Matthew Hawkins Head, NSF Large Facilities Office Proposal to Host 11th GSO Meeting United States of America Matthew Hawkins Head, NSF Large Facilities Office Ben Brown DOE, Office of Science

Dr. France Córdova – G7 Science Ministerial, Turin “The United States also recognized that long-term, sustained investment in state-of-the-art research infrastructure, such as gravitational wave observatories, provides the capabilities needed to conduct world-leading research. Maintaining and modernizing this infrastructure is critical to getting the best value out of R&D investments. We also recognize the advantages of merit-based peer review system in guiding investments in research infrastructure. It is essential that nations come together to discuss these important issues, and we look forward to continuing work on these objectives.”

NSF Research Infrastructure (RI) Hardware, Software (Cyber) & Human Capital Major Instrumentation > Mid-Scale > Major Facilities Fixed/single-site > Mobile > Widely distributed/cyber-enabled Partnerships with Department of Energy (DOE)

Mission Operate a world-leading high-magnetic-field user program Carry out in-house research in support of the user program Maintain facility and develop new magnets/instrumentation Conduct education and outreach activities 21.1 T / 105 mm NMR 21 T / 123 mm ICR 45 T hybrid magnet 101 T pulsed fields 11 T / 400 mm MRI <1 mK High B/T

The only facility of its kind in the United States and the largest and highest-powered magnet laboratory in the world. A Federal – State funding partnership between the National Science Foundation and the State of Florida Campuses located at Florida State University, the University of Florida, and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

High Magnetic Fields lead to big discoveries in: Many of the world’s materials, energy and life challenges are bigger than one scientific discipline can solve. The NHMFL’s interdisciplinary research environment brings together scientists across the spectrum from PHYSICS to CHEMISTRY to BIOLOGY to ENGINEERING who explore fundamental questions about MATERIALS, ENERGY and LIFE with the help of the world’s highest magnetic fields.

The NHMFL attracts Researchers from Around The World In 2016, the MagLab hosted experiments by 1,778 users from 321 institutions throughout the world. 22% of NHMFL users came from outside the United States The NHMFL welcomes new researchers: 25% of the Principal Investigators (PI’s) were first-time MagLab PI’s

National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Battelle (Managing Organization) 90% Complete 65% Transitioned to Operations Complete: 2018 Courtesy: Chris McKay, BMI

NEON Continental-scale ecological observation facility that gathers and synthesizes data on the impacts of climate change, land use change and invasive species on natural resources and biodiversity.  The NEON observatory is designed to collect high-quality, standardized data from 81 field sites (47 terrestrial and 34 aquatic) across the U.S. (including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico). Data collection methods are standardized across sites and include in situ instrument measurements, field sampling and airborne remote sensing. Field sites are strategically selected to represent different regions of vegetation, landforms, climate, and ecosystem performance. NEON data and resources are freely available to enable users to tackle scientific questions at scales not accessible to previous generations of ecologists.

Potential Site Visits MagLab; Tallahassee, FL (Host Site) Flint River MagLab; Tallahassee, FL (Host Site) NEON Field Sites AdvLIGO; Livingston, LA Barco Lake Disney Wilderness Preserve

Logistics Airports Potential Dates International connections Atlanta, Georgia and Charlotte, North Carolina American Airlines and Delta to Tallahassee, Florida Potential Dates Week of April 9th or 16th (6 months) Week of May 14th or 21st Conflicts or preferences with the GSO?

Potential Topics for the GSO Distributed GRI NEON and Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) case studies Interoperability with other distributed GRI Data Quality and Data Products DOE Case Study/Presentation GSO Work Plan Deliverables: Finalize Framework Paragraph “Open Data Management” Development of standard Case Study Questions around Framework Obstacles to further global coordination? Good practices related to innovation monitoring? Framework Paragraphs (4) & (12) Framework Paragraph (6) Periodic Review – Peer Review and “Broader Impacts”?

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