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Fermi Users Group

Overview of cycles, program updates, evaluations, progress reports, and changes in proposal types discussed at the meeting held on August 28, 2009 at Goddard Space Flight Center.

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Fermi Users Group

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  1. Fermi Users Group Cycle-2 Program, Cycle-3 Planning Chris Shrader, Fermi Science support Center NASA/GSFC Fermi Users Group Meeting Goddard Space Flight Center, August 28, 2009C. Shrader, NASA/GSFC

  2. Cycle-2 Program • 199 proposals received, 80 selected • 79 grants • 8 “Progress Reports”, all passed • 3 multi-year “Large Projects” selected • Down from 8 selections in Cycle-1 • $1.5M in m-yr obligations from Cycle-1 • Average grants: $174k (large) $78k (regular) • NRAO: ~650 hours awarded • ~50% of proposed amount • NOAO: under-utilized resource • 3 requests, 1 award (24 hrs) Fermi Users Group Meeting Goddard Space Flight Center, August 28, 2009C. Shrader, NASA/GSFC

  3. Cycle-2 Program • No pointed observations (w/caveat) • Solar flare trigger as part of multi-yr project • 1 pointed observation proposed & not approved • Limited number of multi-year awards • 3 of 9 selected, most were good quality • Very little budget cutting • Technical evaluations • NRAO & NOAO written evals very useful • Phone support adequate Fermi Users Group Meeting Goddard Space Flight Center, August 28, 2009C. Shrader, NASA/GSFC

  4. Cycle-2 Program • LAT technical evaluations • FSSC Project • Some were “politico-technical” evaluations • gray areas between team programmatics and science • 1 proposal basically disallowed, 1 partially • Others discussed & deemed appropriate • NRA language is generally good • case-by-case consideration inevitable Fermi Users Group Meeting Goddard Space Flight Center, August 28, 2009C. Shrader, NASA/GSFC

  5. Multi-Year Progress Reports • “Progress Reports” were solicited in tandem w/Cycle-2 proposals • Mostly a rubber stamping exercise • One case where a “deliverable” was not being made on schedule useful feedback • Procedure needs some thought; reviews are already intense activity, so added reading, discussion & caveats burdensome Fermi Users Group Meeting Goddard Space Flight Center, August 28, 2009C. Shrader, NASA/GSFC

  6. Cycle-3 NRA • Streamlines proposal types • Fewer categories, but no loss as far as what can be proposed • e.g. don’t need separate LAT data analysis, GBM data analysis and data analysis methods categories • Separate caps for US Co-I budgets • Consistent policy with other missions • Guideline for large project awards reduced 83 • More detail in page limit, formatting guidelines • Schedule still driven by agency procurement cycle Fermi Users Group Meeting Goddard Space Flight Center, August 28, 2009C. Shrader, NASA/GSFC

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