FY07 Setting the Stage Dr. Mary E. Clutter Dr. Joann Roskoski April 7, 2005

Criteria for Developing BIO Priorities  Demonstrable Added Value in advancing science over what NSF is doing now  Readiness/Timeliness  is the community ready to respond?  Impact  on the science community  within NSF  NSF Role  NSF as lead  NSF a minor (but possibly important) player  Synergy  interaction with other agencies  within NSF  Partnerships  within NSF  other agencies  state, private foundations, international

Process for Identifying and Selecting BIO Budget Themes Program Officer One-Pagers Program Officer One-Pagers Proposals Scientific Meetings Scientific Publications Panel Discussions Workshops Proposals Scientific Meetings Scientific Publications Panel Discussions Workshops Identify Leading Edge Research Where Conducted: US/Foreign Countries Universities Gov’t /Industrial Labs Gaps & Opportunities Identify Leading Edge Research Where Conducted: US/Foreign Countries Universities Gov’t /Industrial Labs Gaps & Opportunities

NSF OD / Budget Prep Working Groups & Synthesis Papers Opportunities for Near and Long-Term Development Opportunities for Near and Long-Term Development Science Retreat--BIO Senior Management Leading Edge Discussions BIO AC Process for Identifying and Selecting BIO Priority Areas (continued) Emerging Opportunities Identified

Leading Edge Symposium Goal: n Identify 3-5 Leading Edge Themes in Biology Process: n One day meeting of entire Directorate n Division Presentations n Discussion of the Whole n Feedback on themes and process elicited from attendees

Some Themes/Issues Identified from All BIO Discussion and Follow-up Understanding complex, multi-scale biological systems in temporal and “environmental” context Plasticity and variation Promise of genomics approaches Promise of cyberinfrastructure for: n Storage/curation of long-lived data and physical collections n Simulation, modeling and computation n Experimentation/monitoring (sensors)

FY 07 Planning Process cont’d Senior Management Science Retreat Theme Development Presentation of Themes to BIO AC and Discussion Further Theme Development via PO Working Groups

Research Themes and Cyber Enablers Biological Processes in Real Time and Real Space Organisms as Integrators in a Changing Environment Drivers and Effects of Emergent Phenomena