Setting Priorities for Large Research Facility Projects Supported by the National Science Foundation (2004) / Chapter Skim
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2 Description of National Science Foundation's Current Process
2 Description of National Science Foundation's Current Process
Pages 11-18
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For example, high-speed networks and computers enable data acquisition and processing over widely dispersed geographic areas, creating the need for new large integration facilities. The impetus for all new large facility projects originates in the scientific community, but ideas take various routes to fruition.
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These are recommended for further review by an MREFC panel that comprises the NSF assistant directors and office heads, who serve as stewards for their fields and are chosen for their breadth of understanding, and is chaired by the NSF deputy director acting in consultation with the director and later for review by the NSB. Both the MREFC panel and the NSB look for a consistent set of attributes in each project that they recommend: · The project represents an exceptional opportunity to enable frontier research and education.
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The review panel and the director emphasize the following criteria to determine the priority order of the projects: · How "transformative" is the project? Will it change how research is conducted or alter fundamental science and engineering concepts or research frontiers?
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· Operations budget estimates. After the CPP reviews the project, it makes recommendations to NSB for approving its inclusion in future budget requests and for approving project implementation.
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In the 2004 budget request, NSF further ranked the projects, requesting funding for the remaining high-priority project in that fiscal year and proposing to start funding for the other three in FY 2005 and FY 2006. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AND OVERSIGHT4 Except for its facilities in the Antarctic, NSF does not directly operate research facilities.
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Each large facility project supported by NSF has a program manager in NSF who is the primary person responsible for all aspects of project oversight and management of the project within the foundation. The program manager carries out these responsibilities in accordance with an internal management plan (IMP)
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The NSB reviews and approves awards recommended by the director. The assistant director-office head, through the division director, then authorizes the program manager to recommend the making of an award in accordance with the proposal-processing procedures contained in Chapter VI of the Proposal and Award Manual.
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The position is supported by permanent NSF staff with a mix of skills, qualifications, and extensive experience in project management, planning and budgeting, cost analysis, and oversight. NSF refers to this new position as the "deputy for large facility projects," nomenclature that the committee respects throughout the rest of this report.
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