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NSF Division of Earth Sciences COMPRES Workshop June 2008

NSF Division of Earth Sciences COMPRES Workshop June 2008. Selenite (gypsum) crystals, Chihuahua, Mexico. Division of Earth Sciences (EAR). James Whitcomb – Acting Division Director Felicia Means , Program Support Manager Deborah Morton , Operations Specialist

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NSF Division of Earth Sciences COMPRES Workshop June 2008

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  1. NSF Division of Earth Sciences COMPRES Workshop June 2008 Selenite (gypsum) crystals, Chihuahua, Mexico

  2. Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) James Whitcomb – Acting Division Director Felicia Means, Program Support Manager Deborah Morton, Operations Specialist Rosalind Douglas, Dir. Operations Specialist Patty Brooking, Management Ops. Assist. Vivian Mathis, Student Temporary Assist. Deep Earth Processes Section Acting Head: David Lambert Sec. PD: Steve Harlan Staff: Yasmin Adawi, Jacqueline Cooper, Pauline Meng Surface Earth Processes Section Head: Teofilo Abrajano Sci. Asst.: Nancy Martinez Staff: Alicia Armstrong, Patty Brooking, vacant Geobiology & Low Temp Geochemistry Enriqueta Barrera Stephen Macko Tectonics David Fountain James Dunlap Hydrologic Sciences Douglas James Richard Cuenca Geophysics Robin Reichlin Eva Zanzerkia Ben Phillips Sedimentary Geology & Paleobiology H. Richard Lane Paul Filmer, Ray Bernor Education and Human Resources Lina Patino Continental Dynamics Leonard Johnson EarthScope Kaye Shedlock Catherine Cooper Petrology & Geochemistry Sonia Esperanca William Leeman Instrumentation & Facilities Russell Kelz Thomas Boyd Geomorphology & Land Use Dynamics Richard Yuretich

  3. NSF Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships (EAR-PF) Program SolicitationNSF 07-596

  4. NSF-Division of Earth Sciences Mineral Physics funding Opportunities • Geophysics(PD: Reichlin) • Elasticity, Rheology, EOS (theory, experiment) • June 1, December 1 deadlines • ~30% success rate • Petrology and Geochemistry: (PD: Esperanca, Leeman) • EOS, Melting, phase equilibria, crystal chemistry (theory, experiment) • June 1, December 1 deadlines, • ~30% success rate • CSEDI (Cooperative Studies of Earth’s Deep Interior): (Reichlin/Esperanca) • Review 10-15 multidisciplinary projects/yr • Multidisciplinary collaborations (same or different institutions) • September 25, annual deadline • ~35-40% success rate • Community Science Plan 2004

  5. NSF-Division of Earth Sciences Mineral Physics funding Opportunities • Instrumentation and Facilities (IF): (Kelz, Lambert) • Instrumentation, Technique Development, Technician Support, Facilities • COMPRES Facility Funding • Other Opportunities: Cross Foundation- mostly computational • OCI (Office of CyberInfrastructure) • CDI (Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation ) • ITR award-VLAB

  6. GEO Ten-Year Funding History FY 2009 Request: $849M +12.8% Millions of $

  7. Administration and Congress Show Increased Federal Investments in Research and Education • American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI) • America COMPETES Act of 2007

  8. NSF R&RA Increases from FY08 to FY09 • Biological Sciences 10.3% • Computer and Information Sci. and Engineering 19.5% • Engineering 19.2% • Geosciences 12.8% • Mathematical and Physical Sciences 20.2% • Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences 8.5% • Office of Cyberinfrastructure 18.8% • Office of International Science and Engineering 14.8% • Office of Polar Programs 10.9% • Integrative Activities 18.8% • U.S. Arctic Research Commission 4.1% • ---------------------------------------------------------------------- • Total, Research and Related Activities 16.0%

  9. NSF Cross-Foundation Investments ($ million) • Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) 100 • Science and Engineering Beyond Moore’s Law (SEBML) 20 • Adaptive Systems Technology (AST) 15 • Dynamics of Water Processes in the Environment (WATER) 10

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