NSF's Plans and Priorities for Enabling the Nation's Future

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NSF's Plans and Priorities for Enabling the
Nation's Future

• Warren DeVries, Division DirectorDesign and
  Manufacturing InnovationDirectorate for
  EngineeringThe National Science Foundation

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Outline

• The Government, the Foundation and Context
• The Engineering Directorates Plan
• Portfolio Priorities and Plans

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OSTP/OMB 2006Research Priorities

• Homeland Security
• Prevention, Detection, Remediation of NCB
  Threats
• Medical Countermeasures and Biosurveillance
  Networks
• Networking IT RD (NITRD)
• Supercomputing Cyberinfrastructure
• Nanotechnology via National Nanotechnology
  Initiative (NNI)
• Priorities of Physical Sciences
• Fundamental Understanding of Phenomena
• Instruments and/or Facilities
• Biology of Complex Systems
• Climate, Water, Hydrogen RD

See www.ostp.gov/html/m04-23.pdf
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Throughout NSF

• The mission remains to promote progress of
  science and engineering. . . advance national
  health, prosperity welfare . . . and secure the
  national defense . .
• And the vision is enabling the nations future
  through discovery, learning, and innovation...
• And the strategic goals are related to
• People diverse, internationally competitive and
  globally engaged SE workforce
• Ideas discovery across the frontiers of SE,
  connected to learning, innovation and service to
  society
• Tools accessible, state-of-the-art, and shared
  research and education tools
• Organizational Excellence an agile, innovative
  organization . . through leadership in
  state-of-the-art business practices

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National Science Foundation
National Science Board
Office of theInspector General
Director
Staff Offices
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NSF FY 2003 - FY 2008 Strategic Goals

• Strengthening core disciplinary research.
• Providing broadly accessible cyberinfrastructure
  and world-class research facilities.
• Broadening participation in the science and
  engineering workforce.
• Sustaining organizational excellence in NSF
  management practices.

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Directorate for Engineering
Assistant Director, Acting Richard Buckius Deputy
Assistant Director Michael Reischman
Senior Advisor Mike Rocco
Chemical Transport Systems Geoff. Prentice,
Acting
Civil Mechanical Systems G.E. Brown Jr.
NEES Adnan Akay
Bioengineering Environmental Systems Bruce
Hamilton
Office of Industrial Innovation Kesh Narayanan
Electrical Communications Systems Usha Varshney
Design Manufacturing Innovation Warren DeVries
Engineering Education Centers Gary Gabriele
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NSF and Engineering Budgets
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NSF ENG Proposals and Success
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Research and EducationIncrease in Research
Collaboration
2005
ENG Single PI vs. Multiple Investigator
Awards
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Engineering at the NSF and in the U.S.

• Internal Conditions
• In 2006, the NSF Engineering Directorate will
  invest approximately 580 million the second
  smallest budget of any Directorate to support
  the entire breadth of engineering, including
  nanotechnology and cyberinfrastructure.
• These resources will be divided among 7
  disciplinary divisions the largest number in
  all of NSF.
• Engineering currently receives the largest number
  of proposals of any NSF directorate.

• External Conditions
• Engineering education and research are becoming
  increasingly interdisciplinary and collaborative.
  Universities and industries are adopting
  interdisciplinary clusters.
• Foreign nations particularly India and China
  are increasing emphasis in engineering research
  and graduating more engineers than the United
  States.
• Leadership in technological innovation will be
  key to the nations prosperity and security in a
  global, knowledge-driven economy.

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Strategic Planning OverviewStrategic Directions
for Engineering Research, Innovation and Education

• Mission Enable the engineering and scientific
  communities to advance the frontiers of
  engineering research, innovation and education,
  in service to society and the nation.
• Vision ENG will be the global leader in
  advancing the frontiers of fundamental
  engineering research, stimulating innovation, and
  strengthening engineering education.

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Strategic Planning OverviewStrategic Directions
for Engineering Research, Innovation and Education

• Overarching Frontier Research Goal Effectively
  invest in frontier engineering research that has
  potential for high impact in meeting national and
  societal needs.
• Overarching Engineering Innovation Goal
  Effectively invest in fundamental engineering
  innovation that has potential for high impact in
  meeting national and societal needs.
• Overarching Engineering Education and Workforce
  Goal Effectively invest in frontier engineering
  education and workforce advancement that has
  potential for high impact.

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Strategic Planning OverviewStrategic Directions
for Engineering Research, Innovation and Education

• Public Understanding of Engineering Effectively
  invest in and seek partnerships to educate the
  public about the value of engineering research
  and education.
• Organizational Excellence Goal Effectively
  organize the Directorate to provide agile,
  multidisciplinary leadership in engineering
  research, innovation, and education.

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New Organizational Structure
Office of the Assistant Director Deputy Assistant
Director (OAD)
Disciplinary Areas
Crosscutting Areas
Emerging Frontiers in Research and
Innovation (EFRI)
Chemical, Biological Environmental and Transport
Systems (CBET)
Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (C
MMI)
Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)
Electrical, Communications and Cyber
Systems (ECCS)
Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP)
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New Organizational Structure
Disciplinary Areas
Office of the Assistant Director Deputy
Assistant Director (OAD)
Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing
Innovation (CMMI)
Chemical, Biological Environmental and Transport
Systems (CBET)
Electrical, Communications and Cyber
Systems (ECCS)
Emerging Frontiers In Research and
Innovation (EFRI)
Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)
Crosscutting Areas
Industrial Innovation Partnerships (IIP)
Crosscutting Areas Biology in Engineering
Complexity in Engineered and Natural
Systems Critical Infrastructure
Systems Manufacturing Frontiers New Frontiers in
Nanotechnology Others
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Reorganization Outcomes and Benefits

• Ability to Pursue New Directions
• Provides mechanisms to pursue high-risk, frontier
  research.
• Enables research at the intersection of diverse
  disciplines.
• Combined divisions promote agile and flexible
  responses to emerging challenges.

• Collaboration Across Disciplines
• Enhances integration of education and research.
• Enables a more integrated approach to research
  priorities.
• Builds synergy among basic research, discovery,
  and innovation.

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ENG Research Portfolio Priorities

• Biology in Engineering
• New Frontiers in Nanotechnology
• Critical Infrastructure Systems
• Complexity in Engineered and Natural Systems
• Manufacturing Frontiers

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Priorities for ENG and NSF(FY 06 Request)
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