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ANASAC Meeting Title

North American ALMA Development Program Review

Michael Shannon, Program Manager17 September 2013

NA ALMA Development Program

ANASAC Meeting; Charlottesville, Virginia; 17 September 2013M. Shannon

FY2013 Overview• All seven (7) FY2013 Studies on track to complete by end of fiscal year

• Three (3) Projects ongoing

• FY2014 Call for Study Proposals released 01 May- nine (9) Study Proposals received 12 July- Proposals in review; notification date 04

November

• FY2014/15 Call for Project Proposals released 03 June- eight (8) Project Proposals received

16 August- Proposals in review; provisional notification date 04

October- ALMA Board review and authorization 16

November

• Transition of ALMA Development Projects to JAO Operations- whitepaper prepared and released- implementation gaps identified; corrective actions in work

FY2014/15 Study/Project in review. of 10



FY2013 Studies status

Need to follow up with PI’s to get Final Reports submitted.

ProjectLead

Institution

NRAO

Status

2nd Generation Receiver for Band 6

Design Study for Band 2 Cartridges

mm/submm VLBI with ALMA

Quantum Limited Amplifiers

Visualization Portal for ALMA Data

Unleashing Large Dataset Science

Band 1 Receiver Development

NRAO

NRAO

ASIAA

U. Maryland

U. British Columbia

CalTech

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Study complete.

Study complete.

Study complete.

Study tasks are complete. Final report is due.

Study tasks are complete. Final report is due.

OMT machining complete. Performance measurements in September.

Conversion loss of mixers too high. Test of IF Hybrid in September.



Ongoing Projects status

Fiber Optic Connectivity held up by permits.

Project

Band 5 Local Oscillator Production

Fiber Optic Connectivity

ALMA Phasing Project

LeadInstitution

NRAO

JAO

MIT, Haystack

Status

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The CDMR is scheduled for 25 Sept in C-ville. A recovery schedule for LO production has been prepared; all 75 LOs will be delivered by Q3 CY2014.Silica Networks (contractor) is still awaiting the required construction permits from the Chilean public authorities.

Closure of all NRAO-assigned CDR Item Discrepancies is on track. Implementation planning (integration plan and verification matrix) in work. Fast Corrections Subsystem software integration & test in work.



FY2014 Study candidates

• 9 studies submitted by 5 organizations.

• Total cost of all submissions $1,140,196.

• 14% oversubscribed.

• 52% ($594,484) of requested funds from NRAO.

• 48% ($545,712) of requested funds from external organizations.

52% ($594,484) of requested funds for NRAO; 48% ($545,712) external.

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ANASAC Meeting; Charlottesville, Virginia; 17 September 2013M. Shannon of 10

Target Date for Notifications 04 November

NA ALMA Study

Awards

NA ALMA Program Director

Dev. Study

Review Panel

(External)

NA ALMA Program Manager

NA Call for

Proposals

ASAC Technolog

y Roadmap

Integrated NA ALMA

Studies Plan

Development Process - Studies• FY2014 proposal review status: Complete In work

NSF Concurrence



FY2014/15 Project candidates

53% ($3,970,025) of requested funds for NRAO; 47% ($3,500,744) external. of 10

• 8 projects submitted by 5 organizations.

• Total cost of all submissions $7,470,769. 00

• 75% oversubscribed.

• 53% ($3,970,025) of requested funds from NRAO.

• 47% ($3,500,744) of requested funds from external organizations.



Coordinating input from the ALMA scientific community. of 10

Development Process - Projects• FY2014 proposal review status:

ANASAC EASAC ESAC

ASAC

ALMADirector

ALMABoard

EA Call for Proposals

EU Call for

Proposals

ALMADevelopm

entCoordinationWorksh

ops

IntegratedProject

PlanADSC

DirectorsCouncil

ALMADevelopment

Program Managers

NA Activities

NRAO

EA Activities

NAOJ

EU Activities

ESO

Upgrade Work Package






ADSC OversightADSC Coordination

NA Call for

Proposals

EA Developm

ent Project Plans

EU Developm

ent Project Plans

NA Developm

ent Project Plans

TechnicalEvaluation

IETACT

Complete In work



Study to Project progression

Six of seven (86%) of FY13 Studies progressed to Project proposal stage. of 10

FY13 Study



Ultra-wideband Quantum Limited Amplifiers

A Visualization Portal for ALMA Data


LeadInstitution

ALMA Band 1 Receiver Development Study

NRAO

NRAO

U. BritishColumbia

U. Maryland

ASIAA

Follow-on FY14/15 Project Proposal

CalTech

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes



Maximum FY2014 commitments = $1.00M Studies + $4.3M Projects = $5.3M.

Funding Capacity

0.53

Unallocated Budget ($M)

Fiscal Year

FY2013

FY2014

FY2015

0.81

4.04

Total budget available

Committed budget: Administration

Committed budget: Studies

Committed budget: Projects

Committed budget - ALMA site fuel cost

The FY13 and FY14 Calls for Study and Project proposals are combined (consolidated) in order to synchronize budget and performance periods.

Total 5.38

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1

2

3

4

5

1

2

3

4

5

2013 2014 2015

$4.28M available $4.29M available

$5.02M available

US Fiscal Year (October to September)

$3.75M committed$3.48M committed

$1.98M committed

US

Dol

lars

($M

)



Portfolio overview - Studies

Abiding by a balanced Study portfolio strategy.B1

Study PI

2nd Generation Receiver for Band 6



Increase the ALMA Data Rate

Ultra-wideband Quantum Limited Amplifiers

A Visualization Portal for ALMA Data


Lead InstitutionCollaboratingInstitution(s) Funding ($US)

ALMA Band 1 Receiver Development Study

A. Kerr

E. Bryerton

J. Kern

B. Glendenning

D. Woody

E. Rosolowsky

L. Mundy

P. Ho

NRAO

NRAO

NRAO

NRAO

CalTech

U. British Columbia

U. Maryland

ASIAA

U. Virginia

U. Arizona

MIT, Haystack

U. Calgary, Harvard U.

U. Illinois, NRAO

HIA, NRAO, U Chile

TOTAL ($US)

84,045

98,119

0

0

92,498

73,438

34,320

100,000

482,42038% of total Studies funding allocated to NRAO

62% of total Studies funding allocated to collaborating institutions



Portfolio overview - Projects

Abiding by a balanced Project portfolio strategy.B2

Projects PI

Band 5 Local Oscillator Production

Fiber Optic Connectivity (pending)

ALMA Phasing Project (proposed; ALMA Development funds only)

Lead InstitutionCollaboratingInstitution(s) Funding ($US)

E. Bryerton

S. Doeleman

NRAO

JAO

NRAO, MPlfR, NAOJ, ASIAA, U. Concepcion, Onsala

MIT, Haystack

TOTAL ($US)

3,328,718

1,849,001

* 516,800

J. Ibsen

6,369,519

• Total Phase 1 Program expenditures (through FY 2015) = $6,851,939

UVA Microfabrication Laboratory (proposed) A. Lichtenberger NRAOUniversity of Virginia 675,000

* An additional $3.5M will be provided by NSF/MRI

Contractor

52% of total Project funding allocated to NRAO

48% of total Project funding allocated to collaborating institutions

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machining complete

review notification

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