Transcript Title of Presentation - Consortium for Ocean Leadership

Dr. David O. Conover
Director, Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE)
Directorate for Geosciences
National Science Foundation
Assistant Professor, 1981, School of Marine and
Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) at Stony Brook
University
Dean, 2003, SoMAS
Appointed Director of Ocean Sciences Division
(GEO/OCE) on July 19, 2010
OCE supports:
Basic research and education to further understanding of all
aspects of the global oceans and their interactions with the
earth and the atmosphere
Participation in global change research programs and other
focus programs
Operation and acquisition of major shared-use
oceanographic facilities
75% of funding for basic research in ocean sciences
1. Deep Water Horizon (DWH) Oil Spill
2. Budget Overview
3. Recent and Upcoming Climate Solicitations
4. Observations and Action Items (so far)
Total Amount Awarded: $19,432,224
Total Number of NSF Awards: 166
Average Award Amount: $117,062
Total Amount Awarded by GEO Directorate:
$8,198,075
Total Number of Awards in GEO Directorate: 77
Total Amount of Ship Costs: >$5,000,000
GEO Directorate Rapid Response Research
OCE
59
OCE
$6,823,160
Other NSF
Directorates
89
EAR
14
Other NSF
Directorates
$11,234,149
EAR
$919,138
AGS
4
AGS
$455,777
Number of Grants Awarded
per Division in GEO
Total Amount Awarded
per Division in GEO
Total Number of Grants in GEO: 77
Total Amount Awarded in GEO: $8,198,075
•Estimated Number of requests: 443
•Total Number of OCE NSF Awards: 59
•Total Amount Awarded: $6,823,160
•Average award processing time in OCE: 11.3 days
•Average award processing time at NSF: 27.8 days
NSF Rapid Response Research Grants to
Gulf Coast States
Texas
$977,018
Texas
11
Mississippi
$1,692,685
Mississippi
12
Lousiana
$2,523,177
Lousiana
20
Rest of U.S.
91
Florida
21
Rest of U.S.
$10,403,432
Florida
$2,668,367
Alabama
11
Alabama
$1,167,545
Number of Grants Awarded
to Gulf Coast States
Total number of grants: 75
Total Amount Awarded
to Gulf Coast States
Total Awarded Gulf Coast States: $9,028,792
Note: Alabama and Louisiana are EPSCOR states
NSF Ship Rapid Response
Research Effort
Atlantis
Pelican
Atlantis
Atlantis
Pelican
Oceanus
Cape Hatteras
Cape Hatteras
Endeavor
Cape Hatteras
Endeavor
Cape Hatteras
Walton Smith
Pelican
30-Apr
Total NSF Ship Days – 224
R/V Pelican - 12
R/V Cape Hatteras - 61
R/V Walton Smith - 22
R/V Endeavor - 34
R/ Oceanus - 46
R/V Atlantis - 49
31-May
1-Jul
1-Aug
Cruise dates
1-Sep
2-Oct
2-Nov
3-Dec
NSF Rapid Response Research Effort
First Rapid proposal
First publication
DWH GOM submitted
First Rapid grant from Rapid Grant
Oil Spill
Research
awarded
70
60
50
Number
of grants
40
30
20
10
0
Official Start Date
August 19, 2010 (online). R. Camilli et al., Tracking
Hydrocarbon Plume Transport and Biodegradation at
Deepwater Horizon. Science Express.
10.1126/science.1195223.
September 16, 2010 (online). D. Valentine et al., Propane
Respiration Jump-Starts Microbial Response to a Deep Oil
Spill. Science Express. 10.1126/science.1196830.
September 23, 2010 (online). T. Crone and M. Tolstoy,
Magnitude of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Leak. Science
Express. 10.1126/science.1195840.
Research Initiatives Funded by BP:
BP made a $500 million commitment over a 10 year period to support independent research
The first round of funding was announced on June 15:
$5 million to Louisiana State University
$10 million to the Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO)
$10 million to the Northern Gulf Institute (NGI)
$5 million to a consortium in Alabama
$10 million to National Institutes of Health
Covered in GPG Section II.D.1.:
“Renewed funding of RAPID awards
may be requested only through
submission of a proposal that will be
subject to full external merit review.
Such proposals would be designated
as “RAPID renewals.”
Sponsored by the Office of Science and Technology
Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology
St. Petersburg, FL
October 5-6, 2010
The conference brought together scientific investigators from
academia, private research institutes, and agencies actively
conducting DWH oil spill related research, monitoring, and
sampling, as well as representatives from the NSTC JSOST
agencies.
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act –
GEO investments: $601M
Initiated OOI and R/V Sikuliaq; Earthscope
fully funded; NCAR/Wyoming
supercomputer center in development
AC/GEO’s GeoVision released!
FY2010: 10.2% increase over FY2009
Includes Agency-wide climate initiative
FY2011: President’s budget request includes
a 7.4% increase for GEO (includes SEES)
FY2012 budget submitted to OMB
Understanding, adapting to, and mitigating the impacts of global climate
change
Managing the competing demands on land, freshwater, and the oceans for the
production of food, fiber, biofuels, and ecosystem services based on
sustainability and biodiversity
Promoting sustainable economic growth and job creation
Defeating the most dangerous diseases and achieving better health outcomes
for all while reducing health care costs
Moving toward a clean energy future to reduce dependence on energy imports
while curbing greenhouse gas emissions
Developing the technologies to protect our troops, citizens, and national
interests
Addressing these challenges will require strenghtening our efforts in six crosscutting areas
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and
advanced learning technologies at every level, from early childhood to
lifelong learning and for all segments of society
The vitality and productivity of our research university and national and
private laboratories, and sustained support for fundamental research
High-impact collaborations with researchers, the private sector,
universities, and other institutions of higher learning, civil society, and
international partners to achieve U.S. foreign policy, global health, energy,
climate change, and global development objectives
The capacity and robustness of infrastructures for information and
communication, transportation, and energy
Capabilities in space, which are germane not only to looking and exploring
outward but also to Earth observation, geo-positioning, communication,
and more
An economic and policy environment that promotes and rewards research,
entrepreneurship, and innovation
Advance climate and energy science, engineering, and
education to inform the societal actions needed for
environmental and economic sustainability and sustainable
human well-being
Foster innovative insights about the environment-energyeconomy nexus, especially at the regional scale, that will
increase the effectiveness of our energy and management
policies in adapting to, and mitigating the impacts of, climate
change and improve our capabilities for rapid response to
extreme events
Research at the energy-environment-society nexus
Data analysis, modeling, simulation and intelligent decisionmaking facilitated by advanced computation
Study of societal factors such as vulnerability and resilience,
and sensitivity to regional change
Short and long term research enabled by a new generation of
experimental and observational networks
Building of research and education partnerships, both
nationally and internationally
SEES is expected to be a 5-year effort (FY11 to FY15)
Address challenges in climate and energy research and
education using a systems-based approach to understanding,
predicting, and reacting to change in the linked natural,
social, and built environment
Dear Colleague Letter to be issued soon for FY11 with an
emphasis on research networks, postdoctoral scholarships,
international partnerships, and a focus on Energy research
and Coupling of Human/Natural systems
CRI = Climate Research Investment
Emphasis on climate and environment, including human
dimensions
Water, Sustainability, and Climate (WSC)
Ocean Acidification (OA)
Dimensions of Biodiversity (DB)
Climate Change Education (CCEP)
Regional and Decadal Earth System Modeling (EaSM)
Success Rates
for Programs
Ocean Acidification
118 proposals / 22 awards
18.6%
Dimensions of Biodiversity
195 proposals / 14 awards
7.1%
Water Sustainability & Climate
185 proposals / 16 awards
8.6%
Decadal and Regional Climate Prediction using 136 proposals / Awards not
Earth Systems Models
finalized
Program Goals
1.
Foster an inter-disciplinary and multi-scale understanding of the
interplay among and within the various sub-systems of the Earth
2.
Catalyze research in areas poised for a major advance
3.
Improve data resolution and modeling capabilities to more
realistically simulate complex processes and forecast disruptive or
threshold events
4.
Improve knowledge of the resilience of the Earth and its
subsystems.
Pre-proposals Received: 69 (Deadline: October 1, 2010)
Full Proposal Deadline: March 15, 2011
MacArthur Foundation Fellowships awarded to two
GEO/OCE supported PIs this year:
Dr. Jon Dabiri, California Institute of Technology,
Aeronautics and Bioengineering
Research understanding the locomotion and
hydrodynamic power conversion of animals
such as jellyfish
Dr. Kelly Benoit-Bird, Oregon State University,
College of Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Research on vertical migration behavior in
large squids
Both scientists are:
Researching the physical/biological interactions of
plankton and nekton in the sea
Advancing technological approaches to assess and
observe organisms and their behavior in the ocean
MacArthur Foundation Fellowships awarded to two OCE-supported
PIs last year:
Dr. Daniel Sigman, Princeton University, Dusenbury Professor
of Geological and Geophysical Sciences
Research in the interaction of biomass and climate in
shaping Earth’s geologic history
Development of new methods for the analysis of
nitrogen and oxygen isotope composition of nitrate and
other compounds
Dr. Peter Huybers, Harvard University, Department of Earth
and Planetary Sciences
Research on global climate change on various time
scales
Use of analogous physical principles and observations of
recent conditions to build simple models of land-oceanatmosphere dynamics to explain changes in land ice on
the scale of years or decades
Cascadia Amphibious Experiment
Cited on President’s list of top
100 ARRA Projects
Off-shore array of Ocean Bottom
Seismometers
Starting in 2011
JOIDES Resolution Drilling
Launched in March, 2009
Science Plan for post-2013
under development
Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI)
JOIDES Resolution near Honolulu, May
2009
Source: COL website
R/V Sikuliaq (formerly ARRV)
Status – On Schedule and
within Budget
Cut Steel – October 2010
Launch – April 2012
Begin Science Ops – January
2014
HOV Alvin Upgrade (formerly RHOV)
Status – Final Design Review
Completed 9/21-23
Sea Trials – Late 2011
Begin Science Ops – 2012
Primary issues impacting OCE/NSF
Infrastructure vs. science funding
Fleet renewal
Cross-cutting programs
Response to OPM Survey
Division of Ocean Sciences Percentage of Infrastructure FY 00-10
100
90
80
Percent
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2000
2002
2004
2006
Fiscal Year
2008
2010
(Dollars in
Millions)
GEO
AGS
EAR
OCE
BIO
CISE
ENG
MPS
SBE
OCI
OISE
OPP
FY 2010
Estimate
889.64
259.80
183.00
348.92
714.54
618.83
743.93
1351.84
255.25
214.28
47.83
451.16
Infrastructure Percentage of
Subtotal
Total
367.79
41%
125.70
48%
61.59
34%
152.90
44%
135.45
19%
30.60
5%
32.83
4%
353.73
26%
43.56
17%
150.38
70%
0.10
0%
321.43
71%
Fleet Renewal
Academic Research Vessel Fleet
Fleet Size – (w/o Federal Agency Investment)
25
21
20
15
13
10
9
5
2010
2015
2020
Fleet Renewal
Academic Research Vessel Fleet
Fleet Size – Ocean Class, SIKULIAQ & RCRV
25
21
20
16
15
15
10
5
2010
2015
2020
Status – Investigating Funding Options:
For initial hull construction starting in FY14; three hulls total
Project Readiness:
Competitive design development with NSF Panel down-select
– Oct 2009
UNOLS Community input received - Sept 2010
Move forward with “ARRV-like” process (Solicitation drafted)
Phase I – “Project Refresh” including CDR/PDR & FDR (R&RA $)
Optimal Schedule:
Release Solicitation – Early 2011
Begin Construction – Mid-2015
Science Operations – Mid-2017
Total funding for ocean
sciences community
including the Great Lakes
and facilities
Approximate NSF total
for each theme,
including facilities
Ocean Acidification
$ 24,099,080
$ 24,099,080
Dimensions of Biodiversity
$ 15,398,818
(est.) $ 34,000,000
$ 5,267,079
$ 15,234,042
Awards not finalized
(est.) $ 30,000,000
$ 44,764,977
(est.) $ 98,333,122
Water Sustainability &
Climate
Decadal and Regional
Climate Prediction using
Earth Systems Models
Totals
OPM Federal
Employee Viewpoint
Survey - Agency
2010
2008
2006
1 NSF
Leadership and
Knowledge
Management
ResultsOriented
Performance
Talent
Management
Job Satisfaction
101
2
3
52
1
1
10
2
4
73
3
4
tied with 3 other agencies.
2 NSF tied with 2 other agencies.
3 NSF tied with 3 other agencies.
1.
Assure that investments in infrastructure and science are informed by community
input
2.
Highlight and strengthen core programs: balance with new initiatives
3.
Strategic plan for OCE
4.
Fleet renewal: NSF commitment to ship construction plan
5.
Broadening participation in the ocean sciences
6.
Making connections:
Communication:
Site visits
Town hall meetings
Strong interagency partnerships
Questions?