BASIC ENERGY SCIENCES Serving the Present, Shaping the Future

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BASIC ENERGY SCIENCES -- Serving the Present,
Shaping the Future
Office of Basic Energy SciencesOffice of
ScienceU.S. Department of Energy
The Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Money, and
You Some budget basics for the non-specialist
and why you should care
Dr. Patricia M. Dehmer Director, Office of Basic
Energy Sciences Office of Science U.S. Department
of Energy 5 May 2004 Advanced Photon Source 2004
Users Meeting
http//www.sc.doe.gov/bes/
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BES Facilities for X-ray and Neutron Scattering
Advanced Photon Source
Advanced Light Source
National Synchrotron Light Source
Intense Pulsed Neutron Source
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
Spallation Neutron Source
High-Flux Isotope Reactor
Manuel Lujan Jr. Neutron Scattering Center
Linac Coherent Light Source
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BES FY 2005 Presidents Budget Request
SBIR/STTR
20.3
CONSTRUCTION (Spallation Neutron Source,
Nanoscale Science Research Centers, Linac
Coherent Light Source)
178.3
231.9
RESEARCH (Materials Sciences and Engineering
Subprogram Chemical Sciences, Geosciences,
and Biosciences Subprogram)
Research
Construction
(Universities)
GPP
13.6
Capital
Research
Equipment
81.8
(Laboratories)
240.1
9.8
User Facilities
You are here.
AIP
(Operating)
FACILITY OPERATIONS (X-ray and Neutron
Scattering Facilities the Combustion Research
Center)
You are here, too.
287.7
B/A in millions of dollars
Includes the funding for not-for-profits, other
1,063.5
agencies, and private institutions.
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BES FY 2004 Budget Pretty Good News
Conference Report, H.R. 108-357 The conference
agreement included 1,016,575,000 for basic
energy sciences, an increase of 8,000,000 over
the budget request. The conference agreement
included 575,711,000 for materials sciences and
engineering research, and 220,914,000 for
chemical sciences, geosciences, and energy
biosciences. The additional 8,000,000 for
materials sciences and engineering research was
to support additional nanoscience research at
existing user facilities and the new nanoscale
science research centers. For construction, the
recommendation was the same as the request.
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BES FY 2004 Budget the 8M
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The Office of Science FY 2005 Budget RequestMore
Pretty Good News
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Science
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BES Budget Trends FY 1988 FY 2005
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Whats Next Budget Trends Beyond FY 2005
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Whats on the horizon? Should you be concerned?
Do you have a role to play in affecting the
outcome?First, you need to understand the
larger Federal funding picture.
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You are here.
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The APS is here.
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The APS is here.
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No longer pretty good news.
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Community Challenges

• Out-year budgets for discretionary spending,
  i.e., science, will likely be constrained. You
  need to understand the proposed magnitudes and
  impacts.
• Simple and compelling expositions of the what
  and the worth of non-medical-related physical
  sciences research are not yet perfected.
• Big challenges exist for policy makers The
  funding balance among scientific disciplines
  among research sectors among large-scale science
  projects and between large-scale science and
  individual-investigator activities must be
  addressed.
• Community planning must at once incorporate grand
  challenge, visionary goals even if expensive
  and recognize the likely near-term funding
  situation.
• The scientific communities and their stakeholders
  (i.e., disciplinary communities, agencies, and
  the NRC) might experiment with paradigm shifts in
  the way science is communicated to decision
  makers.