Nuclear Physics at NSF NP Experiment NP Experiment

Nuclear Physics at NSF NP Experiment • NP Experiment – – Structure Heavy Ions Symmetries Hadrons and QCD • NP Theory • Particle and Nuclear Astrophysics NSCL JINA PNA NP NP Theory Experi ment PNA JINA NP Theory NSCL – Astrophysics (Notre Dame, FSU) – Neutrinos (Borexino, ββ, ϑ 13) • Frontier Center (Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics) • NSCL • FY 2008 total: $45 M June 1 -5, 2009

Additional Funding • Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) – small (<$1 M); large ($1 -4 M) – annual average about $1. 6 M – awards to university labs & user groups at national labs • Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) – 5 -year initiative begun FY 2008 – plan: +$50 M/year, totaling $750 M – 1 NP-related award in FY 08 (U Washington) • Petascale Applications • DHS Domestic Nuclear Detection Office – multi-year initiative begun FY 2007 – 2 NP-related awards June 1 -5, 2009

NSF-GPRA Interface • merit review process • Committee of Visitors – every 3 years – evaluation includes • proposal decision process • program balance • degree of risk taking – January 2009 – report and response available: www. nsf. gov/mps/advisory/cov. jsp • highlights June 1 -5, 2009

Highlights Overview • • • neutron charge distribution polarized e vs. 2 -photon exchange short-range correlations in nuclei handedness in nuclei archaeometry applications Monte Carlo studies of dense matter gluon component of proton spin pion decay constants magic numbers for neutron-rich nuclei production of 96 Cd shape transitions in neutron-rich nuclei symmetries and lattice QCD hadron spectra June 1 -5, 2009

FY 2008 -10 Summary • FY 2008 R&RA: $4. 827 B • FY 2009 R&RA request: $5. 594 B • Recovery Act: $3 B; op. plan approved – $2. 5 B R&RA, including • $0. 3 B MRI • $0. 2 B ARI • FY 2009 R&RA conference: $5. 183 B (+7%); op. plan approved • FY 2010 (total) request: $7 B (FY 08+16%) – … to $9. 7 B in FY 2014 June 1 -5, 2009

FY 2009 Summary appropriations: • NP experiment: up 0. 5% • NP theory: up 4. 5% • NSCL: $19. 5 M … $20. 5 M (toward optimal ops) Recovery Act: • NP (theory + experiment): about $12 M June 1 -5, 2009

FY 2009 Recovery Act • www. nsf. gov/recovery • investigator programs – – increase success rate “standard” multi-year awards priority to new PIs cannot mix with program funds • implementation – – make some “standard” awards with program funds frees up out-year commitments spreads out positive impact of Recovery Act funds can only work long-term with increased appropriations June 1 -5, 2009

FY 2009 Recovery Act 2 new solicitations: – MRI-R 2 • • • August 10, 2009 $200 M (same as MRI-1) awards up to $6 M quota of 3/university cost sharing exempted for all but top 100 R&D universities – ARI-R 2 (Academic Research Infrastructure) • • • LOI July 1; full proposal August 24, 2009 $200 M awards up to $10 M quota of 1/university cost sharing exempted for all but top 100 R&D universities June 1 -5, 2009

FY 2010 R&RA Budget Request June 1 -5, 2009

FY 2010 MPS Budget Request June 1 -5, 2009

FY 2010 Physics Division Budget Request June 1 -5, 2009

DUSEL • NSF review Jan. 28 -30 • Solicitation S 4 – proposals to develop project plans for potential candidates for the initial suite of experiments – anticipate $15 M: $5 M over 3 years – proposals under review – expect awards in summer • DUSEL R&D: supplanted by S 4 June 1 -5, 2009

People • • • NSF Director: Arden Bement NSF Deputy Director: Cora Marrett (acting) MPS Assistant Director: T. Chan [search begun] Physics Division Director: Joe Dehmer Nuclear Physics: – BDK (expt and theory) – Allena Opper(and astro, underground lab) June 1 -5, 2009

Backup Slides June 1 -5, 2009

Nuclear Physics FY 2009 • NSCL operations: restore trajectory toward optimal operations • Nuclear Theory and Experiment: – success rate higher for FY 2009 – funds freed up for use in FY 2010/11 • Move forward with DOE on partnered funding plan for neutron EDM June 1 -5, 2009