LSC/Virgo Meeting HannoverOctober 22, The View from NSF Tom Carruthers LIGO Program Officer +1 (703) Tom Carruthers LIGO Program Officer +1 (703) LSC/Virgo Meeting HannoverOctober 22,
LSC/Virgo Meeting HannoverOctober 22, Gravitational Physics at NSF Beverly Berger, Program Officer +1 (703) Beverly Berger, Program Officer +1 (703) LSC/Virgo Meeting HannoverOctober 22,
LSC/Virgo Meeting HannoverOctober 22, It’s exciting to be in Hannover… It’s rewarding to visit GEO and AEI, the source of a large part of the technology that LIGO is using and will incorporate into Advanced LIGO.It’s rewarding to visit GEO and AEI, the source of a large part of the technology that LIGO is using and will incorporate into Advanced LIGO. NSF is gratified to see the new collaboration between LIGO and Virgo working so well.NSF is gratified to see the new collaboration between LIGO and Virgo working so well. It’s rewarding to visit GEO and AEI, the source of a large part of the technology that LIGO is using and will incorporate into Advanced LIGO.It’s rewarding to visit GEO and AEI, the source of a large part of the technology that LIGO is using and will incorporate into Advanced LIGO. NSF is gratified to see the new collaboration between LIGO and Virgo working so well.NSF is gratified to see the new collaboration between LIGO and Virgo working so well. LSC/Virgo Meeting HannoverOctober 22,
LSC/Virgo Meeting HannoverOctober 22, …for the successful completion of its mission- defining run, featuring –a sensitivity in excess of its design goal –the collection of one year’s data coincident among all detectors We’re (almost) ready for the next phase! …for the successful completion of its mission- defining run, featuring –a sensitivity in excess of its design goal –the collection of one year’s data coincident among all detectors We’re (almost) ready for the next phase! CONGRATULATIONS TO LIGO… LSC/Virgo Meeting HannoverOctober 20-26,
LSC/Virgo Meeting HannoverOctober 22, Advanced LIGO actions Baseline reviews in June 2006 and 2007 Information item on readiness of Advanced LIGO presented to NSB in October 2007 Final readiness review scheduled for November 2007 Congressional appropriation — ? Return to NSB to release funds for project Baseline reviews in June 2006 and 2007 Information item on readiness of Advanced LIGO presented to NSB in October 2007 Final readiness review scheduled for November 2007 Congressional appropriation — ? Return to NSB to release funds for project
LSC/Virgo Meeting HannoverOctober 22, Major LIGO review Nov 6–8, 2007 Operations Proposal Review Annual Review Advanced LIGO Final Readiness Review Operations Proposal Review Annual Review Advanced LIGO Final Readiness Review
LSC/Virgo Meeting HannoverOctober 22, President’s Request FY 2008 (DOLLARS IN MILLIONS) NSFMPSPHYLIGO Adv LIGO FY 2006 ACTUAL FY 2007 ACTUAL FY 2008 REQUEST ≥ CHANGE 07– %+9.0%+8.3%
LSC/Virgo Meeting HannoverOctober 22,
LSC/Virgo Meeting HannoverOctober 22,
LSC/Virgo Meeting HannoverOctober 22, NSF’s Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) TitleSolicitation # Due Date International Research and Education: Planning Visits and Workshops - OISE /20/08 Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) — ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers /06/07 EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Grant Program /4/08 Communicating Research to Public Audiences - OISE open Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research: Workshop Opportunities (EPS) — PARTNERSHIPS FOR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (PIRE) —(2009) Check NSF’s funding pages! LSC/Virgo Meeting HannoverOctober 22,
LSC/Virgo Meeting HannoverOctober 22, Other open funding opportunities TitleSolicitation # Due Date International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) and Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Projects (DDEP) - OISE DDEP anytime; IRES 2/15 & 9/15/08 International Research and Education in Engineering (IREE) (Early Career) - OISE Dear Colleague Letter International Research Fellowship Program (IRFP) - OISE — NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) (K-12 exposure for scientists) — Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) /1/07 Student/Early Career Check NSF’s funding pages!
LSC/Virgo Meeting HannoverOctober 22, Other open funding opportunities TitleSolicitation # Due Date Informal Science Education (ISE) /13/07 Software Development for Cyberinfrastructure (SDCI) — CISE Computing Research Infrastructure (CRI) — Math and Science Partnership (MSP) — Science and Society (S&S) /1 & 8/1/08 Control Systems Program —2/15/08 Applied Mathematics —11/15/07 GRAVITATIONAL PHYSICS —9/24/08 Check NSF’s funding pages!
LSC/Virgo Meeting HannoverOctober 22, NSF open funding opportunity Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) Letter of Intent Window: October 30, November 30, 2007 CDI seeks ambitious, transformative, multidisciplinary research proposals within or across the following three thematic areas: From Data to Knowledge: enhancing human cognition and generating new knowledge from a wealth of heterogeneous digital data; Understanding Complexity in Natural, Built, and Social Systems: deriving fundamental insights on systems comprising multiple interacting elements; and Building Virtual Organizations: enhancing discovery and innovation by bringing people and resources together across institutional, geographical and cultural boundaries. This is a major, large-budget investment of NSF and is well worth considering! Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) Letter of Intent Window: October 30, November 30, 2007 CDI seeks ambitious, transformative, multidisciplinary research proposals within or across the following three thematic areas: From Data to Knowledge: enhancing human cognition and generating new knowledge from a wealth of heterogeneous digital data; Understanding Complexity in Natural, Built, and Social Systems: deriving fundamental insights on systems comprising multiple interacting elements; and Building Virtual Organizations: enhancing discovery and innovation by bringing people and resources together across institutional, geographical and cultural boundaries. This is a major, large-budget investment of NSF and is well worth considering! Check NSF’s funding pages!