September 13, 2005
AGENDA
COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMS AND PLANS
NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD
National Science Foundation
September 28, 2005
Room 1235
Joint Session of Committee on Programs
and Plans and
Committee on Strategy and Budget (11:00 a.m. – 11:45
a.m.)
Open Session:
1. Centers and the NSF Portfolio
2. Award Size, Duration, and Funding Rates
3. FY 2004 Funding for Highly Successful PIs
Committee on Programs and Plans (12:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.)
Closed Session (12:45 p.m. – 12:55 p.m.)
4. Awards and Agreements
Open Session (12:55 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.)
5. Approval of Minutes (NSB/CPP-05-26)
6. Charge to the International Science Effort
NSB Discussant: Dr. Daniel Simberloff
7. Status Reports:
- Long-Lived Digital Data Collections: Enabling Research and Education in the 21st Century: Dr. Michael Rossmann
- Transformative Research Task Force: Dr. Nina Fedoroff
- Subcommittee on Polar Issues: Dr. John White
8. Process for Sending Information and Actions to the CPP and NSB – Revised Guidelines: Dr. Michael Crosby
9. Major Research Facilities:
- Setting Priorities for Large Research Facilities Projects Supported by the National Science Foundation: Final document
- Facilities Plan
- Timeline
10. Cyberinfrastructure Vision: Continuing Discussion
11. Hurricane Research and the Federal Government
12. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Dr. Jane Lubchenco
Sonya E. Mallinoff
Executive Secretary