Morris AizenmanSenior Scientist

Directorate for Mathematical & Physical SciencesNational Science Foundation

Physics and Engineering SciencesCommittee

April 2010

FY 2011 and FY 2012 Budget Environment

President and Congress recognize basic research and NSF’s central role in

supporting the sciences, but … The Budgetary Environment

Federal Budget DeficitNational Priorities – the Economy, War on Terrorism,

Homeland Security, Energy, ClimatePresident’s Goal: Maintain level funding for

discretionary funding for FY 2011, FY 2012, FY 2013

FY 2011 NSF Request

NSF Funding by Account

(Dollars in Millions)

 

FY 2009 Omnibus

Actual

FY 2009 ARRAActual

FY 2010 Estimate

FY 2011 Request

Change over

FY 2010 Estimate

Amount Percent

Research & Related Activities1 $5,152.39 $2,062.64 $5,563.92 $6,018.83 $454.91 8.2%

Education & Human Resources 845.52 85.00 872.76 892.00 19.24 2.2%

Major Research Equipment & Facilities Construction

160.76 254.00 117.29 165.19 47.90 40.8%

Agency Operations & Award Management 294.09 - 300.00 329.19 29.19 9.7%

National Science Board 4.02 - 4.54 4.84 0.30 6.6%

Office of Inspector General 11.99 0.02 14.00 14.35 0.35 2.5%

Total, NSF $6,468.76 $2,401.66 $6,872.51 $7,424.40 $551.89 8.0%

FY 2011 NSF R&RA RequestFY 2009

Omnibus

FY 2009ARRA FY 2010 FY 2011

Change overFY 2010 Estimate

 Actual Actual

Estimate

RequestAmoun

tPerce

nt

Biological Sciences $656.62 $260.00 $714.54 $767.81 $53.27 7.5%

Computer & Information Science & Engineering

574.50 235.00 618.83 684.51 65.6810.6

%

Engineering 664.99 264.99 743.93 825.67 81.7411.0

%

Geosciences 808.53 347.00 889.64 955.29 65.65 7.4%

Mathematical & Physical Sciences

1,243.88

474.971,351.8

41,409.9

158.07 4.3%

Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences

240.56 84.97 255.25 268.79 13.54 5.3%

Office of Cyberinfrastructure

199.23 80.00 214.28 228.07 13.79 6.4%

Office of International Science & Engineering

47.45 13.98 47.83 53.26 5.4311.4

%

Office of Polar Programs1 473.55 171.89 451.16 527.99 76.8317.0

%

Integrative Activities 241.58 129.85 275.04 295.93 20.89 7.6%

U.S. Arctic Research Commission

1.50 - 1.58 1.60 0.02 1.3%

Total, R&RA $5,152.39

$2,062.64

$5,563.92

$6,018.83

$454.91 8.2%

MPS FY 2011 Budget Request

Amount Percent

Astronomical Sciences $228.67 $85.80 $245.69 $251.77 $6.08 2.5%

Chemistry 211.67 87.36 233.73 247.56 13.83 5.9%

Materials Research 282.52 108.17 302.67 319.37 16.70 5.5%

Mathematical Sciences 224.84 97.34 241.38 253.46 12.08 5.0%

Physics 262.47 96.30 290.04 298.19 8.15 2.8%

OMA 33.70 - 38.33 39.56 1.23 3.2%Total, MPS $1,243.88 $474.97 $1,351.84 $1,409.91 $58.07 4.3%

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MPS Subactivity Funding(Dollars in Millions)

AST

CHE

DMR

DMS

PHY

OMA

Discovery +6.7%

Average

annualized

increase 5%

MPS FY 2009 ARRA$490M total investment in MPS R&RA + $146M MREFC Research and Education grants - $402M

Close to 400 new PIs 85 CAREER awards Major investments in GRF, REU, post-doc programs Over 70 energy and over 25 climate awards

Facilities and Instrumentation support - $88M 10 MPS-supported user facilities received funding, for

operations, maintenance, safety upgrades, saving jobs

Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST) $146M in MREFC construction Tremendous boost for solar astronomy

Budget Summary

$1.41B budget requested for FY 2011 for MPSSustaining research in fundamental science

AST, CHE, DMR, DMS, PHY

Supporting young researchersREU to CAREER

Investing in national prioritiesSEBML, SEES

MPS Core Programs

• Support researchers to investigate – Structure/evolution of the universe, fundamental

particles, processes of matter– Behavior and control of molecules at nanoscale,

complexity of their chemical interactions in materials and life processes

– New mathematical structures and theories, connections to computation, experiment, observation

• Fundamental for advances in all science, medicine, industry, technology

Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES)

MPS is partnering with other NSF Directorates to invest in climate and energy research•Energy

– Energy Storage• New battery materials could “charge in seconds”

– SOLAR program• Novel earth-abundant materials for solar

energy harvesting, creating efficient solar cells • Efficient materials for direct conversion of

photons into hydrogen via water electrolysis

•Climate– New algorithms improve atmospheric and ocean simulations

with parameterized uncertainties in physical processes, which typically hamper climate change predictions

SEES request:$110.50 M

MPS/MPSAC Working Groups

• Climate• Energy• Broadening Participation• Computation• Life Sciences• SEBML/QIS• Matter by Design• Facilities• Fundamental Science

Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA)

• Will be the world’s most advanced radio telescope: unprecedented sensitivity, angular resolution

• Premier tool to study the first galaxies (~500 Myr after the Big Bang) in the universe, whose light has been stretched to sub-millimeter wavelength

• Three telescopes already operating; 16 by 2011; over 5 dozen when complete by late 2012

NOvA(off-axis)

HomestakeHomestakeDUSELDUSEL

MINOS (on-axis)

1300 km1300 km

735 km

High Intensity Neutrino Beam

High Intensity Neutrino Beam

Mega-Detector at DUSEL:Mega-Detector at DUSEL:CP violation, Proton Decay, CP violation, Proton Decay, SupernovaeSupernovae

FermilabFermilab

The configuration of a Mega-Detector at Homestake, greater than 1,000 km from a high intensity source, offers a discovery

opportunity that is unique in the world. Discussions with international parties have begun.

The Long Baseline ExperimentThe Long Baseline Experiment

Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will produce an wide-field astronomical survey of our universe using an 8.4-meter ground-based telescope. The camera will have 3200 Megapixels making it the world’s largest digital camera. It will produce 30 Terabytes of data nightly with nearly instant alerts issued for objects that change in position or brightness.

Giant Segmented Mirror Telescopes

The Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT)

The 20-Meter Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT)