FACA Committee Purpose & Justification The information in this plan was imported from the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database and transformed into StratML Part 1, Strategic Plan, format. Fiscal Year:2011 Committee Type: Grant Review Proposal Review Panel for Astronomical Sciences NSF 0a1e033b-5563-44c7-aaa8-abced7fe8f88 [ Location : (http://stratml.fido.gov/dick/NSFFACA1186.xml) ] [ Federated Name : (urn:nsf.gov:agency:53:committee:1186:) ] [ Agency Name : (National Science Foundation) ] [ Agency Acronym : (NSF) ] [ Agency Domain : (nsf.gov) ] [ Agency Web Site : (http://nsf.gov ) ] [ Committee Name : (Proposal Review Panel for Astronomical Sciences) ] [ Committee Type : (Grant Review) ] [ Committee Web Site : () ] [ Goal? : (yes) ] [ Vision? : (yes) ] [ Mission? : (yes) ] National Science Foundation http://nsf.gov The makeup of the individual panels was well balanced. Represented were women and minorities, and large and small institutions. Consideration was also given to the geographic areas represented. Expertise was available in terms of subject matter and research experience in the subdisciplines. Panel deliberations resulted in the review and ranking of proposals in areas of special emphasis in the Division of Astronomical Sciences. This advice aided AST Program Managers in their funding decisions. Proposals and programs were reviewed in the following areas: Galactic Astronomy, Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology; Stellar Astronomy and Astrophysics; Planetary Astronomy; Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation (ATI); National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO); CAREER, The Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (AAPF), Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program (REU), Major Research Instrumentation (MRI), Particle Astrophysics, Partnerships for Astronomy and Astrophysics Research and Education (PAARE), National Astronomy & Ionosphere Center (NAIC), National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), National Solar Observatory (NSO), and University Radio Observatory (URO). 78d4c946-cfc5-4b4f-b238-3d1061ea24f8 The NSF mission is set out in the NSF Act of 1950 and authorizes and directs the Agency to initiate and support basic scientific research and research fundamental to the engineering process; and science and engineering education programs at all levels and in all fields of science and engineering. The involvement of knowledgeable peers from utside the Foundation in the review of proposals is the keystone of NSF's proposal review system. Their judgements of the extent to which proposals address the merit review criteria are vital for informing NSF staff and influencing funding recommendations. e03f8581-f210-404a-9dfb-f65a80c555e3 Because of the complex nature of many of these proposals, the give-and-take discussion about each of the proposals which results from panel meetings is necessary for a thorough review. No other source is available to us that has the required combination of expertise and experience. e3102b97-0297-4551-bb9c-b9919bee5c3b 43e72a74-837d-4f4e-adc4-ee1d15ceea64 42e274b8-285d-4f13-b684-423a77380273 2010-10-01 2011-09-30 2013-07-09 http://explore.data.gov/resource/datasets/c5i3-bb9j Gannon (J.) Dick gannon_dick@yahoo.com