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SMD Education Update

SMD Education Update. Dr. Yvonne Pendleton NASA Science Mission Directorate. Space Grant Meeting. February 29, 2008 Washington, DC. SMD PROGRAM SUMMARY. $5.4B/YEAR BUDGET. LARGE EARTH SCIENCE, HELIOPHYSICS, PLANETARY SCIENCE, & ASTROPHYSICS PROGRAMS.

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SMD Education Update

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  1. SMD Education Update Dr. Yvonne Pendleton NASA Science Mission Directorate Space Grant Meeting February 29, 2008 Washington, DC

  2. SMD PROGRAM SUMMARY • $5.4B/YEAR BUDGET. • LARGE EARTH SCIENCE, HELIOPHYSICS, PLANETARY SCIENCE, & ASTROPHYSICS PROGRAMS. • 53 FLIGHT MISSIONS IN OPERATION. • 41 FLIGHT MISSIONS IN DEVELOPMENT. • 3000+ ACTIVE R&A GRANTS. • THESE NUMBERS EXCEED THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF ALL OTHER SPACE SCIENCE PROGRAMS WORLD WIDE.

  3. Safety & Mission Assurance (P. Martin) Chief Engineer (K. Ledbetter) SMD’S GOT A NEW TEAM Associate Administrator (AA) (Alan Stern) Deputy AA (Chuck Gay) Deputy AA for Programs(Todd May - Detailee) AAA for Strategy, Policy & International (Marc Allen) Senior Advisor for R & A (Yvonne Pendleton) Chief Scientist (J. Mather) DCS for ES (Randy Friedl) DCS for SS (Andy Cheng) Special Asst for NEOs and Exploration (Dan Durda) Senior Advisor for Science Process & Ethics (Paul Hertz) Chief of Staff (Jens Feeley) HeliophysicsDivision Dir. (R. Fisher)Deputy (V. Elsbernd) Management &Policy DivisionDir. (R. Maizel)Deputy (Vacant) Earth Science Division Dir. (M. Freilich)Deputy (M. Luther-act) Planetary Science Division Dir. (J. Green)Dep. (J. Adams) AstrophysicsDivision Dir. (J. Morse)Deputy (R. Howard) Mars Program(D. McCuistion) Budget (C. Tupper) Flight (S. Volz) Policy & Administration (G. Williams- Act) Applied Science (T. Fryberger) Research (J. Kaye) Blue dashed boxes denote individuals who report to other organizations, but support SMD

  4. FY08 SMD Education Portfolio • 296 education projects imbedded in 56 SMD missions. • 15 competitively selected education projects. (selected in Nov 2007) • GLOBE • Total education project funding ~$25M (total EPO budget ~50M)

  5. Recent Developments • Selected 15 proposals for SMD EPO. Abstracts at http://science.hq.nasa.gov/research/sara_docs/EPOESS06_Selections.pdf

  6. R&A / EPO: Communication SARA website • One stop shopping for all R&A and EPO needs • Has budget FAQs and Grant Stats • Contact info for every Program Officer • Division Corners has an explanation of each division handles R&A • Letters from SARA every other week • Dynamic website with new pages added each update Check the SMD SARA site Google NASA SARA or go to: http://science.hq.nasa.gov/research/sara.html SARA email: 1600 since April 2007 (sara@nasa.gov) SARA visits: Universities, Science conferences, Centers, Committees

  7. E/PO: MOWG Charge and Challenges • Evaluate the fiscal viability of SMD E/PO programs and support structures. • Balance the SMD E/PO portfolio to meet the needs of NASA and the SMD directorate. • Generate pathways to long-term SMD E/PO stability. • Establish more accessible outreach mechanisms for researchers. • Evaluate the model of the SMD Support Groups. • Outreach opportunities for scientists are more burdensome than need be. • Diverse education portfolio is vulnerable and unsustainable in the current funding climate. • Increased professionalism of E/PO personnel across the country means that the kinds of support infrastructure needed by SMD E/PO is shifting.

  8. E/PO: MOWG • Members from all four SMD science communities. • Telecons weekly; 2-day meeting in DC Mar. 6-7 • Contact Emily CoBabe-Ammann with any questions (303-735-5814)

  9. R & A

  10. R&A: MOWG • R&A MOWG – Formed, meets by telecon weekly • Charge: provide input on a number of topics under consideration as process improvements for the SMD's overall R&A program (process, program balance, gaps within a division or across directorate) • Telecons so far: Feb 12 and 28 • Developing community survey questions to evaluate concerns across the four divisions: are they the same? are the solutions the same?

  11. R&A: MOWG • Guenter Riegler, Chair (Astrophysics) • Steve Bougher, Michigan, Co-Chair (Planetary Science) • Spiro Antiochos, GSFC (Heliophysics) • Josh Grindlay, Harvard (Astrophysics) • Lynn Hillenbrand, Caltech (Astrophysics) • Everette Joseph, Howard (Earth Science) • Jim Kasting, Penn State (Earth Science) • Adam Showman, Arizona (Planetary Science) • Hal Levison, SwRI (Planetary Science) • Maggie Tolbert, Colorado (Earth Science) • Prased Gogineni, Kansas (Earth Science)

  12. R&A: ROSES-08 • ROSES 2008 • Released on February 15 • 350 pages • 66 program elements • >$150M for new awards (incomplete tally) • Some first time program elements: • Ocean Salinity Science Team • Hurricane Science Research • Earth Science Applications Feasibility Studies • Moon and Mars Analog Mission Activities • Space Policy Research

  13. R&A: ROSES 2008 NEW: • budget data now shown to reviewers • new program offerings • four year awards for most programs Under consideration for amendments: -fellowship programs -large grant opportunities (i.e., institutes) -easier outreach mechanisms for scientists

  14. R&A: Documenting Practices • Document SMD's best and acceptable practices for R&A reviews; • Provide additional guidance to program officers; • Offer additional transparency into SMD process to community; and • Provide assurance (to SMD managers, to the community, to auditors) that SMD program officers are following SMD policies and practices.

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