to international arena • Develop cyber-enabled infrastructure between MRSECs, PREMs and other research & education centers Launch a new type of cyber-enabled centers (one IRG) focused on Materials Innovative Research and Creative Learning Experience MIRACLE Centers * Partially based on the recommendations of the NAS study on MRSECs

  34. Partnership for Research & Education in Materials (PREM) ….broaden participation in materials research and education by stimulating the development of long-term, collaborative partnerships between minority serving institutions and DMR-supported groups, centers and facilities. • 10 PREMs currently funded ~ 500k/year for 5 years (http://mrsec.org/prem/) • New PREM competition: Proposals’ Deadline March 5, 2009 (Solicitation: NSF 09-518) • Expanded to institutions primarily serving women and people with disabilities • Partner with DMR supported centers, groups or facilities

  35. DMR Support for Materials Research & Education($ 262.54 M in FY08)

  36. Individual & Group Investigator Programs FY2008 Budget

  37. FUNDING POTENTIAL • Anticipated 3-yr duration (possible renewal for 3 more yrs) • $5M initial investment in FY2009 • Doubling in FY2010 and tripling in FY2011 • 3-10 awards anticipated in FY2009 • Potential for expansion in future years • Potential to grow and include other sources of renewable energy in future years

  38. New CHE-DMR-DMS SOLAR InitiativeLaunched in FY 2009 Research at the Interface of the Chemical, Material, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences • At least three co-PIs, providing expertise in chemistry, materials research, and mathematical sciences • Two-stage proposal preparation and review process to reduce the burden on the communities What is MPS ROLE? • Capitalize on the unique strengths of our disciplinary communities • Use new interdisciplinary modalities by bringing together mathematicians, chemists, and materials researchers, focusing on interdisciplinary synergy and aiming for transformative breakthroughs • Focus on new fundamental chemical approaches, materials design, physical concepts, and mathematical algorithms

  39. Materials World NetworkWhere are we? I. Partnerships with funding organizations in: - Europe (20, incl. Russia, Ukraine, Turkey): • New in 2008: Agence National de la Recherche (France) (C. Huber) and Romania • USEMAT: annual coordination meetings in Strasbourg at E-MRS (C. Huber) • Support for USA-Europe Networks of materials researchers jointly with ESF • Joint panel reviews with EPSRC-UK and DFG-Germany (at NSF and abroad) - Asia (10): • New in 2008: JST, NEDO and NIMS in Japan (Z. Kafafi; C. Huber) • US-China Workshop on Nanomaterials for Energy and Environmental Challenges (DMR-CHE-DMS): Evanston 2008; Shanghai 2009. (Z. Kafafi, C. Huber) • US-Asia Materials Network: Symposium at Int. Conf. on Electronic Materials, Sydney 2008 (C. Huber); Singapore 2009 - Americas(8): • Inter-American Materials Collaboration (CIAM): a multilateral joint activity • Fourth CIAM Symposium/Grantees Meeting: Brazil 2008 (C. Huber) • NSF will host the CIAM funding and coordination meeting in April 2009

  40. Materials World NetworkWhere are we? II. Continue to work with organizations in developing regions: - Africa (14): • International Materials Institutes at Princeton and UCSB supported the 2008 Africa MRS Meeting in Tanzania • Strengthened cooperation with North Africa: Egypt, Tunisia (Z. Kafafi) - Southeast Asia: • New in 2008: Malaysia, possibly Vietnam • US-Asia Materials Network: Symposium at Int. Conf. on Electronic Materials, Sydney 2008 (C. Huber); Singapore 2009 - Middle East: • Need for follow-up on 2005 workshop in Qatar – possible cooperation with CRDF International Materials Institutes (IMIs) Competition in FY2008 Goal: Nucleate and coordinate international collaboration via personnel exchanges, international fellowships, seed funding, summer schools, workshops, etc..

  41. Nanostructured Materials for Global Energy & Environmental ChallengesEvanston, Illinois, September 22-24, 2008 • Held September 22-24, 2008 in Evanston, Illinois • First in a series of bilateral US-China workshops • Cosponsored by the NSF and the Natural National Science Foundation of China • Two major themes: (1) Advanced Solar Cells and (2) Nanomaterials and the Environment • Primary finding: Transformative approaches and new levels of cooperation are needed to solve global energy and environmental challenges • Key recommendation: Establishment of a joint US-China global institute • Next workshop on New Materials for Renewable Energy to be held in Shanghai, China in October 2009 Three NSF (DMR, CHE, and DMS) divisions Graduate student Charusheela Ramanan explains her research to US and Chinese professors. Zakya Kafafi, Director, Division for Materials Research gives opening remarks. The Workshop report is available at www.materialsworld.net

  42. A Truly Global Materials NetworkWhere are we going? • A materials network that links all talent available, regardless of geographical location • IMIs evolve into US-based nodes of the network • Seamless flow of people, information, materials, etc., through the network • More and better utilization of cyber infrastructure in support and as a result of the network • International research experiences as an integral part of undergraduate and graduate student’s education

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