NSF, CISE, and ANIR Overview: Funding for Scientific Research in the US

1. The National Science FoundationCISE –ANIR

2. Outline • 100,000 ft - NSF • 50,000 ft – CISE • 10,000 ft – ANIR • Recent History • Staffing status • Ground zero – the Programs • ANR • ANI

3. What is NSF? • Is an Independent Agency of the Federal Government • Was established in 1950 to promote and advance scientific progress in the United States by sponsoring scientific research and by supporting selected activities in science and engineering (Vannevar Bush, 1945) • Does not conduct research itself

4. US Agencies The President of the United States Office of Science Advisor Other Boards, Management Councils, Etc. Office of and Budget Science & Technology Policy Major Departments Agriculture Health & Interior Transportation Defense Energy Commerce Human Services Independent Agencies National National Smithsonian Nuclear Other Environmental Science Aeronautic Protection Institution Regulatory Agencies Foundation & Space Agency Commission Administration

5. National Science Foundation

6. Science Management Agency * * Includes 128 IPA staff (IPA=Intergovernmental Personnel Act)

7. NSF Modes of Support • Individual projects • Instrumentation • Large-scale facilities • Fellowships, traineeships, research assistantships, post-doctoral funding • Centers • Research • Science and engineering education • Small Business Innovation • Workshops

8. NSF Key Proposal Review Criteria • What is the intellectual merit of the proposed activity? • What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity?

9. What is CISE? CISE DIVISIONS • ACIR • advanced computational • infrastructure & research • ANIR • advanced networking • infrastructure & research • C-CR • computer-communications research • EIA • experimental & integrative activities • IIS • information and intelligent systems

10. NEW DIRECTIONS FOR CISE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CYBER INFRASTRUCTURE

11. THE VISION –Cyber Infrastructure Computation Broadband Network Connectivity Partnership People & Training Large Databases Digital Libraries Instrumentation (large and/or many small)

12. What is ANIR? CISE DIVISIONS • ACIR • -ANIR • advanced networking • infrastructure & research • C-CR • EIA • IIS ANIR Division DirectorAubrey Bush Research Programs Ty Znati Infrastructure Programs Tom Greene Greg Monaco Chip Cox Alan Blatecky

13. FY 2001 NSF REQUEST • NSF = $ 4,600M • CISE = $529 M • ANIR =$68.7 M I= $45.4M R = $23.3M (http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/fy2001/program_2.htm)

14. The ANIR process • Goal = Fund proposals! • Solicit proposals through program announcements • IDEAL --Fund Most? They are thoughtfully and carefully prepared and most should be funded • REAL –limited funds –use a peer review process – choose some ______________ MORE FUNDS => FUND MORE PROPOSALS

15. New Directions for ANIR

16. PLANS – Oct 15 ,2000 • A. Define new programs • B. Find new Staff • C. Retire old programs– complete all outstanding proposal processing

17. Status – A, B, C • A. --2 new program announcements released, (1 in process) • B. --3 new people (still need three more) • C. -- Catch up on proposals- in process

18. Participate in the process • Proposals needed • Ad-hoc reviewers needed • Panel member reviewers needed • Fresh ideas • Workshops • Publications • White papers • Committees

19. ANR Programs– • (NSF 98-164) –Networking Researchhttp://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1998/nsf98164/nsf98164.htm • (NSF 98-120) –Special Projectshttp://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1998/nsf98120/nsf98120.htm • (NSF 00-126) –Information Technology Research http://www.itr.nsf.gov

20. New Directions in NR • Extend the reach of networking through pervasive and ubiquitous networking of heterogeneous devices • Build the scientific basis for future developments in networking • Maintain our leadership capability in networking

21. Extending the Reach • Scalability: by researching networking architectures to support very large environments • Security and Privacy in the Information Infrastructure: future applications in the medical, social and commercial fields • Tools for Networked Collaboration: remote collaborations of the future

22. Special Projects • Support research in areas of networking, emphasizing their importance in the emerging convergence of communications and computing • Large or multidisciplinary projects • Specialized infrastructure for networking systems research • Mechanisms for developing research agendas and enhancing community development

23. Information Technology Research • ``Information technology will be one of the key factors driving progress in the 21st century - it will transform the way we live, learn, work, and play. Advances in computing and communications technology will create a new infrastructure for business, scientific research, and social interaction.’’ • ``The Committee shall provide ... advice and information on high-performance computing and communications, information technology, and the Next Generation Internet.’’

24. PITAC Findings • Finding: Federal information technology R&D investment is inadequate • In constant dollars, support has been flat or declining for ten years • Finding: Federal information technology R&D is too heavily focused on near-term problems • Priority has been given to short-term, mission-oriented goals, over long term research

25. PITAC Recommendations • Create a strategic initiative in long-term information technology • Increase funding base by $1.37 billion per year by FY 2004. • Encourage research that is visionary and high-risk • Diversify modes of research support and increase the duration of projects

26. The Bottom Line CISE ITR budget • Fiscal Year 2000 • $36M for Terascale Computer System • $90M for Information Technology Research • Fiscal Year 2001 • $45M for Terascale Computer System • $190M for Information Technology Research

27. ITR 2001 Research Areas • 1.System Design and Implementation • 2. People and Social Groups Interacting with Computers and Infrastructure • 3.Information Management • 4. Applications in Science and Engineering • 5. Scalable Information Infrastructure for Pervasive Computing and Access

28. ITR Modes of Funding • Three sizes of grants • 30% for small projects (up to $500K total) • 35% medium/groups (up to 5 million and up to 1 million/year) • 35% large projects (up to 15 million and up to three million/year) • Some flexibility between medium and large

29. New Directions in NI • Infrastructure is a Tool for Enabling Research and Education • Stimulate and contribute to and make available to the research and education community the very latest in high performance networking capability

30. ANI Programs– • NSF 01-63 –MWIR - Centerpiece program for Infrastructure & Research: • Network Centric MIDDLEWARE Services • [http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/nsf0163/nsf0163.htm] • NSF 01-73 -HPNC - A new connections program -focus is next tier institutions[http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/nsf0173/nsf0173.htm] • NSF 98-104 - Internet Techs -rewrite in process

31. Extending the Reach • Networked Applications • Networking for New Participants • Network and Middleware Service Capabilities • Enabling Research / Education

32. When NR and NI Meet • Integrate network research and network infrastructure activities in network and middleware services development and foster partnerships between discipline-specific researchers, networkers, ... • Development of a stable infrastructure, for the efficient utilization of the service capabilities available in backbones • seamless high end-to-End performance, extending beyond the edge of the backbone • identify new high performance network needs of the scientific disciplines and enable the network community to meet these needs

33. ANI Programs– • NSF 01-63 –MWIR - Centerpiece program for Infrastructure & Research: • Network Centric MIDDLEWARE Services • [http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/nsf0163/nsf0163.htm] • NSF 01-73 -HPNC - A new connections program -focus is next tier institutions[http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/nsf0173/nsf0173.htm] • NSF 98-104 - Internet Techs -rewrite in process

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