CURRENT ISSUES Dr. Mary E. Clutter April 7, 2005

1. CURRENT ISSUESDr. Mary E. ClutterApril 7, 2005

2. Current Issues • Budget • Increasing success rate while maintaining average annual award size ($171 K) • Rebuilding core disciplinary research • Broadening participation • Cyberinfrastructure investments

3. INPUTS OUTPUTS Balance Award Size & Duration Funding Rate Research Opportunities S&E Workforce Challenges FY 2007 Budget Needs: Tools Broadening Participation Staffing, IT Infrastructure

4. Current Issues • Budget • Increasing success rate while maintaining average annual award size ($171 K) • Rebuilding core disciplinary research • Broadening participation • Cyberinfrastructure investments

7. Current Issues • Budget • Increasing success rate while maintaining average annual award size ($171 K) • Rebuilding core disciplinary research • Broadening participation • Cyberinfrastructure investments

8. Budget ParametersPercent of Total NSF Funding NSBFY 2005 FY 2006 GuidanceEnactedRequest People n/a 19% 17% Ideas n/a 50% 49% • Centers 8 - 12% 6% 6% Tools 22 - 27% 26% 27% Org. Exc. 5 - 7% 5% 6%

9. Funding for NSF Centers and Tools as a Portion of R&RAFY 1995 – FY 2006 $5,000 $4,500 $4,000 $3,500 $3,000 Dollars in Millions $2,500 $2,000 $1,500 $1,000 $500 $0 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 CP 2004 Actual 2006 Request Centers R&RA Tools Other R&RA

10. Funding for BIO Centers and Tools as a Portion of R&RAFY 1995 – FY 2006 Dollars in Millions

11. Current Issues • Budget • Increasing success rate while maintaining average annual award size ($171 K) • Rebuilding core disciplinary research • Broadening participation • Cyberinfrastructure investments

12. Broadening Participation • Impact of NSF Activities? • Criterion 2 (Broader Impacts) • Increasing numbers of underrepresented groups

13. Current Issues • Budget • Increasing success rate while maintaining average annual award size ($171 K) • Rebuilding core disciplinary research • Broadening participation • Cyberinfrastructure investments

14. NSF Cyberinfrastructure Funding(Dollars in Millions)