FY07 Setting the Stage

Dr. Mary E. ClutterDr. Mary E. Clutter

Dr. Joann RoskoskiDr. Joann Roskoski

April 7, 2005April 7, 2005

Major ChallengesFY 2005 - 2009

Overcome 20th century barriers

Broaden participation

Reshape education

Facilitate public understanding of science

Provide infrastructure

Criteria for Developing BIO Priorities

Demonstrable Added Value• in advancing science• over what NSF is doing now

Readiness/Timeliness is the community ready to

respond?

Impact on the science community within NSF

NSF Role NSF as lead NSF a minor (but possibly

important) player

Synergy interaction with other agencies within NSF

Partnerships within NSF other agencies state, private foundations,

international

Process for Identifying and Selecting BIO Budget Themes

Program Officer One-Pagers

Program Officer One-Pagers

ProposalsScientific MeetingsScientific PublicationsPanel DiscussionsWorkshops

ProposalsScientific MeetingsScientific PublicationsPanel DiscussionsWorkshops

Identify Leading Edge Research

Where Conducted: US/Foreign Countries Universities Gov’t /Industrial Labs

Gaps & Opportunities

Identify Leading Edge Research

Where Conducted: US/Foreign Countries Universities Gov’t /Industrial Labs

Gaps & Opportunities

NSF OD / Budget PrepNSF OD / Budget Prep

Working Groups & Synthesis PapersWorking Groups & Synthesis Papers

Opportunities for Near and Long-Term Development

Opportunities for Near and Long-Term Development

Science Retreat--BIO Senior ManagementScience Retreat--BIO Senior Management

Leading Edge Discussions

Leading Edge Discussions

BIO ACBIO AC

Process for Identifying and Selecting BIO Priority Areas (continued)

Emerging Opportunities IdentifiedEmerging Opportunities Identified

Leading Edge Symposium

Goal: Identify 3-5 Leading Edge Themes in Biology

Process: One day meeting of entire Directorate Division Presentations Discussion of the Whole Feedback on themes and process elicited from

attendees

Some Themes/Issues Identified from All

BIO Discussion and Follow-up

Understanding complex, multi-scale biological systems in temporal and “environmental” context

Plasticity and variation Promise of genomics approaches Promise of cyberinfrastructure for:

Storage/curation of long-lived data and physical collections

Simulation, modeling and computation Experimentation/monitoring (sensors)

FY 07 Planning Process cont’d

Senior Management Science Retreat

Theme Development

Presentation of Themes to BIO AC and Discussion

Further Theme Development via PO Working Groups

Research Themes and Cyber Enablers

Biological Processes in Real Time and Real Space

Organisms as Integrators in a Changing Environment

Drivers and Effects of Emergent Phenomena