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Ocean Science Research and Education in the United States

Ocean Science Research and Education in the United States. US Federal Spending on Science and Engineering R & D. Total Spending Including Life Sciences. Total Spending by Agency. # of Doctorates. 16.7% of all PhDs are in Physical Sciences

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Ocean Science Research and Education in the United States

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  1. Ocean Science Research and Education in the United States

  2. US Federal Spending on Science and Engineering R & D

  3. Total Spending Including Life Sciences

  4. Total Spending by Agency

  5. # of Doctorates 16.7% of all PhDs are in Physical Sciences 1.8% of all PhDs in Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences 682 PhDs in 2008 in Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences

  6. Ocean Sciences Research • National Science Foundation (NSF) • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) • SeaGrant • National Aeronautics and Space Administration • Department of Energy • Environmental Protection Agency

  7. National Science Foundation • $6.06 Billion per year • 20% of all federal funding for basic research • $350 million to Ocean Sciences • Many interdisciplinary programs • Carbon and Water • Long Term Ecological Research • Integrated Graduate Research and Education Training

  8. National Science Foundation National Science Board Director Deputy Director Inspector General Staff Offices Computer & Information Science & Engineering Mathematical & Physical Sciences Biological Sciences Geosciences Engineering Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences Budget, Finance & Award Management Information Resource Management Education & Human Resources

  9. Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) Research in the atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences Principal source of federal funding for university-based fundamental research in the geosciences Advances scientific knowledge of Earth's environment Advances ability to predict natural phenomena of economic and human significance, including climate change, weather prediction, earthquakes, tsunamis, fish-stock fluctuations, and disruptive events in the solar-terrestrial environment (space weather)

  10. Directorate for Geosciences Diversity and Education in Geosciences Assistant Director for Geosciences Dr. Tim Killeen Division of Atmospheric Sciences Division of Earth Sciences Division of Ocean Sciences

  11. http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=OCE

  12. Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE) • Supports basic research and education to further understanding of all aspects of the global oceans and their interactions with the solid earth and the atmosphere, including: • biological, chemical and physical processes that characterize both coastal seas and deep ocean basins • geological and geophysical processes that shape the continental shelves and deep sea floor • resource and hazard assessment and the health of the oceans’ complex and diverse ecological systems • Supports operation, acquisition, construction, and conversion of major shared-use oceanographic facilities needed to carry out oceanographic-related research programs

  13. GEO Budgets

  14. Division of Ocean Sciences: Dr. Julie Morris Integrative Programs Section Ocean Sciences Section Marine Geosciences Section Chemical Oceanography Marine Geology & Geophysics Ocean Sciences Education Oceanographic Instrumentation & Technical Services Biological Oceanography Ocean Drilling Oceanographic Technology & Interdisciplinary Coordination Physical Oceanography Ship Facilities & Support Ship Operations

  15. FY2009-GeoSciences

  16. Special Programs • Ocean Drilling Program • US GLOBEC • Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) • Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) • $351M

  17. Ocean Obervatories Initiative

  18. Scientific Ocean Drilling Vessel (SODV) After 20 years of service, the JOIDES Resolution, the pioneering scientific ocean drilling vessel that has revolutionized our understanding of earth and ocean history, is getting an extreme makeover. The new and improved vessel will have enhanced drilling capability, 30 percent more lab space, and more habitable living conditions for a larger scientific party. The new vessel will recover sediment and rock from the global ocean to study the deep biosphere, the flow of sub seafloor fluids, past climate and environmental change, and solid earth cycles and geodynamics. The vessel will also be used to install oceanographic observatory networks. The new ship is expected to be ready for science in late 2007.

  19. Recent Cross-Cutting Activities in GEO • Dynamics of Coupled Natural & Human Systems (SBE, GEO, BIO, ENG) quantitative, interdisciplinary analyses of relevant human and natural system processes and complex interactions among human and natural systems at diverse scales (last November) • Carbon and Water in the Earth System (ATM,OCE, EAR) understanding of complex relationships between and within global water and carbon cycles (last March) • Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Observatories: Prototype Systems to Address Cross-Cutting Needs(OCI, GEO, BIO, ENG) for the development of practical environmental cyberinfrastructure prototypes along with a demonstration of their capability to answer significant environmental research questions (last January) • Collaboration in Mathematical Geosciences (GEO, DMS) collaborations between mathematicians and geoscientists addressing modeling large complex geosystems, representing uncertainty in geosystems, and analyzing large geoscience datasets (this February)

  20. National Science Foundation National Science Board Director Deputy Director Inspector General Staff Offices Computer & Information Science & Engineering Mathematical & Physical Sciences Biological Sciences Geosciences Engineering Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences Budget, Finance & Award Management Information Resource Management Education & Human Resources

  21. Ocean Education Funding • National Science Foundation-Primary Source • NOAA • SeaGrant • National Estuarine Research Reserves • Office of Naval Research-not much • Department of Energy-not much in ocean education • National Institutes of Health-not much in ocean education

  22. Ocean Sciences in Formal Education (Schools) • Not much in National Educational Standards • Few courses in high school • Some in some textbooks • Not much in inquiry-based experiments • On-line resources through COSEE, The Bridge • Individual teachers, schools, and learning centers

  23. Informal Education • 200 zoos and aquaria are members of the Association of Zoos and Aquaria • 30-40 major aquaria in the US attracting 30-40 million visitors each year • For example-1.5M people visit New England Aquarium each year • After school programs • Media • Boys and Girls Scouts

  24. COSEE Centers 12 @ $2.5M each for 5 years Geographically distributed 56 Universities and Research Institutions 4 Community Colleges 26 School Districts 73 Informal Science Education Institutions 49 Local, State, and Federal Agencies 500 Ocean Scientists 8000 teachers

  25. Locations of 12 COSEE Centers

  26. FY2009-Education and Human Resources

  27. Questions?

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