New and Emerging Federal Funding Opportunities--

The Office of Science (SC) at the US Department of Energy

Bill ValdezOffice of ScienceU.S. Department of Energybill.valdez@science.doe.gov

2006 ASEE Engineering Research Council February 28, 2006

DOE Mission Areas

Environmental Quality

- To Repair the Environmental

Consequences of the Cold War

Energy Resources - To Foster a Secure and Reliable National Energy Supply

National Security - To Maintain the Safety and Reliability of the Nuclear Stockpile

Science...

(1) Source: FY 2007 Budget of the United States, Analytical Perspectives volume, R&D Chapter

Federal Research Funding Rankings

Federal R&D Budget -- FY 2007 Data (1)

(dollars in millions)Crosscut Crosscut Crosscut

BasicResearch

AppliedResearch

Development Facilities/Equipment

Total R&D Networking And Info.

Technology R&D

NationalNanotechnology

Initiative

Climate Change Science

Program

1 HHS16,037

HHS12.540

DOD68,315

NASA2,146

DOD74,234

DOD1,018

NSF373

NASA1,025

2 NSF3,687

DOD4,478

NASA6,755

DOE1,130

HHS28,737

NSF904

DOD345

NSF205

3 DOE3,315

DOE2,723

DOE1,990

NSF482

NASA12,245

HHS541

DOE258

COMMERCE186

4 NASA2,226

NASA1,118

DHS335

DHS181

DOE9,158

DOE473

HHS173

DOE126

5 DOD1,422

AGRIC.974

TRANSP.194

HHS123

NSF4,548

NASA82

COMMERCE86

AGRIC.61

Office of Science (SC) Supports basic research that underpins DOE missions.

• Provides over 40% of federal support to the physical sciences (including more than 90% of high energy and nuclear physics)

• Provides sole support to select sub-fields (e.g. nuclear medicine, heavy element chemistry, magnetic fusion, etc.)

• Supports the research of 15,000 PhDs and graduate students

Constructs and operates large scientific facilities for the U.S. scientific community.

• Accelerators, synchrotron light sources, neutron sources, etc.

• Used by about 18,000 researchers every year

Provides infrastructure support for the ten SC laboratories.

• Future of Science– The Department of Energy’s Office of Science is the steward of national science

facilities that maintain U.S. world-leadership status in the physical sciences– Understand Key Questions: the beginning of time, the nature of energy and matter

from quarks to the cosmos– Develop Scientific Workforce: Using the unique capabilities of the DOE laboratories

for teacher professional development; enhancing the size and diversity of the scientific workforce

• Competitiveness– Keeping U.S. Research and Development at the forefront of global science– Scientific Computation – accelerate innovation through virtual prototypes– Nanotechnology centers provide a unique capability for US universities and industry

• Energy Security– Develop new sources of energy through transformational technologies, e.g., fusion

and novel methods of converting biomass to ethanol– Develop stronger, lightweight materials and improve combustion and catalytic

processes to reduce energy consumption and improve efficiency

Office of Science Missions

SC Research AreasBES - Basic Energy Sciences

Materials Sciences and Engineering•Experimental Condensed Matter Physics•Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics•X-Ray and Neutron Scattering•Materials Chemistry and Biomolecular Materials•Structure and Composition of Materials•Mechanical Behavior and Radiation Effects•Physical Behavior of Materials •Synthesis and Processing Science•Engineering Physics

Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences•Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Science•Chemical Physics Research•Photochemistry and Radiation Research•Catalysis and Chemical Transformations•Separations and Analysis•Heavy Element Chemistry•Chemical Energy and Chemical Engineering•Geosciences Research•Energy Biosciences Research

Scientific User Facilities•X-Ray and Neutron Scattering Facilities•Nanoscience Centers

ASCR – Advanced Scientific Computing Research•Mathematical, Information and Computational Sciences•Applied and Computational Mathematics•High-End Computer Science Research•Computational Software Tools•Collaborative Software Tools for Science•High-Performance Computing Facilities•Large-Scale Science Networks

HEP - High Energy Physics•Experimental HEP•Theoretical HEP•Accelerator Physics and Technology•Accelerator Theory•Detector Development•Quantum ChromoDynamics (QCD)•New Particle Searches•Higgs Physics•Fundamental Forces and Unification•Rare Decays and Phenomena•Electroweak Physics •Quark Flavor Physics and CP Violation•Cosmology•Neutrino Physics•Particle Astrophysics•Dark Matter Searches•Dark Energy

NP – Nuclear Physics•Structure of the nucleon•Nuclear Structure •Nuclear Astrophysics•Fundamental interactions with cold neutrons •Fundamental interactions with neutrinos •Hot dense nuclear matter•Nuclear theory•Advanced instrumentation and accelerator R&D

FES - Fusion Energy SciencesFusion Sciences

•Advanced Fusion Designs•Plasma Physics and Plasma Science•Plasma Confinement Configuration

Optimization•High Energy Density Physics•Enabling Plasma Technology•Burning Plasma Physics

BER – Biological & Environmental ResearchLife Sciences

•Microbial Systems Biology (Genomics: GTL)•Low Dose Radiation Research•High Throughput DNA Sequencing•Functional Genomics•Human Subjects in Research•Structural Biology Facilities

Medical Sciences•Molecular Radiopharmaceutical Development•Molecular Nuclear Medical Imaging•Imaging Gene Expression•Artificial Retina•Biomedical Engineering

Climate Change Sciences•Decade to Century Climate Modeling •Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM)•Atmospheric Science•Carbon Cycle Research•Ocean Sciences•Terrestrial Carbon Processes•Ecosystem Function and Response•Information & Integration•Integrated Assessment of Climate Change

Environmental Remediation Sciences•Contaminant Fate & Transport•In Situ Remediation Research•Radioactive Waste Treatment Research•Characterization & Performance Monitoring•Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab

SC Laboratories, User Facilities, and the Institutions that Use Them

Pacific NorthwestPacific NorthwestNational LaboratoryNational Laboratory Ames Ames

LaboratoryLaboratory

Argonne Argonne National National

LaboratoryLaboratory BrookhavenBrookhavenNationalNational

LaboratoryLaboratory

Oak RidgeOak RidgeNational National

LaboratoryLaboratoryLos AlamosNational Laboratory

Lawrence LivermoreNational

Laboratory

LawrenceLawrenceBerkeley Berkeley NationalNationalLaboratoryLaboratory

SandiaNational

Laboratories

FermiFermiNationalNational

Accelerator Accelerator LaboratoryLaboratory

PrincetonPrincetonPlasmaPlasmaPhysicsPhysics

LaboratoryLaboratory

Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator National Accelerator

FacilityFacility

NationalRenewable Energy

Laboratory

StanfordStanfordLinearLinearAccelerator Accelerator CenterCenter

Idaho National Environmental & Engineering Laboratory

National Energy Technology Laboratory

General Atomics

SC Supported Research Institution (Universities, Colleges, Medical Centers)

User Facilities

SC Multiprogram Laboratory

SC Program Dedicated Laboratory

Other DOE Laboratory

SC makes long-term investments

Office of Science Strategic Plan

20-Year Facilities Outlook

DOE Strategic Plan

SC Investment in the Future

• Advance the Basic Sciences forEnergy Independence

• Harness the Power of Our Living World• Bring the Power of the Stars on Earth• Explore the Fundamental Interactions of

Energy, Matter, Time, and Space• Explore Nuclear Matter-From Quarks to Stars• Deliver Computing for the Frontiers of

Science• Provide the Resource Foundations that

Enable Great Science

SC set seven long-term (20-year) goals for our programs:

20-year Facilities OutlookPublic Prioritizations

Builds Consensus that Builds Facilities

CD0ORNL LCC – CD4

CD3CD0

CD1

Working with NASA on Joint Project

CD0 CD0

Phase one underway

CD0

Indicates Department Approval of Any of the Following Stages (stage is current status)CD0 – Mission Need ApprovalCD1 – Approval of Alternative Selection and Cost RangeCD2 – Approval of Technical, Cost, and Schedule BaselinesCD3 – Approval to Start ConstructionCD4 – Approval for Start of Operations

Competitively Selected, Peer Reviewed Basic Research

SC

$3.6 B (FY06)NSF

$5.6 B (FY06)

mission-drivenproposal-driven

SC Programs• ASCR • BER• BES• FES• HEP• NP

NSF Directorates• Biological Sciences (BIO)• Computer & Information

Science & Engineering (CISE)• Education and Human

Resources (EHR) • Engineering (ENG)• Geosciences (GEO)• Mathematical & Physical Sciences

(MPS) • Social, Behavioral & Economic

Sciences (SBE)

Joint Efforts with NSF• National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (ASCR)• NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering (FES)• EPSCoR (started by NSF and led to creation of DOE/EPSCoR)• DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NP)• High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEP)• Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee (also NASA) (HEP)• Climate Change Research (Also NOAA, NASA, UDSA, Interior & EPA) (BER)• Southern Ocean Iron Experiment (Jointly funded by BER and NSF)• Joint Genome Institute (also NIH, USDA, NASA) (BES, BER)• Arabidopsis Genome Initiative (2010 Project) (also USDA, the EU, and the Chiba Prefectural

Government of Japan) (BER)• Maize Genome Sequencing Project (also USDA) (BER)• The IT2 Initiative (terascale computing) (ASCR)• Summer Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) (WDTS)• Faculty–Student Teams (FaST) (WDTS)• Pre-Service Teacher (PST) Internships (WDTS)

Office of Science BudgetUniversities Receive One Third of Research Funds

and Provide Half of the Users at SC Facilities

The area of each pie chart is proportional to the funding total for the year.

* All Other Research includes funding for non-profits, other federal agencies, and private institutions.

FY 2007 Request, $4,102 Million

Research $1,869M

Program Direction $171M

User Facilities $1,808M

Other CE/GPP/GPE $183M

Safeguards and Security $71M

Universities & Colleges$611M

National Laboratories$1,058M

All OtherResearch*$200M

Facility Operations$1,418M

FacilityPACE/AIP/GPP

$390M

FY 2006 Appropriation, $3,596 Million

Research $1,632M

Congressionally-directed Projects

$129M

User Facilities $1,462M

Other CE/GPP/GEP$146M

Safeguards and Security $68M

Program Direction $159M

Universities & Colleges$502M

National Laboratories$940M

Facility Operations$1,158M

FacilityPACE/AIP/GPP

$304M

All Other Research*

$190M

Office of ScienceFY07 Congressional Budget Request

(dollars in thousands)

FY 2005 Approp. FY 2006 Approp.FY 2007

President's Request

FY 2007 vs. FY 2006

Basic Energy Sciences………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………1,083,616 1,134,557 1,420,980 +286,423

Advanced Scientific Computing Research………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………226,180 234,684 318,654 +83,970

Biological and Environmental Research

Base program………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………487,474 451,131 510,263 +59,132

Congressionally-directed projects………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………79,123 128,700 —— -128,700

Total, Biological and Environmental Research………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………566,597 579,831 510,263 -69,568

High Energy Physics………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………722,906 716,694 775,099 +58,405

Nuclear Physics………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………394,549 367,034 454,060 +87,026

Fusion Energy Sciences………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………266,947 287,644 318,950 +31,306

Science Laboratories Infrastructure………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………37,498 41,684 50,888 +9,204

Science Program Direction………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………154,031 159,118 170,877 +11,759

Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………7,599 7,120 10,952 +3,832

Small Business Innovation Research/Technology Transfer………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………113,621 —— —— ——

Safeguards and Security………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………67,168 68,025 70,987 +2,962

Subtotal, Science………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………3,640,712 3,596,391 4,101,710 +505,319

Use of prior year balances………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………-5,062 —— —— ——

Total, Science………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………3,635,650 3,596,391 4,101,710 +505,319*______________________* One half of the $505 million increase is for operations of our scientific facilities, including operations at new facilities: the Spallation Neutron Source and the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at Oak Ridge; the Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne; the Molecular Foundry at Berkeley; and the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies at Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories.Research is increased by $237 million, 47% of the $505 million increase.

The President’s American Competitiveness Initiative

“We must continue to lead the world in human talent and creativity.  Our greatest advantage in the world has always been our educated, hardworking, ambitious people -- and we're going to keep that edge.  Tonight I announce an American Competitiveness Initiative, to encourage innovation throughout our economy, and to give our nation's children a firm grounding in math and science.”

“I propose to double the federal commitment to the most critical basic research programs in the physical sciences over the next 10 years. This funding will support the work of America's most creative minds as they explore promising areas such as nanotechnology, supercomputing, and alternative energy sources.”

President George W. BushState of the Union MessageJanuary 31, 2006

The President’s FY07 budget is a 14.1% increase for the Office of

Science – on path to double by 2016

An historic opportunity for our country – a renaissance for U.S. science and continued global competitiveness.

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• SC facilities and instruments ensure for the U.S. an order of magnitude dominance in key scientific fields that will transform the 21st-century global economy: biotechnology, nanotechnology, materials science, and high-speed computing

• SC develops and nurtures a highly trained scientific workforce for the civilian economy and national security, with many Ph.D.’s entering industry and government

• Supports DOE energy mission through long-term, high-risk, high-payoff multidisciplinary research programs

• Provides 42% of federal support to the physical sciences

• We are stewards for high energy physics, nuclear physics, heavy element chemistry, plasma physics, magnetic fusion, and catalysis

• Provides and maintain ten world-class national laboratories and scientific facilities

• Directly supports (FY ‘07) the research of approximately 24,200 Ph.D.’s, Post Doctoral Associates, and Graduate Students (an increase of ~2600 from FY 2006)

The President’s FY 2007 budget enhances the Office of Science’s lead role in support for U.S. physical sciences

In FY07 SC will construct, operate and plan for scientific facilities for the

future of science: Consequences for Competitiveness and Education

• ITER – the penultimate step to abundant, economical, and environmentally benign fusion energy

• Leadership in High-End Computation – Provide more than 250 teraflops capability for modeling and simulation of scientific

grand-challenge problems in combustion, fusion, and complex chemical reactions– 100 teraflops Blue Gene P computer with peak capacity of up to 100 teraflops to expend

architectural diversity in leadership computing and address scientific challenges in materials science, catalysis, protein/DNA complexes, and advanced designs of nuclear reactors

– Increase capacity at National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) to 100-150 teraflops for high performance production computing.

• Linac Coherent Light Source construction continues – this X-Ray Free Electron Laser will allow examination of chemical reactions in real-time at the single molecule level

• Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) begins operations as the world’s forefront neutron scattering facility by an order of magnitude

The President's FY 2007 budget maintains U.S. leadership in the

following areas:• DOE Nanocenters 4 of 5 facilities begin operations, as the flagships of

nanoscience – providing the U.S. with resources unmatched anywhere in the world

• International Linear Collider R&D funding doubled to $60M – would give the U.S. world leadership in the study of particle physics in the next decade

• Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) Upgrade project engineering design (PED) to double energy – will give new insights on the quark structure of matter

• RHIC – leverage the unique capabilities of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory for studies of the internal quark-gluon structure of nucleons and the properties of hot, dense nuclear matter

• National Synchrotron Light Source-II, to begin R&D and project engineering design (PED) in FY 2007 – a light source user facility with the world's finest capabilities for x-ray imaging

High Energy Physics (HEP)$717M in FY06

Understand the unification of fundamental particles and forces and the mysterious forms of unseen energy and matter that dominate the universe; search for possible new dimensions of space; and investigate the nature of time itself.

– Supports 90% of U.S. High Energy Physics and Coordinates with NSF, NASA and International Efforts

– HEP’s Fermilab Currently Holds the Energy Frontier and the Potential for Higgs Physics

– HEP’s SLAC is Transitioning to LCLS but the Physics Program Continues until 2009

– Partner in the Large Hadron Collider – the Next Frontier – Initiative in Physics of Neutrino Masses and Mixing – Research Efforts in Dark Energy, Dark Matter, Lattice QCD– R&D for the International Linear Collider – Future Frontier

Nuclear Physics (NP)$367M in FY06

Understand the evolution and structure of nuclear matter, from the smallest building blocks, quarks and gluons; to the elements in the universe created by stars; to unique isotopes created in the laboratory that exist at the limits of stability, possessing radically different properties from known matter.

– Supports 90% of U.S. Nuclear Physics and Coordinates with NSF, NASA and International Efforts

– NP’s RHIC is Unique Forefront Heavy Ion Facility• EBIS Upgrade Underway, Additional Upgrade Planned

– NP’s CEBAF is Unique Forefront Nuclear Confinement Facility• Upgrade Planned

– Partner in Large Hadron Collider - Heavy Ion Program– R&D for Rare Isotope Accelerator – Future Frontier Facility– Research Efforts in High Energy Density Physics, Double Beta

Decay, Lattice QCD and Nuclear Structure

Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

$580M in FY06 Provide the biological and environmental discoveries necessary to clean and protect our environment, offer new energy alternatives, and fundamentally alter the future of medical care and human health.

– Life Sciences with Energy and Environment Potential• Microbial Ethanol, Bioremediation, Carbon Sequestration, Etc.

– Key Partner in Genomics • Facilities - Joint Genome Institute, Mouse Genetics Research Facility• 3-4 Genomics: GTL Facilities Planned

– Key Partner in Climate Change Efforts • Aerosols, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds; Facilities - FACE, ARM)

– Environmental Sciences for DOE Mission needs• Environmental and Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)

– Medical Applications that Utilize DOE Capabilities / Technologies • Artificial Retina – R&D Magazine “Inventor of the Year”

Basic Energy Sciences (BES)$1,135M in FY06

Provide the scientific knowledge and tools to achieve energy independence, securing U.S. leadership and essential breakthroughs in basic energy sciences.– Unique Suite of Scientific Research Facilities that Provide a

Spectrum of Capabilities to a Wide Array of Researchers• Three Neutron Scattering Facilities, Four Synchrotron Radiation Light

Sources, Three Electron Beam Microcharacterization Centers, the Combustion Research Facility, Materials Preparation Center, and Notre Dame Radiation Lab

• Forefront Capabilities at new Facilities: Spallation Neutron Source, Five Nanoscale Science Research Centers, the Transmission Electron Aberration Corrected Microscope, and the Linac Coherent Light Source

– Core Basic Research in Nanoscience, Materials, Engineering, Chemistry, Catalysis, Geosciences, Energy Biosciences

– Initiatives in Nanoscience, Energy (Hydrogen, Solar, Solid State Lighting)

Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)

$235M in FY06 Deliver forefront computational and networking capabilities to scientists nationwide that enable them to extend the frontiers of science, answering critical questions that range from the function of living cells to the power of fusion energy.

– Facilities - NERSC, ESNet, Leadership Class Computing Facility• Upgrades to NERSC and ESNet Planned

– Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) • Partnerships with Science Programs in Simulation and Applications of

Terascale computing to Scientific Research

– Testbeds and Partnerships for Next Generation Architecture – Core Research in Applied Math, Networks, Computer Science– Expansion of Ultrascale Computing Efforts Planned

Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)$288M in FY06

Answer the key scientific questions and overcome enormous technical challenges to harness the power that fuels a star, realizing by the middle of this century a landmark scientific achievement by bringing “fusion power to the grid”.

– The U.S. Investment in Fusion Energy Sciences– 90% of Plasma Science – coordinated with NSF and NASA– Partner in High Energy Density Physics – Partner with NNSA in Inertial Fusion– 3 Unique Fusion Experiments

• National Spherical Torus Experiment, Alcator C-Mod, and D-IIID

– New Facility – National Compact Stellarator Experiment– Partner in ITER – Next Frontier Facility

Obtaining Funding

• Apply to a Project– Ex: SciDAC grant at

http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN06-04.html; deadline for letter of intent January 23, 2006

• Apply to an SC Program– Ex: Nuclear Physics at

http://www.sc.doe.gov/np/grants/grants.html

• Apply to a National Lab– Ex: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory at

http://www.pnl.gov/main/business/index.html

All this info can be found at the SC web site, www.science.doe.gov