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| ===== NSF Astronomy ===== | ===== NSF Astronomy ===== | ||
| * Demographics Committee member: James Lowenthal | * Demographics Committee member: James Lowenthal | ||
| - | * Contacts: | + | * Contacts: |
| + | For specific business related to the CAA OIR System Committee, please contact Vern Pankonin (vpankoni@nsf.gov). | ||
| + | For specific business related to CORF meetings, contact Tom Gergely (tgergely@nsf.gov) or Glen Langston (glangsto@nsf.gov) | ||
| ==== Funding Policies and Philosophy ==== | ==== Funding Policies and Philosophy ==== | ||
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| + | Policy is to adhere to 6 AAAC principles: Best science, global coordination, | ||
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| + | No current limit on number or frequency of proposals, though under active discussion. | ||
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| + | Generally, AST resists cutting highly-ranked proposals; preference is to fund the best science identified, rather than the most people. | ||
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| - **Math** also claims to discourage multiple proposals. | - **Math** also claims to discourage multiple proposals. | ||
| ==== RFP and Proposal structure and frequency ==== | ==== RFP and Proposal structure and frequency ==== | ||
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| + | Annual: | ||
| + | * Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants (AAG) | ||
| + | * Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) | ||
| + | * Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation | ||
| + | * NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships (AAPF) | ||
| + | * Mid-Scale Innovations Program (MSIP) | ||
| + | * Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics Networks | ||
| ==== Selected Questions and Available Data ==== | ==== Selected Questions and Available Data ==== | ||
| - | ==== General | + | |
| - | * Who is writing the proposals? | + | === Data from Jim Ulvestad' |
| - | * PI position: e.g. postdoc, assist. Prof, assoc. Prof, tenured faculty, research faculty, Gender, race/ethnicity, geographical location, size of institution | + | * AST budget as % of MPS budget in FY2015 |
| - | * How many proposals submitted | + | * AST budget assumption: FY15=Request, 1%/yr growth thereafter |
| + | * FY14-FY19: ALMA+DKIST+LSST wedges projected to grow at expense of Individual Investigator + Mid-Scale grants | ||
| + | * AAG = NSF AAG Astronomy and Astrophysics Grants: | ||
| + | * ~40% of $ goes to personnel (15% senior, 10% postdocs, 15% students), stable over 2004-2014 | ||
| + | * # of proposals | ||
| + | * AAG budget 1993/ | ||
| + | * Proposal funding rate 1993/ | ||
| + | * 2013 awards | ||
| + | * Average proposal cost 2004/2013: $93K/$150K (by eye from chart) | ||
| + | * Median # of submissions as PI/Co-I over last 5 years: 2 (by eye from chart) | ||
| + | * Median # of submissions in 2014: 1 (by eye from chart) | ||
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| + | === General Data we need (over the last 10 years) === | ||
| + | Dan Evans' preliminary notes on availability of data inserted [in square brackets] | ||
| * Number of senior researchers on proposal | * Number of senior researchers on proposal | ||
| - | * per year, per category of PI, per funding requested | + | * per year, per category of PI, per funding requested |
| * Compare success rates of different sorts of proposals | * Compare success rates of different sorts of proposals | ||
| - | * per PI category, per number of senior researchers, | + | * per PI category |
| * Years between proposals | * Years between proposals | ||
| * cross correlate to success rate, PI category, # of senior researcher | * cross correlate to success rate, PI category, # of senior researcher | ||
| - | * Do younger researchers rise through the ranks (are researcher on proposal and then become | + | * Do younger researchers rise through the ranks (is researcher on proposal and then becomes |
| - | * Number of years between first appearance as senior researcher on a proposal to PI | + | * Number of years between first appearance as senior researcher on a proposal to PI [Dan - cannot evaluate] |
| - | * What number or fraction of the community is supported by soft money? | + | * What number or fraction of the community is supported by soft money? |
| - | Nature | + | Questions on nature |
| * What number or fraction of the community is supported by research projects/ | * What number or fraction of the community is supported by research projects/ | ||
| - | * What number or fraction of the community is support | + | * What number or fraction of the community is supported |
| * What number or fraction of the community can or does serve as PI? | * What number or fraction of the community can or does serve as PI? | ||
| - | * What number or fraction of the community is part of a smaller groups (1-3) vs larger groups? | + | * What number or fraction of the community is part of smaller groups (1-3) vs larger groups? |
| * Are there other sources of scientific support for the community? | * Are there other sources of scientific support for the community? | ||
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| * 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, | ||
| - | Individual | + | Questions |
| * How many grants of typical size are required to support an individual investigator? | * How many grants of typical size are required to support an individual investigator? | ||
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| Career questions | Career questions | ||
| - | * How many awards have gone to first-time PIs? | + | * How many awards have gone to first-time PIs? [Dan - OK] |
| - | * 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? |
| - | Competition Questions | + | Competition Questions |
| * What is the boundary between acceptable and unacceptable success rates? | * What is the boundary between acceptable and unacceptable success rates? | ||
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| - | Question for Program Managers | + | Questions about Impact on People |
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| - | * How many proposals have been reviewed annually for the last 10 years? | + | |
| - | * How many proposals have been selected annually for the last 10 year? | + | |
| - | * How much money has been awarded annually in the last 10 years for competed research grants? | + | |
| - | * What fraction of the total program budget each year has gone to support competed grants? | + | |
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| - | Questions about Impact on People | + | |
| * What anecdotal evidence do we have about the impact of funding rates? | * What anecdotal evidence do we have about the impact of funding rates? | ||
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| ==== Links to Existing talks, trending graphs, relevant information ==== | ==== Links to Existing talks, trending graphs, relevant information ==== | ||
| * Click on **[[AAAC: | * Click on **[[AAAC: | ||
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