AGENDA
COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMS AND PLANS
NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

National Science Foundation
November 29, 2006
2:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Room 1235

Open Session: (2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.)

1. Approval of Minutes
   
   
2. Status Reports:
   • Task Force on International Science: Dr. Jon Strauss
   • Subcommittee on Polar Issues: Dr. Barry Barish
   • Task Force on Transformative Research: Dr. Douglas Randall
   • Task Force on Hurricane Science and Engineering: Drs. Kelvin Droegemeier and Kenneth Ford
     
     
3. FY 2007 Schedule of Actions and Information Items for NSB Review
   
   
4. NSB Policy on Recompetition of NSF Awards: Dr. Louis Lanzerotti
   
   
5. NSB Information Item: Division of Astronomical Sciences Senior Review
     Invited Speaker: Dr. Roger Blandford, Chair, Astronomy Senior Review
     Panel
   
   
6. NSB Information Item: National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) and
     National Solar Observatory (NSO) – Management Review of the 5-year
     Cooperative Agreement with the Association of Universities for Research
     in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA)
     NSF Discussant: Dr. Wayne Van Citters, Division Director, Astronomical
     Sciences

Closed Session (3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.)

8. NSB Action Item: Request for Proposals and Award of a Contract for the
     Conduct of the Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR)
9. NSB Action Item: Continuity and Change in American Economic and Social
     Life: The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) for Fiscal Years 2007 –
     2011

Sonya Mallinoff
Executive Secretary

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