Public Agenda

Committee on Programs and Plans - NSB Meeting

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National Science Foundation
August 12, 2008
8:05 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Room 1235

Open Session: 8:05 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

1. Approval of May 6, 2008 CPP Minutes
   
   
2. Committee Chairman's Remarks
     Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier, CPP Chairman
   
   
3. Subcommittee on Polar Issues (SOPI):
     Dr. Jon Strauss, SOPI Chairman
     Dr. Joan Frye, SOPI Executive Secretary
   
   
   1. Approval of May 6, 2008 SOPI Minutes
   2. SOPI Chairman's Remarks
   3. Director's Report-Office of Polar Programs
      • Update on U.S. Antarctic Program Process for Request for Proposals for Support Contractor
      • The "I" in International Polar Year (IPY)
   4. Fuel Costs, IPY, and USAP Infrastructure & Logistics
   
   
   
4. Task Force on Sustainable Energy (SE):
     Drs. Dan Arvizu & Jon Strauss, SE Co-Chairmen
     Ms. Tami Tamashiro, SE Executive Secretary
   
   
   1. Approval of May 6, 2008 SE Minutes
   2. SE Co-Chairmen's Remarks
   3. Discussion and Summary of June 19, 2008 Roundtable Discussion
   4. Discussion of September 4, 2008 Roundtable Discussion
   
   
   
5. NSB Action: Report to Congress on Interdisciplinary Research
   
   
6. NSB Information Item: Competition for the Award of a Cooperative Agreement for the Management and Operation of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC)
   
   
7. Discussion Item: Major Research Facilities and Facility Plan
   
   
8. Discussion Item: Review of MREFC Process
   
   
9. NSB Item: Examination of Priority Order of MREFC New Starts
   
   
10. Science Presentation: Dr. Richard Buckius, Assistant Director, ENG
      Title: "Our World Is Engineered"

Closed Session: 3:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.

11. NSB Information Item: High Performance Computing (HPC) Awards
    
    
12. NSB Action Item: Protein Data Bank Management
    
    
13. NSB Action Item: General Social Survey
    
    
14. Overview of Science of Learning Centers Actions
    
    
15. NSB Action Item: Science of Learning Center Proposal #1
    
    
16. NSB Action Item: Science of Learning Center Proposal #2
    
    
17. NSB Action Item: Science of Learning Center Proposal #3

Sonya Mallinoff
Executive Secretary