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EPSCoR 2007 PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
November 6-9, 2007
20th NSF National ConferenceEPSCoR Leadership for Scientific Innovation, Collaboration, and
Enculturation
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EPSCoR’s Purpose
To build the capacity of educational institutions to participate more fully in NSF research activities.
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EPSCoR Objectives
• To catalyze key research themes
• To activate effective collaborations
• To broaden participation in S&E
• To use EPSCoR as a programmatic test bed
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NSF EPSCoR CohortsFY 1980
ArkansasMaineMontanaSouth CarolinaWest Virginia
FY 1985
FY 1987
FY 1992
FY 2002
FY 2000
FY 2003
FY 2001
FY 2004
AlabamaKentuckyNevadaNorth DakotaOklahomaPuerto RicoVermontWyoming
IdahoLouisianaMississippiSouth Dakota
KansasNebraska
Alaska
HawaiiNew Mexico
New HampshireRhode IslandTennessee
U.S. Virgin Islands
Delaware
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Strategic Investment Tools
• Research Infrastructure Improvement Grants (RII)
• Co-funding
• Outreach
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Strategic Investment Tools
Research Infrastructure Improvement Grants (RII):
Up to 5 years and $15M to improve physical and human infrastructure critical to R&D competitiveness in priority research areas.
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Recent Changes in RII
• Maximum duration: 48 mos => 60 mos
• Maximum award: $9 million => 15 million
• Project Description now requires:
Cyberinfrastructure plan
Diversity plan
Outreach and Communication plan
Succession plan for project leadership
• New requirements reflected in review criteria
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Strategic Investment Tools
Co-Funding:Joint support of research proposals submitted by EPSCoR researchers to non-EPSCoR NSF programs.
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EPSCoR Investments Leveraged with Funds from NSF Disciplinary Directorates ($M)
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Infrastructure and Related Funding
Workshops, Outreach, etc.
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25EPSCoR Co-funding ($M) # Jurisdiction Focus Areas
EPSCoR Co-funding (FY03-07) and Jurisdiction Primary Research Focus Areas
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All BIO Programs Support EPSCoR Researchers
• Small RNAs: Small Molecules with a Big Responsibility• Small RNAs are new powerful research tools in genomics. Support from a MOLECULAR PROGRAM led to the discovery of over 77,000 new small RNAs and the creation of a public web database for them so they can be used in comparative genomic studies. (P. Green, University of Delaware)
• Architecture of neurons for brain function• Using the nematode, researchers supported by a NEUROSCIENCE PROGRAM established a link between genetic factors associated with control of the cellular cytoskeleton and deficits in neuronal activity. (Guy Caldwell, University of Alabama Tuscaloosa)
• From Picking Peppers to Peeking into Peppers
• Undergraduate students who are children of migrant workers learned how research is conducted and how to communicate their results to their families and the larger community through a REU SITE award to the Chile Pepper Institute at New Mexico State University (P. Bosland, New Mexico State Univ.)
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DynaCode: A General DDDAS Framework with Coast and Environment Modeling Applications
Louisiana Coastal Area Hurricane ensemble modelingIntegrating data from regional observing systems for real-time coastal forecasts
Ecological restoration and controlCoupled models control diversion; sensors/wind fields inject real time data to coupled models.
Infrastructure & algorithms
to couple models dynamic data driven by external inputs from sensors, wind & databases, to optimize execution of complex workflows on grids, invoking appropriate models, meshes, and algorithms, depending on current conditions.
Katrina
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Integration Within a StateHawaii
The Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) currently supports 23 active awards:
• 5 awards in graduate education• 8 awards in undergraduate education• 5 awards in formal and informal learning
education• 5 awards in human resources
development
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Simulating and Watching the Growth of Cancer Cells
PI: Karen J. Burg, Clemson University. “Emerging Frontiers in 3-D Breast Cancer Tissue Test Systems” (grant #0736007).
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EPSCoR Research
FY 2007 EFRI (Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation) Award Advance our fundamental understanding of the formation of cancer cells.Build an engineered tissue structure that can duplicate the behavior of the normal and cancerous cells and that can be manipulated to test environmental parameters and cause-and-effect models. Use this information for computational simulation of the growth of cancer cells.
Directorate for Engineering
Shown are stem cells (red) that are differentiating in the presence of, and presumably in response to signals from, breast cancer cells. The differentiating cells have migrated to form a layer on top of/integrated with the cancer cells.
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Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms (CAPS)
• Located at the University of Oklahoma
• “Graduated” STC center; started in 1989
• Basic and applied research on numerical analysis and prediction of severe weather
• Development of low power Doppler radars
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ICECUBE
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CNH: Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Biodiversity Dynamics and Land-Use Changes in the Amazon: Multi-Scale Interactions Between Ecological Systems and Resource- Use Decisions by Indigenous Peoples.
P.I.: Jose Fragoso,University of Hawaii
Tropical rainforest Maraca, Brazil
Analysis of the multiple social, economic, and biological factors that affect the sustainability of resource use.
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Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets
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Strategic Investment Tools
Outreach:Support of outreach activities by NSF disciplinary and professional staff; Support of strategic planning and capacity-building workshops.
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EPSCoR Funding by Activity ($M)
Activity FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008
RII 61.21 65.31 65.00
Co- Funding 36.09 35.94 40.00
Outreach 0.52 0.25 2.00
Total 97.82 101.50 107.00
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EPSCoR In Transition
• Attendant to EPSCoR move to OD is heightened visibility and the need for
Sharper research focus
Stronger integration across Foundation
• Increase EPSCoR competitiveness through
Increased co-funding
EPSCoR participation in NSF initiatives
Alignment of RII-supported S&E with discovery frontiers in Directorates/Offices
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A More Effective EPSCoR
EPSCoR Science & Engineering Group
• Strategic input from Directorates and Offices to shape the Foundation’s vision for EPSCoR and to help implement that vision
• Strong disciplinary expertise and guidance
• Raise level/broaden scope of interactions
• Ensure excellence and breadth of impact of EPSCoR science and engineering activities
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Challenges at the Frontier
• Cyber-Enabled Research and Innovation (CDI)
• Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL)
• National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
• Alaska Region Research Vessel (ARRV)
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Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI)
Multidisciplinary research based on innovation in, or innovative use of computational thinking – Concepts, Methods, Models, Algorithms, Tools....
• Five year, $750M initiative
• Emphasis on bold, multidisciplinary activities
• Create revolutionary S&E research outcomes
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NEON: National Ecological Observatory Network
NEON will:• Consist of geographically distributed
sensor networks, instrumentation, experimental infrastructure and remote sensing tools linked via cyberinfrastructure.
• Facilitate ultidisciplinary research on a virtual platform enabling a predictive understanding of the environment
• Support education and citizen science
• Enable resource mnanagement• 8 of the 20 NEON Core Sites are in EPSCoR States
A continental scale research platform to advance ecological research at regional to continental scales in order to understand the impacts of climate and land-use change and invasive species on the ecosystems of the US
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Alaska Region Research Vessel
• New ship scheduled for completion in 2012
• Able to operate year round in seasonal ice in many challenging seas
• Investigate climate change, ocean circulation, ecosystems and fisheries, including ice thinning
• Legacy project of IPY• $123M MREFC project
This image is an artist’s rendition of the ARRV, proposed to replace the R/V Alpha Helix, which, at 39 years is the oldest ship in the national academic research fleet.
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Wyoming Wyoming -- CyberinfrastructureCyberinfrastructure EPSCoREPSCoR
October 15, 2007October 15, 2007
State of Delaware State of Delaware CyberITCyberIT Status ReportStatus Report
Karl V. SteinerUniversity of
DelawareMarwan Rasamny
Delaware State University
October 15, 2007
New Hampshire Cyber Infrastructure Assessment
Scott A. Valcourt Director, Project Management & Consulting Services
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
The Power of Partnerships
Wyoming Wyoming -- CyberinfrastructureCyberinfrastructure EPSCoREPSCoR
October 15, 2007October 15, 2007
EPSCoR Cyberinfrastructure Assessment Workshop
Overview:Current EPSCoR RII Grant (NSF $4.5 million) – to enhance the research capability in the USVI on the Biocomplexity of Caribean Coral Reefs (BCCR)Created two new graduate programs -- MS in Marine & Environmental Science and MA in Teaching MathematicsEstablished an incubator grants program to stimulate research ($700k investment => $3m plus new funding)EPSCoR is investing in research and technology infrastructure at the University of the Virgin Islands and in the USVI TerritorySecond RII Proposal -- in Jan ‘08.
Kentucky’s Cyberinfrastructure
Allen Lind, Vice President, Information and
Technology
Council on Postsecondary Education
October 15, 2007
BETTER LIVES FOR KENTUCKY’S PEOPLE
CyberInfrastructure (CI)In Louisiana
B. Ramu Ramachandran
State-wide IT initiative: $25M – Gov. Mike Foster, 2001 - present
LONI - $40M, Gov. Kathleen Blanco, 2004 - 2008
LONI - $10M, Gov. Kathleen Blanco, 2006
LONI Institute - $15M, BoR + Institutions, 2007
CyberTools RII - $12M (NSF), 2007
North Dakota Jurisdictional Assessment
October 15, 2007
Bonnie NeasVP for IT
North Dakota State University
Cyber Infrastructure in
Rhode IslandDavid Porter
University of Rhode Island
South Dakota Cyberinfrastructure
EPSCoR Cyberinfrastructure Assessment Workshop
Lexington, KentuckyOctober 15-16th, 2007
KansasKansas
CyberinfrastructureCyberinfrastructure
Joseph B. EvansJoseph B. Evans
Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor of EECS
Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor of EECS
Director of Research Information Technology
Director of Research Information Technology
University of Kansas
University of Kansas
Cyberin
frastru
cture!
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EPSCoR CI Workshops
• CI Planning – UTSI – May 2006
• CI for Integrated Earth Observing Systems – HI – November 2006
• EPSCoR CI Assessment – KY – October 2007
• CI for Integrated Earth Observing Systems (II) – HI – November 2007
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EPSCoR Cyberinfrastructure Assessment Workshop;
Lexington Oct. 15-16, 2007John Connolly, Barbara Kucera
and Jeff Mossey,
KY NSF EPSCoR
Gary Crane, SURA; Gwen Jacobs, Montana State; Greg Monaco, Great Plains; Karl Steiner,
Delaware
http://www.kynsfepscor.org/cyber07/cyberppts/
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Recommendations:
1) Target NSF ( including EPSCoR & OCI) funding for narrowing the CI gap
2) Apply SBRC funds (or its equivalent) in FY08 budget
3) Build on regional partnerships (like Lariat or Great Plains)
4) Form partnerships with other Federal agencies (like NIH/IDEA)
5) International Partnerships (like CANARIE)
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The EPSCoR – OCI Interface
• Shared goals – capacity building
• Common commitments to LWD
• Very strong commitments to broadening participation
• Synergistic alignment with Discovery Science across NSF
• Partnerships with the EPSCoR community and with other stakeholders to address CI issues
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EPSCoR States in Context
In EPSCoR States:• 18% of the nation’s total population• 16% of its African-Americans• 26% of its American Indians and
Alaskan Natives• 20% of its Native Hawaiians and
Pacific Islanders• 13% of its Hispanics
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EPSCoR States in Context (+)
And in EPSCoR States there are:
• 51 of the nation’s 103 HBCUs (50%)
• 48 of the nation’s 139 HSIs (35%)
• 22 of the nation’s 32 TCUs (69%)
A great opportunity toleverage for leadership!
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EPSCoR -Excellent Progress
Significant Challenges
Outstanding Opportunities
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The Greatest Threat to American Science and Engineering
The Face of American S&E
Is Not the Face of America
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Mahalo nui loa