# Presentation: 591513

## New Investigator’s WorkshopU.S. Antarctic Program

**Scott Borg**
**Head, Antarctic Sciences Section**
**NSF/Office of Polar Programs**

## Why this workshop?

- To enrich the USAP by attracting new minds to Antarctic science
- To offer a glimpse of the research opportunities that can be found
- To show that, while NSF funding is very competitive, many science opportunities exist and working in the Antarctic is not as forbidding as many people think

## For newcomers. . . .A word about NSF

- Independent Agency – since 1950
- Supports basic research and education through grants and related mechanisms
- Vision – Enabling the nation’s future through discovery, learning, and innovation
- Ensures a world-class science/engineering workforce & promotes public understanding of science

## For newcomers. . . .A word about NSF and OPP

- National Science Board
- Broad range of basic science
- Many cross-directorate opportunities
- Office of Polar Programs
- Special responsibility as lead agency for US national investment in Antarctica
- US Antarctic Program in OPP
- A current emphasis is on the International Polar Year (IPY)

## NSF Recent Trends: FY 02 to 05

**Change **
**FY02 to FY05**

**Funds Obligated**
- (Millions of Dollars)

- $4,954

- $5,579

**Organizational**
**Excellence**

**FTE**

**# of Proposals**

**# of Competitive **
**Awards**

**Aver. Annual **
**Res. Grant Size**

**Aver. Grant **
**Duration **(years)

-   14%

-   59%

-   3%

-   19%

-   -7%

-   24%

-   -

- $5,871

- 2.9

- 2.9

- 2.9

- $115,666

**FY05**

**FY04**

**FY03**

**FY02**

- $135,609

- $139,637

- 10,406

- 10,844

- 10,380

- 35,164

- 40,075

- 43,851

- 1,239

- 1,242

- 1,274

- $184

- $196

- $268

- $5,654

- $292

- 1,279

- 41,722

- 9,757

- $143,669

- 2.9

## Average Reviewer Ratings – FY05

**Number of Proposals:  31,966 Declines, 9,792 Awards**

## Taxpayer’s Investment

- An average NSF research award in FY99 (about $70,000 annually) was equivalent to committing the revenues from 10.6 average-sized income tax return statements. (Based on FY99 estimates.)
- The average NSF research award in FY04 was about $139,000 annually – 23.9 income tax return statements.

## NSF and People: FY 2001 Estimate

## Key Documents

- FY 2007 NSF Budget Request
- _[http://www.nsf.gov/about/budget/fy2007](http://www.nsf.gov/about/budget/fy2007)__ _
- Grant Proposal Guide (NSF 04-23)
- _[http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=GPG](http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=GPG)__ _
- Science and Engineering Indicators
- _[http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/seind04/start.htm](http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/seind04/start.htm)__ _
- When in doubt –
- _[http://www.nsf.gov/](http://www.nsf.gov/)__ _

## Slide 10

## OPP/ANT Program Officers

- Aeronomy & Astrophysics – vacant/search underway
- Biology & Medicine – Roberta Marinelli
- Ocean & Climate Systems – Bernhard Lettau
- Geology & Geophysics – Tom Wagner
- Glaciology – Julie Palais
- Artists and Writers – Kim Silverman
- OPP-IPY coordinator – Marie Bundy
- See: _[http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=OPP](http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=OPP)_

## U.S. Antarctic Program

** **Antarctic Treaty
-  Research and Education – very broad range
-  Environmental Stewardship
-  Antarctic Conservation Act
-  International Cooperation and Collaboration
-  Ships, planes, labs, and specialized support
-  International Polar Year: Mar 07 – Mar 09

## Scope of Organization

**Scope of Organization**

## USAP Sites of Major Activities

## Questions?

## Antarctic Research Budget, 1996 to 2002 In Millions of Dollars