Transcript Limitations on Indirect Cost Rate Recovery Under NSF

Supporting International Collaborations
for U.S. researchers at the
National Science Foundation
South Carolina Universities Workshop,
Clemson University
April 20, 2007
Wayne Patterson
Program Manager for Developing Countries
Office of International Science and Engineering
National Science Foundation
Outline
Introduction to NSF
International Collaboration at NSF
Support for Faculty
Programs for Postdoctoral researchers
Programs for students
Outline
Introduction to NSF
International Collaboration at NSF
Support for Faculty
Programs for Postdoctoral researchers
Programs for students
NSF in a Nutshell
Independent USG
Agency
Funds basic research &
education
Uses peer-reviewed
grant mechanism
Low overhead; highly
automated grant
management processes
Discipline-based structure
Bottom-up proposal driven
Cross-disciplinary
mechanisms
Use of Rotators/IPAs
National Science Board
NSF Role in Research and
Development
Fiscal Year 2004
Total U.S. National R&D - $312B
Other
6%
Industry
64%
Total Federal R&D Obligations
$101B
Other
96%
Federal
30%
Total Federal Basic Research $27B
Other
87%
NSF
4%
Total Federal Academic Basic Research $14B
NSF
13%
Other
79%
Latest complete data currently available
NSF
21%
NSF Funding
FY06 Budget: 95% awards, 5%
administration
Each year NSF receives over 41,000
proposals and about 10,000 new awards
are made (23% funding rate)
The average annual research grant is 3
years at $140,000/year.
Awards are made to over 2,000 US
colleges, universities and other research
institutions.
NSF Support for Basic Research at Academic Institutions
Share of Total Federal Support - FY 2004 Preliminary
All Life Sciences
Social Sciences &
Psychology
Physical Sciences
Engineering
4.7%
27.7%
35.5%
44.5%
Environmental Sciences
50.3%
Mathematics & Computer
Sciences
Other Sciences
76.0%
39.1%
NSF funding for South Carolina
Universities
Survey of South Carolina NSF-funded
universities
 17 universities, 4 technical colleges, 10 other
awardees
Total of 320 active NSF awards
Total value of these: $217,679,626
44 (13.8%) involving international
collaboration
Only 6 (1.9%) in the Office of International
Science and Engineering
Numbers of Awards in SC
Institution
Total # of
Awards
# of Int’l Awards # of OISE
Awards
University of
South Carolina
139
23
2
Clemson
100
15
2
College of
Charleston
22
3
0
Coastal Carolina
U
6
1
1
Furman
6
0
0
MUSC
6
1
0
FlorenceDarlington Tech
4
0
0
Tetramer
4
0
0
Value of Awards in SC
Institution
Total $ Value of
Awards
$ Value of Int’l
Awards
$ Value of OISE
Awards
Clemson
$56,282,940
$2,395,052
$59,342
University of
South Carolina
$38,747,305
$6,350,317
$50,722
South Carolina
State
$5,141,595
-
-
College of
Charleston
$4,050,035
$574,622
-
FlorenceDarlington Tech
$3,623,525
-
-
Claflin
$2,708,225
-
-
MUSC
$2,024,214
$539,046
-
Morris
$1,630,305
-
-
Allen
$1,545,162
-
-
Coastal Carolina
$1,097,180
$85,000
$85,000
Where in the World is South
Carolina?
Antartica
Argentina
Armenia
Belarus
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Central America
China
Colombia
Domenica
East Asia and Pacific
Ecuador
France
Germany
Hungary
India
Italy
Japan
Korea
Kyrgyzstan
Mexico
Mongolia
Nepal
Peru
Russia
South Africa
Spain
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Venezuela
Or …
What happens to your proposal
when it arrives at NSF…?
Proposal Review Criterion
Intellectual Merit
Potential to advance knowledge within
and across fields
Qualifications of investigators
Creativity and originality
Conceptualization and organization
Access to resources
Proposal Review Criterion
Broader Impacts
Promoting of teaching, training and learning
Participation of underrepresented groups
 (race, gender, geographic distribution, type
of institution …)
Enhancement of infrastructure for research and
education
Dissemination of results
Benefits to society
International collaboration
Grantsmanship
Know yourself: Know your area of
expertise, what are your strengths and
what are your weaknesses; PUT YOUR
BEST FOOT FORWARD; LITERATURE
RESEARCH
Know the program from which you seek
support.
Read the program announcement:
specific goals and specific requirements
Grantsmanship (cont)
Formulate an appropriate research objective a methodical process of building upon
previous knowledge to derive or discover new
knowledge
Develop a viable research plan doable within a
reasonable budget and in a reasonable time
State your research objective clearly in your
proposal
Frame your project around the work of others
Grammar and spelling check
Grantsmanship (cont)
Format and brevity are important; page limit
Know the review process: Proposals - by
panels must be written to a broader audience
Proofread your proposal before it is sent:
Many proposals are sent out with idiotic
mistakes, omissions, and errors of all sorts.
Submit your proposal on time – DON’T WAIT
UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE
Send proposals to other sources; build your
team
Volunteer to be a panelist
References for grant writing
www.nsf.gov – study programs, active
awards, initiatives, etc
TWELVE STEPS TO A WINNING
RESEARCH PROPOSAL, George A.
Hazelrigg, NSF – see:
http://xsrv.mm.cs.sunysb.edu/300/lectur
es/proposal.pdf
Outline
Introduction to NSF
International Collaboration at NSF
Support for Faculty
Programs for Postdoctoral researchers
Programs for students
International Collaboration
International collaboration is
commonplace
About 20% of the world’s
scientific and technical
articles in 2003 had authors
from two or more countries,
compared with 8% in 1988
One-quarter of articles with
U.S. authors have one or
more international
coauthors, which is similar to
the percentages for Japan,
China, and the Asia-8.
Discovery is a global enterprise. For
the U.S. to remain in the forefront of
world science and technology, it needs
scientists and engineers from all
disciplines who can operate and lead
international teams and track
international discoveries in some of the
most challenging research areas.
Arden L. Bement, Jr.
NSF Director
2004
“Domestic and international collaborations
are expanding in response to the
complexities of new scientific fields, the
growing scale and scope of scientific
initiatives, new capabilities provided by
advances in information and
communications technologies,
professional ties established during study
or work abroad, and explicit government
policies and incentives.”
Source: National Science Board, Science and Engineering Indicators-2004
NSF International Objectives…
A MEANS for advancing FRONTIER RESEARCH
Provide ACCESS to sites, facilities, people, ideas
Prepare a GLOBALLY ENGAGED U.S. S&E
workforce
Build and strengthen effective collaborations and
institutional partnerships to address problems of
a global/regional scale
[NSF does NOT have a foreign affairs or foreign
assistance mission]
Outline
Introduction to NSF
International Collaboration at NSF
Support for Faculty
Programs for Postdoctoral researchers
Programs for students
Support for International
Activities
Supplements to existing NSF grants
Part of new proposals to NSF
disciplinary programs
New proposals to Office of International
Science and Engineering
International activities
embedded in disciplinary grants
Facility Improvements and New Equipment for the Archbold Tropical
Research and Education Center (ATREC), Dominica, Lesser Antilles
Ickes, Kalan, Clemson University
ATREC, located on the island of Dominica, the only non-marine field
research station in the Lesser Antilles, and is composed of almost
20,000 ft2 of building space and 92 hectares of secondary forest.
Wide variety of habitat types: lowland and montane rain forest, elfin
forest, tropical dry forest, littoral forest, volcanic fumaroles and their
associated highly specialized vegetation, beaches with nesting sea
turtles, two freshwater lakes, one boiling lake, over a hundred rivers,
and coral reefs.
The Morne Trois Pitons National Park, a United Nations World Heritage
site, is within walking distance.
Field courses from seven U.S. universities have been based at ATREC,
most returning year after year.
Funds provided will address
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renovating the plumbing and roofing for the entire field station,
creating a secure collections facility and wet lab within existing the existing
structures, and
updating existing classrooms and kitchen.
The island of Dominica is one of the poorest countries in the
Caribbean, but has unparalleled biological resources.
ATREC provides tremendous opportunities for collaboration with the
Dominica branch of the University of the West Indies and Dominica
State College.
International activities
embedded in disciplinary grants
Materials World Network: Design of Responsive Materials via Mixed Polymer
Brush Approach
Luzinov, Igor, Clemson University
The focus of this work is on chemical design and characterization of novel
responsive nanostructured materials, namely ultrathin films made of mixed
polymer brushes, with controlled and variable hydrophilic/hydrophobic/
steric/inonic interactions.
To accomplish the objectives of the project a US-German team of specialists
possessing complementary expertise in the area has been assembled.
The team includes: I. Luzinov (Clemson University, synthesis of (mixed)
polymer brushes); S. Minko (Clarkson University, properties/applications of
mixed polymer brushes); M. Stamm (Dresden Technical University and
Leibniz-Institute for Polymer Research Dresden, protein adsorption onto the
mixed polymer brushes); M. Mller (University of Gttingen, theoretical modeling
of the mixed brushes); K. Hinrichs/N. Esser and K.-J. Eichhorn (Institute for
Analytical Sciences in Berlin, study of the brushes with spectroscopic
ellipsometry).
International activities
embedded in disciplinary grants
Collaborative Research: Iron and Light Effects on Phaeocystis antarctica
Isolates from the Ross Sea
DiTullio, Giacomo, College of Charleston
“The colonial prymnesiophyte Phaeocystis antarctica is a major bloomforming alga in Antarctic shelf waters; where, alongside diatoms, it is
considered a keystone species in its impact on regional biogeochemical
cycling and ecosystem structure. Iron levels in these waters fall to
values as low as ~0.1 nM during the mid to late summer,
concentrations that are likely to limit the growth of phytoplankton,
including P. antarctica.
“In this project, P. antarctica will be collected from the southern Ross
Sea and grown in semi-continuous batch cultures for use in
experiments at the University of Charleston to investigate the effects of
iron availability and irradiance on the growth rate, cellular iron quota,
buoyancy, biogenic sulfur production, pigment content, redox-protein
expression, and photosynthetic efficiency of P. antarctica.
“This species may have also played a central role in the inferred basinscale changes in biogeochemical cycles linked to glacial-interglacial
climatic change.”
Office of International
Science
and Engineering (OISE)
Proposals to OISE
Planning Visits ($20,000 max)
Workshops ($25-60,000)
PASI ($65-100,000)
Partnerships for International Research
and Education ($2.5 million)
http://www.nsf.gov/oise/
Planning Visits
Short trips by US researchers in
promising new areas
Fully assess foreign expertise, facilities,
equipment, data, experimental
protocols, etc.
Detailed preparation for collaborative
research
Used more often for countries where
access is harder
Example of Planning visit –
Lawrence Pratt, Fisk
This award supports a planning visit to enable Professor Lawrence Pratt of
Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee to meet with Professor Bui Manh Nhi
at Ho Chi Minh City University of Pedagogy in Vietnam.
The visit will include workshops consisting of lectures and laboratory
exercises on computational chemistry applied to organolithium compounds
that will train investigators and students in Vietnam. This will then lead to
collaborative research projects between the Vietnamese, the PI and his
graduate students at Fisk University in which the students will have the
opportunity to visit the Ho Chi Minh City University. In turn some of the
Vietnamese students may enroll in Fisk University for graduate work to
further their collaborative research projects.
The study of organolithium compounds is a field of major importance in
the development of new synthetic methods, and computational methods
are a major tool to study these compounds. Although Vietnam is a
developing country without extensive laboratory facilities for research, the
University of Pedagogy does have a computational chemistry laboratory
that is sufficiently equipped for moderate research projects, or more
extensive research projects in collaboration with other institutions.
Workshops
Co-organized by U.S. & foreign
investigator
NSF supports U.S. participants
Identify areas of joint research; purpose
is to develop new, targeted collaborations
Outcome should be a proposal to one of
the disciplinary offices within NSF
Priorities vary by region
Examples
Patterson and Jan Persens, University of the
Western Cape, South Africa
 “The Mathematics of Computer Security”, Tunis,
Tunisia, August 2004
Patterson and Ricardo Baeza-Yates, University
of Chile
 “Computational Methods for Security in a Web
Environment”, Arica, Chile, July 2006
Example – Chaden Djalili, USC
US-Peru Workshop in Nuclear Physics and Its Applications, June 11-16,
2007, Cusco, Peru
Djalali, Chanden, University of South Carolina
This Americas Program award will support a workshop on nuclear
physics and applications to be held in conjunction with the Seventh
Latin American Symposium on Nuclear Physics and Applications in
Cusco, Peru, June 11-16, 2007.
The workshop is being organized by Dr. Chanden Djalali of University of
South Carolina, and Dr. Philip Cole of Idaho State University in
collaboration with Dr. Fernando Umeres Sanchez of the Universidad
Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Peru.
This workshop will discuss topics presented at the symposium such as
nuclear matter at high densities, nuclear astrophysics, neutrino physics,
exotic nuclei, as well as photo- and electron-nuclear physics with the
attendant applications of nuclear physics.
Pan-American Advanced
Studies Institutes (PASI)
Short courses of two to four weeks duration, at
the advanced graduate and post-doctoral level.
Courses should involve distinguished lecturers
and active researchers in the field, preferably
from the Americas.
PASIs aim to disseminate advanced scientific
knowledge and stimulate training and
cooperation among researchers of the Americas
in the mathematical, physical, and biological
sciences, and in engineering fields
Recently Funded PASI’s
Modern challenges in statistical mechanics Argentina
Study of surfaces, interfaces and catalysis Venezuela
Physics at the nanometer scale - Argentina
Green chemistry - Uruguay
Quantum information - Brazil
Materials for energy conversion and
environmental protection – Brazil
Process Systems Engineering - Argentina
Partnerships for International
Research and Education (PIRE)
Cutting Edge scientific research
Strong international partners
Innovative models
Involvement of students & junior researchers
Institutional resources (IT, language/culture,
curriculum, study abroad, other)
14-17, 5-year awards of up to $2.5M each
Eligibility: Ph.D. granting in U.S. (20 in 2 years)
Prelim proposal deadline: October 30, 2006 (limit
3 per institution)
PIRE
U.S.-Japan Cooperative Research and Education: Ultrafast and Nonlinear
Optics in 6.1-Angstrom Semiconductors – PI: Junichiro Kono, Rice University
PIRE
Remote Sensing for Hazard Mitigation and Resource Protection in Pacific
Latin America – PI: Gregg Bluth, Michigan Tech University
PIRE – examples of FY05
projects
UCSB and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics:
“Electron Chemistry and Catalysis at Interfaces.”
14 professors, extended research visits, jointly
mentored grad students, summer schools,
language training, tech transfer. PI Alex
Wodtke.
Penn State, NC A&T, U. Witwatersrand, as well
as other U.S. institutions and scientists in 9
African countries: “PIRE-AfricaArray Project.”
Geophysics focus, semester at university in
Africa, e- and field courses, language training,
HBCU involvement. PI Andy Nyblade.
Outline
Introduction to NSF
International Collaboration at NSF
Support for Faculty
Programs for Postdoctoral researchers
Programs for students
Postdoctoral Researchers
Participation in NSF disciplinary awards
Disciplinary Postdoctoral Fellowships
International Research Fellowships
International Research Fellowships
Designed to introduce young scientists to
international research opportunities
Provides support to carry out research at
science and engineering establishments
in foreign countries
Research experiences range from tenures
of 9 to 24 months
Applications from women and minorities,
and for work in developing countries are
especially encouraged.
International Research Fellowships
– Eligibility Requirements
U.S. citizenship or permanent residency
Applicants must have a Ph.D. by the time
IRFP tenure begins
Applicants cannot have had their Ph.D.
longer than two years at the time of
application
Deadline: October 3, 2006. Next year,
Second Tuesday In September!
From the Participants...
“I look back and recognize how
much my involvement [in
Iceland] has shaped and
opened up new opportunities.
I am still actively working
with my colleagues in
Iceland…and my work there
has enabled me to apply for
positions (and receive job
offers!) for which I would
have otherwise been
unqualified.”
From the Participants...
“Overall the fellowship
seems to have had an
extremely positive
effect on my career…I
was interviewed for four
of the six tenure-track
jobs for which I applied;
I was given tenure-track
job offers at two
universities; and I have
accepted my dream job
at a four year research
university.”
Outline
Introduction to NSF
International Collaboration at NSF
Support for Faculty
Programs for Postdoctoral researchers
Programs for students
Support for Students
Participation in NSF disciplinary awards
Integrative Graduate Education and Research
Traineeship (IGERT) Program
Graduate Research Fellowships
Participation in OISE planning visits or
workshops
Dissertation Enhancement Awards
East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI)
International Research Experiences for
Students
International REU’s
Dissertation Enhancement
Research
Supports doctoral student research in a foreign
country
Must be collaborative, with evidence of
intellectual involvement of foreign institution
U.S. faculty mentor is PI on proposal
Up to $15,000 per award for up to 2 years
Apply to NSF disciplinary program or OISE
Deadlines: 9/15 and 2/15 annually for OISE;
may vary for disciplinary programs
Example of a Dissertation
Enhancement Award
Continuity Hypotheses Revisited: English L2 Acquisition of Bulgarian
Nominal Domain
Dubinsky, Stanley, University South Carolina
With NSF support and under the direction of Stanley Dubinsky and
Hyeson Park. Ms. Mila Tasseva-Kurktchieva will investigate the second
language (L2) acquisition of the Bulgarian noun phrase by adult native
speakers of English. The goals of this research are: (i) to test a new
variant of the dynamic approach to the L2 acquisition of Bulgarian
nominal structure, including the timing and order of acquisition of
gender and number agreement, possessives, and definite determiners.
The study will use a unique pool of subjects-US Peace Corps volunteers
exposed to the target language through both immersion and classroom
instruction. This research will be among a few studies to focus on the
very early stages of L2 acquisition-three to four weeks after subjects'
first exposure to the target language.
East Asia and Pacific Summer
Institutes for U.S. Graduate
Students (EAPSI)
www.nsf.gov/eapsi
Become an internationally experienced researcher. Spend
eight weeks conducting research and experiencing life in:
Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand or Taiwan
EAPSI Applicant Eligibility
U.S. citizen or permanent resident
Enrolled at U.S. institution in a research
oriented master’s, M.D. or Ph.D. degree
program
Fields of science or engineering
supported by NSF and represented
among host institutions
December 12, 2006--Application deadline
Unprecedented Number of Howard Students
Selected by NSF for International Research
April 25, 2006
In the Summer of 2006, Howard University will send
its largest number of students ever to study and do
research in Asia as a result of successful applications
to the National Science Foundation by four Howard
graduate students in Computer Science and Electrical
Engineering.
Three of the four students, Ebonie Loftin, Ngizambote
Mavana, and James Tolbert II, all master's students in
Computer Science, were selected for the NSF's East
Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes to do research in
South Korea. With three students selected for South
Korea, Howard University led all universities in the
United States in students selected for that country.
The fourth student, Kenneth Bird, a third-year
doctoral student in Electrical Engineering, was
selected to do research in China.
International Research
Experiences for Students
Can include graduate and undergraduate
students
Supports small groups of students in a
focused field
Awards of up to $50,000 per year for up
to 3 years
Deadlines: 9/15 and 2/15
IRES in Senegal
When their DC-8 flew into a tropical storm off the
coast of West Africa, Aaron Pratt and Tamara
Battle realized their lifelong dream--to study
storms and weather systems at their source.
During that flight, lightning struck their plane.
The resulting storm turned into a tropical
depression and ultimately became known as
Hurricane Helene, one of the strongest Atlantic
hurricanes in 2006.
“African dust is very critical for hurricane
formation. One of our flights allowed us to see
the dust kicked up in the Sahara Desert,” said
Pratt, who is pursuing a doctorate in atmospheric
science from Howard University in Washington,
D.C., as is Battle. “I had never done research
overseas before and didn’t know what to expect.
Working with scientists in both Senegal and Cape
Verde helped put our research in the proper
perspective.”
Graduate students study
African storms onboard a
DC-8 airplane to understand
links to U.S. storms.
IRES in Senegal (2)
Dr. Gregory Jenkins of Howard University received an
International Research Experiences for Students
(IRES) award in 2006 to allow eighteen U. S.
graduate students to conduct research with U. S. and
Senegalese scientists in studying the effects of
African weather systems on the United States.
The award supports American students’ work with a
large multinational team of scientists on a project
called the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis
(AMMA). Scientists and students from around the
world are involved with the project, which is also
funded by nations in Africa, Europe and Asia.
IRES in Armenia: Coastal Carolina
Undergraduates in Armenia Investigating the Chemistry of
Heterogeneous Catalysts
Goodwin, John, Coastal Carolina University
This US-Armenian project provides US undergraduate students
opportunities for training and research in Yerevan, Armenia. The
research activities revolve around porphyrin synthesis and isolation,
heterogeneous catalysis, and molecular modeling. The principal
investigators are John Goodwin from Coastal Carolina University and
Tigran Kurtikyan from the Molecular Structure Research Center in
Armenia.
The US students spend eight-weeks in the Armenian laboratory where
they benefit from the complementary expertise and instrumentation of
the Armenian researchers. The subject research area has practical
implications in the development of suitable catalysts for activation of
atmospheric oxygen for a number of purposes. Development of robust
heterogeneous catalysts for activation of molecular oxygen is important
for a wide range of applications including environmentally-benign
synthesis, water purification, fuel-cell technology, and on-site chemical
nerve-agent decomposition.
This project fulfills the program objectives of providing US students
with a global perspective and opportunities for professional growth
through international cooperative research training, networking and
mentoring.
REU International Site in Ghana
Can the seeds of a pepper plant in
West Africa be used as a crop
insecticide here in the U. S.? Will
the Ghanaian Mangrove oyster
become one of our next
delicacies? What is the necessary
environment for the survival and
propagation of a stingless bee?
These and other questions are
being explored by U. S.
undergraduate students under the
direction of Daniel Wubah,
Professor of Biology at James
Madison University.
Sharonda Johnson taking
extractions from a plant with her
Ghanaian mentor, Dr. Yaw OpokuBoahene
REU International Site in Ghana
According to one student, Akhil Rastogi, participating
in this program was key to his admission into several
professional and graduate schools because the first
question at every interview was “tell us about the
research that you did in Ghana.”
The answers from the above?
 Dzifa Gbewonyor found that an extract from the Ashanti
pepper plant seeds has an effect as an insecticide on
cowpea plants.
 Alexandra Sutton discovered that harvesting the oysters has
high potential, but further study on the oyster’s ability to
filter salt content is necessary.
 And Nicholas Davenport demonstrated that deforestation
has a negative effect on the survival of the stingless bee.
REU International Site: Japan (USC)
Chemical Engineering Research in Japan
Amiridis, Michael, University of South Carolina
This award supports the Department of Chemical Engineering at the
University of South Carolina (USC) for the establishment of a three-year
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site in Japan. Students
will be assigned an individual research project to work in the Fall
Semester with faculty research mentors at Osaka University, Sophia
University (Tokyo), and Kyoto University in collaboration with USC
faculty.
In addition, two USC U.S. graduate (Ph.D.) students will also travel to
Japan together with the REU group and serve as mentors to the
students while also doing research in Japan.
Research projects will be on topics such as the catalytic role of
supercritical water in organic reactions; molecular simulations of gas
permeation through organic membranes; shock tube studies of the
thermal decomposition of hydrocarbons; the synthesis of molecular
composites; emission control during the pyrolosis of coal; and synthesis
of nanoporous materials using copolymer gel templates.
Looking Beyond the Borders:
A Project Director’s Handbook
of Best Practices for
International REU’s
www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06204/index.html
www.nsf.gov/oise
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