NSF Opportunities for International Collaboration
Richard H. Nader, Ph.D.Office of International Science and Engineering
National Science Foundation
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Inspector General
National Science Board
Director Deputy Director
Computer & Information
Science&
Engineering
Engineering GeosciencesMathematical & Physical
Sciences
Social, Behavioral
& Economic Sciences
Education & Human Resources
Budget, Finance &
Award Management
Information Resource
Managemen
t
Biological Sciences
Office of International Science and Engineering
(OISE)
Office of Cyberinfrastruct
ure
Office of Polar Programs
NSF in a Nutshell• Independent USG Agency
• Funds basic research & education
• Uses peer-review in selecting proposals to fund
• Low overhead; highly automated grant management processes
• Discipline-based structure complemented by Cross-disciplinary mechanisms
• Bottom-up and proposal driven
• Use of Rotators/IPAs
• National Science Board
NSF Funding
Each year NSF receives about 41,000 proposals and makes about 10,000 new awards (23% funding rate)
The average annual research grant is 3 years at $140,000/year.
3.4% NSF share of total annual Federal spending for research and development **Operates no labs
50% NSF share of Federal funding for non- medical basic research and education at
academic institutions (universities)
39
45
49
50
63
86
77
0 20 40 60 80 100
Physical sciences
Engineering
Social Sciences
Environmental sciences
Biology
Mathematics
Computer Science
NSF Support as a Percentage of Total Federal Support of Academic
Basic Research
Percentage
(excluding NIH*)
*National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Proposal Review Criteria Intellectual Merit
Potential to advance knowledge within and across fields
Qualifications of investigators
Creativity and originality
Conceptualization and organization
Access to resources
Proposal Review Criteria Broader Impacts
Promoting of teaching, training and learning
Participation of underrepresented groups
Enhancement of infrastructure for research and education
Dissemination of results
Benefits to society
International collaboration!!!– http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/gpg/broaderimpacts.pdf
Key Documents
• FY 2007 NSF Budget Request– http://www.nsf.gov/about/budget/fy2007
• Grant Proposal Guide (NSF 04-23)– http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=GPG
• Science and Engineering Indicators– http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind06/
• When in doubt –
– http://www.nsf.gov/
NSF International Objectives…
NSF international funding is a MEANS for:
Advancing FRONTIER RESEARCH
Providing ACCESS to sites, facilities, people, ideas
Addressing GLOBAL AND REGIONAL problems
Preparing a GLOBALLY ENGAGED U.S. S&E workforce
[NSF does NOT have a foreign affairs or foreign assistance mission]
Office of International Scienceand Engineering (OISE)
Key elements for OISE funding:
Collaborative
Catalytic
Junior researchers & students
OISE Support for International Activities
New proposals to Office of International Science and Engineering
Supplements to existing NSF grants
Part of new proposals to NSF disciplinary programs
Proposals to OISE
Planning Visits & Workshops Partnerships for International
Research and Education (PIRE) Postdocs, Graduate and
Undergraduate Students
http://www.nsf.gov/oise/
THE PARTNERSHIP FOR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONELECTRON CHEMISTRY AND CATALYSIS AT INTERFACES
电子化学和表面催化领域研究 -- 国际研究和教育合作团队
Source: PIRE
Partnerships for International Research and Education
East Asia and Pacific Summer East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students
(EAPSI)(EAPSI)Become an internationally experienced researcher. Spend eight
weeks conducting research and experiencing life in:
Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand or Taiwan
2005 China Summer Institutes
Credit: Ms. GU Min, China Science and Technology Exchange Center (CSTEC)
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Undergraduate and Graduate Student Research
Credit: GU Min, China Science and Technology Exchange Center (CSTEC) (left)
Global Challenges
Credit: Steve Amstrup, USFWS (left); Jeanne Cato, NSF (top); Mike Cameron, NMML (right)
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