1. NSF Commitment to Diversity NAC Meeting September 16, 2017
NSF-NAC
09/16/2017
NSF Commitment to Diversity NAC Meeting September 16, 2017
Jim Ulvestad
Acting Assistant Director
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences
ALMA

2. National Science Foundation
NSF-NAC
09/16/2017
National Science Foundation
NSF is the primary federal agency that funds basic research in the non-medical sciences
Created by Congress in 1950 “to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense.”
NSF annual budget was $7.45 billion in Fiscal Year (FY) Funding source for 24 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by U.S. colleges and universities.
Division of Astronomical Sciences (AST), within the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS), has a budget of $246.2 million in FY This is slightly less than 0.01 percent of the U.S. federal budget.
AST is the primary federal funding source for ground-based astronomy.
DOE funds research that utilizes ground-based astronomical sensors, and often collaborates with NSF (AST and Division of Physics) in astrophysics-related programs.
NASA is the primary federal funding source for space-based astronomy (also involving collaborations with DOE).
09/16/2017
NAC/NSF
Jim Ulvestad

3. NSF’s 10 “Big Ideas” for Future Investment
NSF-NAC
09/16/2017
NSF’s 10 “Big Ideas” for Future Investment
RESEARCH IDEAS
Windows on the Universe:
The Era of Multi-messenger Astrophysics
The Quantum Leap:
Leading the Next Quantum Revolution
Navigating the
New Arctic
Understanding the Rules of Life:
Predicting Phenotype
PROCESS IDEAS
Mid-scale Research Infrastructure
Growing Convergence Research at NSF
NSF 2026
NSF INCLUDES: Enhancing STEM through Diversity and Inclusion
Harnessing Data for 21st Century Science and Engineering
Work at the
Human-Technology
Frontier: Shaping the Future
09/16/2017
NAC/NSF
Jim Ulvestad

4. NSF INCLUDES Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science
Comprehensive initiative to enhance U.S. leadership in science and engineering by seeking and developing STEM talent from all sectors and groups in our society
Long-term goal
Support innovative models, networks, partnerships, and research that enable the U.S. science and engineering workforce to thrive by ensuring that all groups are represented in percentages comparable to their representation in the U.S. population
FY 2016: NSF , , $14.0M
FY 2017: NSF , $14M
FY 2018: NSF , $14.9M
Comprehensive initiative to have IMPACT at SCALE in BP

5. NSF INCLUDES National Network
PILOTS
ALLIANCE
This is another perspective on backbone orgs and that because of the complexity, we will have a DCL to have the field contribute to the vision for the NSF INCLUDES backbone
Mini-backbone to support each Alliance
National Backbone to support the Network of Alliances (INCLUDES National Network)
INCLUDES Coordination Hub
Shared data, knowledge, best practices
On-ramp mechanisms
Monitor progress at national level
Turner, Merchant, Kania & Martin, 2012.

6. Three Essential Components of NSF INCLUDES
NSF-NAC
09/16/2017
Three Essential Components of NSF INCLUDES
INCLUDES Design and Development Launch Pilots. $300K over two years
37 launch pilots funded in first call, announced September 2016
27 more pilots announced September 11, 2017
INCLUDES Alliances
INCLUDES Coordination Hub to be funded in FY 2018
Solicitation NSF
Up to $2.5 million in first year, $10.5 million over 5 years
09/16/2017
NAC/NSF
Jim Ulvestad

7. AST Broadening Participation Programs
NSF-NAC
09/16/2017
AST Broadening Participation Programs
Partnerships in Astronomy and Astrophysics Research and Education (PAARE): $1-2 million/yr
Partnerships between Minority-Serving Institutions and research institutions, including academic institutions, private observatories, and AST-supported facilities
PAARE has funded programs at SCSU/Clemson, CUNY/AMNH/Columbia, Fisk/Vanderbilt, CP Pomona/CSU/UC/nationwide, CSUF/Syracuse, Tenn State/UCB
Scientific Exploration Beneath the Life-Bringing Sun (DKIST cultural mitigation); pipeline for Native Hawaiian STEM students: $2 million/yr
Research Experiences for Undergraduates: $2 million/yr
Most sites have specific goals for broadening participation
Education and Special Programs (one-off proposals). Examples:
Akamai Workforce Initiative, and follow-ons
Columbia Bridge Program
Also, NSF-wide programs include AGEP (Alliances in Graduate Education for the Professoriate) supplements for graduate students from underrepresented groups
09/16/2017
NAC/NSF
Jim Ulvestad

8. NSF-NAC
09/16/2017
INCLUDES Video
09/16/2017
NAC/NSF
Jim Ulvestad