Le financement de la recherche universitaire

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National Science Foundation

• Le financement de la recherche universitaire
• par le gouvernement fédéral
• Séminaire franco-américain sur les coopérations
  universitaires et scientifiques
• 23 mars 2009

Dr. Jennifer Slimowitz Pearl Office of
International Science and Engineering National
Science Foundation
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Outline

• Conducting research at U.S. universities
• NSFs role and how we work
• Some questions

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The U.S. University System

• Professors and grad students in the U.S. are not
  in general government employees.
• There is no centralized system each university
  government agency operates differently. There
  is no coordinating body for universities in the
  US and there is no ministry of research and
  higher ed.

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Research at Universities

• Project by project
• Funding from university sources, government
  agencies, private foundations, NGOs, and industry

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What costs need to be covered?

• Faculty summer salary
• Salary for postdocs, graduate students,
  technicians, undergraduate students
• Equipment and materials
• Publication and dissemination
• Indirect costs

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U.S Research and Development for FY 2007
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NSF Role in Federal Research and Development
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NSF Role in Federal Basic Research and
Development
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NSF Role in Federal Academic Basic Research and
Development
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Total NSF Obligations for Research
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NSF Support for Basic Research at Academic
Institutions
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How does NSF operate?

• Merit review system
• Bottom up process
• In terms of collaboration with developed
  countries senders side pays.

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• NSF International Objectives

• A MEANS for advancing FRONTIER RESEARCH
• Provide ACCESS to sites, facilities, people,
  ideas
• Prepare a GLOBALLY ENGAGED U.S. SE 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

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How does NSF fund international collaboration?

• Part of new proposals to NSF disciplinary
  programs (regular or internationally focused in
  chemistry and materials)
• Supplements to existing NSF grants
• New proposals to Office of International Science
  and Engineering

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International activities embedded in disciplinary
grants

• Materials Science ferroelectrics and related
  materials PI Laurent Bellaïche, U of Arkansas
  collaboration with Ecole Centrale, Paris U of A
  grad students have done research in French lab
  and French students have spent time conducting
  research at U of A

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OISE Solicitations

• Developing Global Scientists and Engineers
  International Research Experiences for Students
  (IRES) and Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement
  Projects (DDEP)
• International Research Fellowship Program (IRFP)
• Partnerships for International Research and
  Education (PIRE)
• Planning Visits and Workshops

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Partnerships for Research and Education (PIRE) in
France
Research collaboration between U.S., Ukraine,
France and Russia that is focused on membrane
technology for safe drinking water.
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Office of International Scienceand Engineering
(OISE)

• Key elements for OISE funding
• Collaborative
• Synergistic
• Catalytic
• Junior researchers
• students

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Questions in my mind we need more data

• How can we actually measure the impact of
  international collaboration on science, on
  people, and on institutions?
• Some U.S. universities are pursuing dual
  degreesor joint degrees with partners abroad.
  When is it worthwhile to develop such
  arrangements? What is the benefit to the student
  in having a dual degree, as opposed to just
  having international research experience?

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Merci bien! www.nsf.gov/oise jslimowi_at_nsf.gov