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Requesting Lower
Atmospheric Observing
Facilities (LAOF)
Brigitte BaeuerleNCAR
Take-home 1 - COMMUNICATE
Take-home 2 - CAMPAIGN SIZE MATTERS
“educational”
“simple/small”
“complex/large”
Take-home 3 - DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS DIFFER
Take-home 4 - DEADLINES ARE ENFORCED
Take-home 5 - PROCESS TAKES TIME
COMMUNICATIONS• with NSF Program Officers• with EOL (me)• with representatives of LAOF
Partner Organizations
Recommendations:• Maintain ongoing dialogue• Ask questions• Ask for advice & help
CATEGORIESSimple/Small
Complex/Large Educational
Cost to Deployment
Pool
Cost to Deployment
Pool < 1.25 million
>1.25 million
25K
Location
Facilities
PI Team
Funding
DOCUMENTATION
• Name of project• Investigator(s)• Short science summary• Location• Time• Facilities & instruments• Expendables• NSF Program Officer’s name
Submission: Any time of the year - email
Letter of Intent
THE QUEUE
Facility Request• Part I: General Information• Part II: Project Management• Part III: Data Services• Part IV: Individual Facility Forms
(different for each platform)Recommendations:
• Talk to facility personnel to discuss requirements
• Ask for what you NEED!
Submission: 1 July or 1 December (18 months ahead of campaign)
Presentation Slides• Used by Observing Facilities Assessment
Panel (OFAP) Lead Reviewer to introduce project to Panel
• Summarize hypotheses & science objectives
• Describe experiment design• Explain intellectual merit• Limit < 5 slidesRecommendation:
• make it intriguing & interesting
Submission: Same Time as EDO & Facility Request
SCIENCE PROPOSAL• At least one science proposal has to
justify requested LAOF• Submission via Fastlane to NSF
(peer review)• “Sanitized” version of proposal to
NCAR /LAOF partner organization(s)
• Proposal shared with OFAP• Mirrored process for NCAR-led &
agency proposals Submission: Negotiate with NSF Program
Officer to time with Facility Request
Complex/Large Projects are a
two-step process requiring additional
documentation & time
• Establishes overall scientific justification of the program
• Formal proposal to NSF via Fastlane• No more than two PIs on proposal • Table that lists all NSF and non-NSF
facilities included in program and their approximate cost
• Requires preliminary cost estimates from facility providers
• Reviews determine whether PI is invited to continue and encouraged to submit science proposal and facility request
SCIENTIFIC PROJECT OVERVIEW (SPO)
Submission: 15 January, two years ahead of campaign
Experiment Design Overview (EDO)
• Comprehensive in nature• Describes overall concept of
experiment design, resource needs and management of campaign (including data)
• Coverage of NSF and non-NSF facilities
• No more than 2 Lead PIs• 25 page limit
Submission: 15 January, two years ahead of campaign
Documentation Requirements
Letter of Intent
Science Project Overview (SPO)
Experiment Design Overview (EDO)
Facility Request
Science Proposal
Presentation Slides
Letter of Intent
Science Project Overview (SPO)
Experiment Design Overview (EDO)
Facility Request
Science Proposal
Presentation Slides
Documentation Recipients
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DEADLINESLetter of Intent Any Time of the YearPreliminary Cost
Estimates15 November (FY -2)
EDO 15 January (FY -2)
SPO 15 January (FY -2)
Project Slides with EDO
Request (complex/large)
6 weeks after NSF notification (approx.15 August)
Request (simple/small)
1 July (FY -2)1 December (FY -1)
Proposal flexible but timed with facility requests
Project Slides with request
THE BLACK HOLE
Facility Provider Responsibilities• Prepare EDO assessments• Prepare feasibilities• Prepare cost estimates • Prepare risk assessments• Prepare “Global Feasibility”
NSF Responsibility• Conduct of Peer Review of
Science Proposals & SPOs
all in preparation for the OFAP
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• Importance and uniqueness of program
• Experiment design• Operations• Platforms and instrumentation• Project planning, management &
implementation• Data management• Science team• Safety/security• Resource and cost
OFAP CHARGE
Optimization
• All material shared with requestor• Invited to respond (10 days)• Final report to NSF
• Feasibility of project• Cost• Safety/security• Efficiencies/optimization
NSF PO makes final funding decision within approximately 2 months of based on feasibilities, OFAP assessment, budgetary and scheduling constraints
• PI notification through NSF PO• Allocation letter
Final Steps
EDUCATIONAL REQUESTS
• Total: $200K per year (Deployment Pool)
• 25K per request• Use of LAOF as tools for classroom
instruction & hands-on learning experiences
• Undergraduate and graduate classes• Requirement for outreach component• Platforms of choice: DOW, MGAUS/
MISS, ISFS
• Two submission deadlines: 1 March & 1 September six months ahead of intended deployment
• Request Form (1 page) & Proposal (< 5 pages) • Interaction directly with LAOF partner organization• Repeat requests only every other year• Can’t interfere with science deployments!• Review by 2 OFAP and 3 Facility Managers• Final Report needed one month after end of deployment
