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| - | ===== DOE Cosmic Frontier ===== | + | ====== DOE Cosmic Frontier ====== |
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| - | * Contacts: Kathy Turner, John Boger | + | |
| - | ==== Funding Policies and Philosophy | + | |
| - | === DOE HEP program model === | + | * // |
| + | * Contacts: Michael Cooke (main contact), Kathy Turner, John Boger | ||
| + | ===== Summary of Trends and Review Experiences | ||
| + | * [[AAAC:doe cosmic frontier: | ||
| + | ===== Funding Policies and Philosophy ===== | ||
| + | __DOE HEP program model__ | ||
| * Using community-driven strategic planning & reviews, we develop and support a specific portfolio of selected facilities & experiments to enable significant advances in specific science areas (i.e. we select specific projects/ | * Using community-driven strategic planning & reviews, we develop and support a specific portfolio of selected facilities & experiments to enable significant advances in specific science areas (i.e. we select specific projects/ | ||
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| * Partnerships as needed to leverage additional science and expertise (e.g. use other agency’s facilities) | * Partnerships as needed to leverage additional science and expertise (e.g. use other agency’s facilities) | ||
| - | == In developing the program, we follow the PASAG/P5 criteria: | + | //**In developing the program, we follow the PASAG/P5 criteria: Make contributions to select, high impact experiments: |
| - | == Make contributions to select, high impact experiments: | + | |
| * That directly address HEP science goals | * That directly address HEP science goals | ||
| * That will make a significant, | * That will make a significant, | ||
| * For which the HEP community contributions or expertise is needed – instrumentation, | * For which the HEP community contributions or expertise is needed – instrumentation, | ||
| - | == HEP-style Collaborations, | + | __HEP-style Collaborations, |
| * HEP provides long-term support for our responsibilities in designing, building and operating projects to achieve significant advances in science. | * HEP provides long-term support for our responsibilities in designing, building and operating projects to achieve significant advances in science. | ||
| * The HEP community’s model and the HEP program’s support is traditionally for teams of scientists to participate in all phases of an experiment as part of an HEP-style collaboration. | * The HEP community’s model and the HEP program’s support is traditionally for teams of scientists to participate in all phases of an experiment as part of an HEP-style collaboration. | ||
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| * For this model to work, it requires people to receive stable, long-term support; otherwise projects would not be able to count on them to deliver their responsibilities. | * For this model to work, it requires people to receive stable, long-term support; otherwise projects would not be able to count on them to deliver their responsibilities. | ||
| - | == The HEP community’s research model and expectations described above is reflected in the proposal review process.== | + | **//The HEP community’s research model and expectations described above is reflected in the proposal review process.//** |
| - | === Research | + | __Research |
| * Priority is to support efforts on projects/ | * Priority is to support efforts on projects/ | ||
| * Support HEP-model science collaboration to carry out the experiment in all phases | * Support HEP-model science collaboration to carry out the experiment in all phases | ||
| * Support research efforts directly in line with our project priorities and science goals (e.g. HEP supports dark energy studies on experiments with broader science goals). | * Support research efforts directly in line with our project priorities and science goals (e.g. HEP supports dark energy studies on experiments with broader science goals). | ||
| - | == Need to make sure that our experiments are adequately supported before supporting or adding to research efforts for other programs. | + | **//Need to make sure that our experiments are adequately supported before supporting or adding to research efforts for other programs. |
| - | === Typical | + | |
| + | __Typical | ||
| * HEP “buys” full research time of the faculty member on their overall program by providing summer salary and group support. | * HEP “buys” full research time of the faculty member on their overall program by providing summer salary and group support. | ||
| * The typical researcher program may include service work on an experiment, participation in design, R&D, fabrication, | * The typical researcher program may include service work on an experiment, participation in design, R&D, fabrication, | ||
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| - | ==== Anecdotal Trends ==== | + | ===== Anecdotal Trends |
| - | We are starting to see a few people that are submitting more than 1 proposal for 2 different efforts on the same experiment and is assumed to be a way to get around the page limit. | + | HEP is starting to see a few people that are submitting more than 1 proposal for 2 different efforts on the same experiment and is assumed to be a way to get around the page limit. |
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| + | People working traditionally in the “astronomy” mode that want to get supported by HEP have been learning how to work in the HEP collaboration model over the past few years and some have gotten supported. | ||
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| + | ===== RFP and Proposal structure and frequency ===== | ||
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| + | Cosmic Frontier (CF) experimental research program support is provided for university (and other non-DOE-lab institutions) grants and also for lab research groups. | ||
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| + | ==== UNIVERSITY ==== | ||
| + | Universities apply through __Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA)__. | ||
| + | HEP has subprograms with research funding lines in Cosmic Frontier, Energy Frontier, Intensity Frontier, Theory, and Advanced Detector R&D. A successful proposal typically receives a 3-year grant. | ||
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| + | === Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA) === | ||
| + | Research efforts are supported in the first 2 FOA’s below; a small amount of research support may also be available in the 3rd one. | ||
| + | * **1. Research Opportunities in HEP (“Comparative Review”)** | ||
| + | * Annual solicitation that is the funding vehicle for HEP research support | ||
| + | * Proposals due a specific date | ||
| + | * We hold an annual review of these proposals | ||
| + | * Most of our university research support is held for this. | ||
| + | * Can submit a proposal from an individual or group of PI’s in one or more of our subprograms (Cosmic Frontier, Energy Frontier, Theory, etc) | ||
| + | * The research funding supports faculty PI’s, research scientists, postdoc, graduate student, & their expenses; also supports small technical, engineering, | ||
| + | * **2. Office of Science Early Career Awards** | ||
| + | * Annual competition for young investigators | ||
| + | * PI must be within 10 years of Ph.D., 3 tries | ||
| + | * $750k over a 5 year grant | ||
| + | * **3. Office of Science Continuing Solicitation (General FOA)** | ||
| + | * No deadline; can apply anytime during the year. | ||
| + | * Types of grants/ | ||
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| + | Theory efforts should be submitted to the Theory program funding line. However, the CF program does support theory/ | ||
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| + | Any significant operations and/or project-related activities should be submitted to the general FOA. This includes Engineering, | ||
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| + | === Reviews === | ||
| + | Peer reviews and program planning reflect the HEP community’s tradition of long term roles and responsibilities on an experiment/ | ||
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| + | Some of the considerations taken into account by comparative grants review panels include: | ||
| + | * Is the activity in direct support of our science/ | ||
| + | * For experiments with broad science program, | ||
| + | * What are the priority efforts needed now for a particular experiment? | ||
| + | * What is the experience, responsibilities and commitment (% time) of the researcher? Will they have time to make significant contribution? | ||
| + | * Are people supporting the collaboration carrying out the project/ | ||
| + | * Will they work in the “HEP model” by making significant, | ||
| + | * Note: Funding isn’t optimized by funding small fractions of lots of different people that aren’t making large or continuous contributions to the experiment, in addition to their own data analysis. | ||
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| + | ==== LABORATORY ==== | ||
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| + | * Labs submit FWP’s (Field Work Proposals) annual for continuation of their program as well as at other times for supplemental/ | ||
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| + | * Lab researchers typically work in the HEP collaboration model as described above. | ||
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| + | * Comparative reviews of all our labs’ programs in Cosmic Frontier are held every 3 years. | ||
| - | ==== RFP and Proposal structure and frequency ==== | ||
| - | * Institutional HEP grants: Comparative review every year of 1/3 of the 3-year grants (Reviewed separately by each Frontier). | ||
| - | * Project Funding (through National Labs) | ||
| - | * Field Work Proposals | ||
| - | * Early Career Grants | ||
| - | * Advanced Detector | ||
| - | ==== Selected Questions and Available Data ==== | + | ===== Selected Questions and Available Data ===== |
| - | ==General Data we need (over the last 10 years) == | + | == General Data we need (over the last 10 years) == |
| * Who is writing the proposals? | * Who is writing the proposals? | ||
| * PI position: | * PI position: | ||
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| == Where does the money go == | == Where does the money go == | ||
| - | * How much of the science support | + | * How much of the science support comes through missions or other stable sources relative to competed 3-year proposals? |
| * What fraction of the money for competed research is distributed to various types of institution (labs, universities, | * What fraction of the money for competed research is distributed to various types of institution (labs, universities, | ||
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| ==Career questions== | ==Career questions== | ||
| - | * How many awards have gone to first-time PIs? (DOE) | + | * How many awards have gone to first-time PIs? |
| - | * How much of the typical award supports the PI? CoIs? Students? | + | * How much of the typical award supports the PI? CoIs? Students? |
| * What is the age (in career) distribution of PIs? Proposers? | * What is the age (in career) distribution of PIs? Proposers? | ||
| * What is the age (in career) distribution of the relevant community? | * What is the age (in career) distribution of the relevant community? | ||
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| * What fraction of the total program budget each year has gone to support competed grants? | * What fraction of the total program budget each year has gone to support competed grants? | ||
| - | ==== Links to Existing talks, trending graphs, relevant information ==== | + | ===== Links to Existing talks, trending graphs, relevant information |
| * Click on **[[AAAC: | * Click on **[[AAAC: | ||
| + | * [[AAAC:doe cosmic frontier: | ||
| + | * [[AAAC:doe cosmic frontier: | ||