1 Building Bridges and Getting Over Them Priscilla Nelson Senior Advisor Directorate for Engineering SBE Broadening Participation Workshop September 29-30, 2004 Key Opportunities in NSF Priority Areas

2 FOUNDATION-WIDE PRIORITY AREAS  Human and Social Dynamics  Biocomplexity in the Environment  Mathematical Sciences  Nanoscale Science and Engineering  ITR and Cyberinfrastructure  Workforce for the 21st Century Most are described through

3 Human and Social Dynamics Priority Area: Focus/Goals HSD supports interdisciplinary approaches to understanding change and complex dynamics within and among human and social systems, and their natural and constructed environments, at scales ranging from the cellular to the global. For more HSD information see

4 Human and Social Dynamics FY04 Competition Highlights & Beyond FY04 HSD Competition yielded a portfolio of 37 interdisciplinary research, education, infrastructure, and exploratory projects –Out of about 700 projects (>800 proposals) submitted by April 1 –Reviewed by 23 panels composed of ~260 reviewers from June 14 to 30 within 3 months of submission deadline. FY05 HSD Solicitation Anticipated for release soon (October 2004). Expect continued emphasis on topical areas: Agents of Change, Dynamics of Human Behavior, Decision- Making and Risk.

5 HSD FY04 Proposal Information

6 HSD Priority Area: Additional Information  Contacts: –Rachelle Hollander, co-Chair, HSD Implementation Group Phone: –Priscilla Nelson, co-Chair, HSD Implementation Group Phone: –Keith Crank, Competition Coordinator, HSD FY2005 Phone:  Website:

7 Biocomplexity in the Environment (BE) The Biocomplexity in the Environment (BE) Priority Area promotes comprehensive, integrated investigations (usually involving research groups) of environmental systems using advanced scientific and engineering methods. Between 2001 and 2003, 6% of the BE PIs were from minority groups. Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH) Deadline: 11/17/04 Materials Use: Science, Engineering, and Society (MUSES) Deadline: 2/8/05 ERE homepage with links to environmental programs, and to the BE awards list and solicitation:

8 Mathematical Sciences  Fundamental mathematical and statistical sciences  Interdisciplinary research linked to mathematics  Modeling and managing uncertainty  Modeling complex nonlinear systems  Critical investments in math education  Special competition on Mathematical Social and Behavioral Sciences

9 Nanoscale Science and Engineering Research and Education Themes:  Biosystems at the Nanoscale  Nanoscale Devices, Architectures, Structures, Novel Phenomena, and Quantum Control  Nanoscale Processes in the Environment  Multi-scale, Multi-phenomena Theory, Modeling and Simulation  Manufacturing Processes at the Nanoscale  Societal and Educational Implications of Scientific and Technological Advances on the Nanoscale Modes of Support and Deadlines:  Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams (NIRT) 11/12/04  Nanoscale Exploratory Research (NER) 11/18/04  Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers (NSEC) 03/01/05

10 NS&E Center for Integrated Nanopatterning and Detection Technologies NSF , Northwestern (PI: Mirkin)  Two summer research programs for undergraduates - the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) and the Minority Internships in Nanotechnology (MIN) programs.  An innovative Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program provides participants with hands-on nanoscale research during the first summer, and guidance and support to develop teaching units introducing nanotechnology in high school classrooms during the second summer.

11 INTEGRATING DIVERSITY INTO NSF PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES: From the FY04 ITR Announcement:  A significant portion of the ITR budget this year will be used to fund proposals that include major activities integrating research and education or fostering the development of a diverse IT workforce.  Examples of possible activities include: offering summer research sites for faculty or graduate students from institutions that serve underrepresented groups; and reaching diverse populations to promote diversity in the IT workforce. Information Technology Research

12 Research and Education are Changing Geographically dispersed resources and collaborations are the new foundations of science and engineering research and education

13 These Resources and Collaborations Are Enabled by Cyberinfrastructure  Vision is encapsulated in “the Atkins report.”  Calls for a national, reliable and dynamic, interoperable and integrated system of hardware, software, and data resources and services.  This new infrastructure would open the door to new types of scientific/engineering research and education.

14 Working Definition for CI Cyberinfrastructure is a national network of resources that: provides broad and easy access to shared and maintained repositories for data, models, and tools. includes connectivity with shared resources for experimentation and computation. enables reliable visualization and information extraction from multimedia data resources and libraries. supports real-time data flows and distributed collaboration. ensures that applications and domain communities can form and grow, and that efforts develop with interoperability.

15 Challenging Context  Cyberinfrastructure Ecology - Research on CI –Technological change more rapid than organizational change –Disruptive technology promises unforeseen opportunity  Seamless Integration of New and Old –Balancing upgrades and creation of new resources –Legacy instruments, models, data, methodologies  Broadening Participation  Community-Building  Cross-agency coordination

16 Focus on Policy and Social Dynamics  Policy issues must be considered up front  Social engineering will be at least as important as software engineering  Well-defined interfaces will be critical for successful software development  Application communities will need to participate from the beginning

17 Workforce for the 21 st Century (W21) in the FY 2005 Budget Request to Congress The FY 2005 budget requests $20 million for the W21 priority area: –Strengthen the nation’s capability to produce world-class scientists and engineers and –Develop a general workforce with the STEM skills to thrive in the 21st Century workplace. This investment will support innovations to improve education at all levels, from K-12 through postdoctoral, as well as attract more U.S. students to science and engineering fields and broaden participation. Workforce for the 21st Century will encourage institutions and partnerships to integrate them into broader, innovative programs.

18 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)  Emphasis is on providing a meaningful, pedagogical research experience with significant student-faculty interaction  REU Sites are typically:  week summer programs  8-12 students  Total project costs around $600-$650 per student per week  REU Supplements  Support research activities for 1-2 undergraduates as a supplement to a new or existing NSF grant  Supported by the various disciplinary education and research programs throughout the Foundation  REU supplements also used with priority area awards

19 Partnerships for Innovation: What is PFI?  Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) promotes innovation by bringing together colleges and universities, State and local governments, private sector firms, and nonprofit organizations.

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21  The objective of PREM is to enhance diversity in materials research and education by stimulating the development of formal, long-term, collaborative research and education partnerships between minority-serving institutions and awards through the MPS Division of Materials Research (DMR) (groups, centers, and facilities).  In FY04, four PREM awards went to California State University at Los Angeles (CalTech), Florida A&M (CMU), U. Of Puerto Rico at Humacao (Penn), U. Of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (Wisconsin). Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM)

22 Human and Social Dynamics FY04 HSD Panels Globalization, Conflict / Conflict Resolution Social and Political Change Science, Technology & Change Environmental Change Spatial Dynamics Organizational Dynamics Lifespan Development/Learning Language Dynamics Cognitive Dynamics Technology and Human Dynamics Technology for HSD Social Networks Social Behavioral Dynamics Hazards, Extreme Events, Disasters, Critical Infrastructure Environmental Decisions & Risks Risk Assessment & Management Risk Perception / Communication Individual Decision Making Decision Analysis and Policy Games, Conflict, Markets Dynamic Behavior of Markets Infrastructure for HSD Innovative Models for HSD

23 Institutional Diversity among the 106 FY04 HSD Collaborative Proposals

24 Human and Social Dynamics HSD: An Exploratory Space-Time Data Analysis Toolkit for Spatial Social Science Research PI: Sergio Rey, San Diego State University Intellectual Merit  A toolkit that integrates both spatial and temporal dimensions of socioeconomic phenomena. –examine the implications of spatial clustering and spatial heterogeneity for the application of exploratory data analysis (EDA) techniques in a dynamic context; –develop new statistical methods for exploratory space-time data analysis (ESTDA); and –implement in an Open Source package for exploratory space- time analysis of social processes. Broader Impact  implications for studies of urban segregation patterns, space-time epidemiology and public health, criminology, housing market dynamics, socioeconomic inequalities, among others  new spatially explicit measures for planners and analysts to design policy interventions targeted at key individual geographical areas  leverage the impact of such policy programs across the boundaries of a single area, thereby increasing the effectiveness of the policy

25 HSD FY 2005 Competition: Topical Emphasis Areas  Agents of Change (AOC)  Dynamics of Human Behavior (DHB)  Decision Making, Risk and Uncertainty (DRU)

26 FY 2005 HSD Competition: Agents of Change  Focus: large-scale transformational changes  Might include more focused systemic, organizational, or policy changes: political, economic, environmental and educational systems or subsystems  Examples: globalization, population migration, democratization, economic transformations, scientific and technological developments, epidemics, etc.

27 FY 2005 HSD Competition: Dynamics of Human Behavior  Focus: change in human behavior over time  Interdisciplinary: informed by biology, mathematics, physical and information sciences, and engineering (e.g. complexity theory; cognitive, agent-based, or animal models; dynamical systems theory, etc.)  Examples: dynamics of growth, learning, change, evolution, and action; cognitive, computational, linguistic, developmental, social, biological, and other processes as dynamic evolving systems

28 FY 2005 HSD Competition: Decision Making, Risk, and Uncertainty  Focus: human decision making in the context of risk and uncertainty  Both strategic and informational uncertainty  Both individual and collective  Examples: Risk assessment evaluations, information transmission, spatial/temporal influences, small-group dynamics, etc.

29 Mathematical Sciences Mathematical Foundation for Matching Economies PI: Charalambos Aliprantis Purdue University Intellectual Merit  Fully integrated mathematical approach to matching mechanisms by formalizing and studying the following: –the mechanics of matching in bi- and multi-lateral settings (deterministic and stochastic); –the links between matching and trade frictions, providing exact mappings between technologies and informational constraints; –the allocative implications of different matching mechanisms in general monetary and non- monetary economies. Broader Impacts  Advance our understanding of how to construct sophisticated economic models whose central trait is markets with impaired functioning.  Results will have applications to other disciplines, such as biology (spread of diseases), sociology (formation of social groups), and engineering (network communication).

30 Biocomplexity in the Environment “BE/CNH: Land-Use and Landscape Socioecology in the Mediterranean Basin: A Natural Laboratory for the Study of the Long-Term Interaction of Human and Natural Systems” PI: Barton, C. Michael, Arizona State University Intellectual Merit  Agropastoral land use remains the most significant way in which humans impact natural landscapes, and the recursive social effects of these impacts are important global issues.  This information will be integrated with recent advances in geospatial modeling and agent simulation to create a natural laboratory for investigating the long-term social and ecological consequences of alternate land- use practices. Broader Impact  New knowledge about long-term consequences of alternative land- use practices that can help communities make more responsible and effective decisions about land use today.  Integrated archaeological and paleoenvironmental datasets, and dynamic land use-landscape modeling algorithms  Integrated educational program for K-12, undergraduate and graduate students especially geared towards hands on training in the research process, and collaborative transdisciplinary work.

31 NS&E Center for Directed Assembly of Nanostructures NSF , RPI (Siegel PI) and UIUC  RPI’s Lally School of Management and Technology will consider strategies for managing the many radical innovations of nanotechnology, starting with a study of how nanotechnology compares with other megatrends in effects on required core competencies, training, and education; and how organizations came to invest in nanotechnology and the impact such investments.  Summer Outreach to Undergraduate colleges (Morehouse, Mt. Holyoke, Smith, Spelman, and Williams Colleges) come to RPI and actively work in nanotechnology research.

32 Consortium for Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) REU Site  California State, Los Angeles collaborates with Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles Southwest College, East Los Angeles College, Los Angeles Valley College, Pasadena City College, and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in the Consortium for Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) REU Site. 42 undergraduates enrolled in CURE between 1999 and % of them were from underrepresented minorities. 35.7% were women. 80% of these transferred to or intend to transfer to a four-year college.

33 MPS/CHE Undergraduate Research Centers Research for 1 st and 2 nd Year College Students

34 Undergraduate Research Centers In FY03: Workshop for Chemical Sciences In FY04: announcement NSF generated proposals from 700 institutions, including partners! One Full Project award (Purdue) 10 Planning Grant awards For FY2005: Program announcement: Fall 2004 Deadline: late Spring 2005 Awards: late Summer 2005