Remarks
Dr. Subra Suresh
Director
National Science Foundation
Biography
National Academy of Engineering
Washington, DC
September 30, 2012
Photo by Sandy Schaeffer
Title Slide title: New Era of Global Science & Engineering
Slide words:
Subra Suresh, Director, National Science Foundation
National Academy of Engineering
Washington, DC
September 30, 2012
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Slide title: Key Trends of the New Era
Slide words:
Global Challenges need Global Solutions: Pandemics, natural and man-made disasters, displaced populations, water shortages, rising sea levels, food security, etc.
NAE Grand Challenges
Borderless Knowledge Enterprise: National borders no barrier to instant information access, talent recruitment
Shifting Demographics: Rapidly increasing concentration of engineers and scientists in Asia
Shifting Economics: Science and engineering research and education seen as ticket to economic prosperity in large and small developing countries
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Slide title: Investments and Human Capital – Global R&D 2011
Slide image: a bubble graph showing the relative sizes of S&E Workforce in millions of people, combined with R&D as a percentage of GDP for the following countries:
Americas: United States, Canada, Brazil
Asia/Australia: Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Australia China, India
Europe: Denmark, Sweden, Spain, United Kingdom, France, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Italy
Other: Russia, Israel
Words on graph: 2012 Forecast Total ˜ $1.4 Trillion
Source: Battelle, R&D Magazine, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, CIA World Factbook, OECD
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Slide title: Scholarly Publications
Slide words: Authorship by Country
Slide image: Two circular graphs showing authorship by country for 1999-2003 and for 2004-2008
Graph showing 1999-2003:
Other = 30%
United States = 26%
Japan = 8%
UK = 7%
Germany = 7%
France = 5%
China = 4%
Italy = 4%
Canada = 3%
Russian Federation = 3%
Spain = 3%
Graph showing 2004-2008:
Other = 34%
United States = 21%
China = 10%
UK = 7%
Japan = 6%
Germany = 6%
France = 4%
Canada = 4%
Italy = 3%
Spain = 3%
India = 2%
Source: The Royal Society, UK, 2011
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Slide title: Undergraduate S&E Degrees
Slide image: bar graph comparing the percentage of college graduates in the natural sciences to college graduates in engineering in the United States, EU and Asia:
United States: 11.2% natural sciences; 4.4% engineering
EU: 11.5% natural sciences; 12.1% engineering
Asia: 13.7% natural sciences; 19.2% engineering
Words on graph: 1.43% of all U.S. bachelor degrees go to women engineers
Source: 2012 NSB Indicators
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Slide title: Intellectual Drivers in the New Era of Science & Engineering
Slide words: New Era of Observation
Slide image: Still photo showing the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) from a video about the New Era of Observation
Image credit: ALMA
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Slide title: Intellectual Drivers in the New Era of Science & Engineering
Slide words: New Era of Observation
Slide image: Still from a video about the New Era of Observation showing an illustration of a global network
Image credit: US Ignite
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Slide title: Science & Engineering in the Arctic
Slide images: (left) photo showing the sign of the NSF Summit Station in Greenland; (right) aerial photo showing the glacier Jakobshavn Isbræ in Greenland
Image credits: (left) National Science Foundation, NOAA; (right) Dr. Subra Suresh, National Science Foundation
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Slide title: S&E in the Arctic
Slide words: NSF R/V Sikuliaq launched October 13, 2012
Slide image: still from a video about the launch of the R/V Sikuliaq showing an illustration of the ship
Image credit: The Glosten Associates
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Slide title: Science & Engineering in the Antarctic
Slide images: still photos from a video about science in Antarctica
(Left) photo of three people surrounded by many penguins
(Right) photo of a cargo plane on snow
Image credits: National Science Foundation
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Slide title: S&E Across the Oceans
Slide words: Cyber-enabled ocean observing networks made possible by more than three decades of float technology research
Slide images: (left) illustration showing the float design for the Cyber-Enabled Ocean-Observing Networks; (right) photo showing a float being deployed from a research ship
Image credit: The Argo Program
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Slide title: Cyber-Enabled Ocean-Observing Networks
Slide words: More than 50 NSF awards related to the network and its results
Slide image: Map of the world showing the positions of over 3000 floats that have delivered data.
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Slide title: NSF World Class Facilities & Instruments
Slide images: (left) screenshot from a video showing the High-performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research (HIAPER) aircraft; (top right) illustration of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST); (center right) photo showing eight telescopes of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA); (bottom right) photo of the exterior of the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC)
Image credits: (left) © 2012 UCAR; (top right) LSST Corporation; (center right) ALMA; (bottom right) ©UCAR, photo by Carlye Calvin
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Slide title: Barriers to Global S&E
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Funding is governed by national and local policies, processes and priorities that impede cooperation among government agencies, institutions and individuals
< Annual budgeting severely constrains long-term planning
Lack of uniformity and consistency in scientific peer review
Assurance of quality, access, ownership, and long-term preservation for data and information
Common policies needed to ensure research integrity, intellectual property rights, public access to scientific publications and data, and the mobility of researchers
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Slide title: Global S&E Requires Global Action
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Who will develop policies and ensure compliance for shared and collaborative global scientific enterprises?
Who will organize, integrate, distribute, and store "big data" – so information generation does not streak too far ahead of information curation?
Who will create policies to protect privacy, confidentiality, intellectual property rights, and cyber security?
Who will develop guidelines for S&E eLearning and education through modern tools and technologies?
How will institutions and individuals participate in a global enterprise while addressing national and local needs?
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Slide title: NSF: Embracing Global Solutions to Global Challenges
Slide image: Computer model showing expected heights of the tsunami wave as it traveled across the Pacific basin after the earthquake in Japan on March 11, 2011
Image credit: NOAA
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Slide title: NSF at the Center of U.S. & Global S&E Research Enterprise
Slide words:
Annual budget about $7 billion, roughly 94% goes to funding programs
Funds basic research across all S&E disciplines and for research into STEM education
Annually provides support for about 300,000 researchers
Balance between individual scholarship and "big facilities"
Fund the best people and the best ideas
>200 Nobel Prize laureates have received NSF funding (˜ 70% of all U.S. Nobelists since 1951)
Industrial, economic and societal impact
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Slide title: A Step Toward Harmonizing Global Science and Engineering
Slide words: Global Research Council
"Good science anywhere is good for science everywhere"
Science, May 25, 2012
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Slide title: First Global Research Council Summit at NSF
Slide words: May 2012
Slide images: (top) a group photo showing the participants in the inaugural Global Summit on Merit Review; (bottom) banner for the Global Summit on Merit Review
Image credits: (top) Sandy Schaeffer for the National Science Foundation
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Slide title: Next GRC Summit in Berlin*
(May 2013)
Slide words: * Co-organized by Brazil and Germany
Global Research Council
Topics for collective action:
Research Integrity
Open access to publications and data
Slide image: photo of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany
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Slide title: Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER)
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USAID-funded researchers in developing countries work with NSF-funded researchers at U.S. institutions
Empowers researchers in developing countries to address local and global development challenges
42 projects in progress
Launched July 7, 2011
Slide image: logos of NSF and USAID
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Slide title: Integration of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Will Enhance Humanity's Ability to Cope with Natural and Human-made Disasters
Slide words: Diversity of geographical, cultural, ethnic and social perspectives will enrich science.
Slide image: Still from a video portraying an urban disaster. The illustration shows fallen debris below tall buildings.Image credit: ASU, U. Maryland, U. Delaware, NSF
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Slide title: INSPIRE - Integrated NSF Support Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and Education
Slide words: 40 new awards amounting to $30 Million
Launched July 2012
Creating a culture of collaboration, innovation, risk-taking, and experimentation
Slide images: Top row (left to right): Polarization microscope image of liquid crystals; close-up photo of a circuit board; photo of the Research Vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer in Barilari Bay, Antarctic Peninsula
Bottom row (left to right): Photo of a flexible photovoltaic module that incorporates an interconnected array of microscale, gallium arsenide solar cells on a thin sheet of plastic; photo of aphids on milkweed; photo of Very Large Array telescopes; photo of a hatchling loggerhead sea turtle heading toward the ocean after emerging from its nest
Image credits: (top row) Oleg Lavrentovich, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University; Thinkstock; Adam Jenkins, National Science Foundation
(bottom row) J. Rogers, University of Illinois; Kailen Mooney; courtesy of NRAO/AUI; GSTC Turtle Patrol
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Slide title: INSPIRE Interdisciplinary Connections
Slide image: a diagram showing the INSPIRE network links as of July 17, 2012
The network includes the following NSF sections: OIA
BIO: DEB, DBI, MCB, IOS
CISE: IIS, CNS, CCF
ENG: CBET, CMMI, ECCS
EHR: DUE, DRL
MPS: AST, PHY, DMR, CHE, DMS
GEO: EAR, OCE, AGS
SBE: SMA, SES, BCS
OPP
OCI
OISE
The key to the lines linking the offices says:
Two divisions/offices
Three divisions/offices
Four or more divisions/offices
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Slide title: Nurturing the Innovation Ecosystem
Slide image: Diagram showing resources invested from discovery to development to commercialization by universities, small business, foundations, investors and industry.
Resources invested are: NSF overall, STC, GOALI, ERC, AIR/PFI, I/UCRC, NSF I-Corps, STTR, SBIR.
Other words on the graph are "Ditch of Death" and "Valley of Death"
Image credit: National Science Foundation
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Slide image: Still photos from a video in which Gary Hendrix, Founder of Symantec Corporation, talks about the importance of basic research and funding basic research. The photos show the Symantec World Headquarters sign (inset) and Gary Hendrix talking
Image credit: National Science Foundation
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Slide title: NSF Science Across Virtual Institutes
Slide words: (Launched October 2011)
SAVI
Virtual Institutes
Research Collaboration
Networking
Technical Exchanges
Slide images: the SAVI logo and a still from a video about SAVI
Image credit: National Science Foundation
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Slide title: My Recommendations* for Initial Steps to Harmonize Global S&E
Slide words:
* Nature, Vol. 490, Number 7420, Oct 18, 2012
1. Standardize principles for merit review and research integrity
2. Share resources to increase the scope and global impact of scientific experimentation
3. Explore new options to share the research output of major scientific infrastructure projects
4. Develop ways to guide the collection, analysis, and distribution of scientific information and "big data"
5. Enhance trans-border mobility of researchers
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Slide image: Logo for OneNSF, composed of images showing science and engineering research and education
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NOTES
1. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-on-Securing-Our-Nations-Cyber-Infrastructure/ (Return to speech)