Cyberinfrastructure, Data and Computation Opportunities for CMMI
Funding Agency:
- National Science Foundation
In recent years, developments in computing hardware, software, sensing and data storage and organization have combined to create a data-rich environment. The mathematical and computational tools to exploit and expand this environment are empowering our Nation to address great challenges and seize transformative opportunities. The scientific advances generated by these developments and their applications, jointly supported by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) and Engineering (ENG) Directorates, spur innovation, create jobs, strengthen security and preparedness, and improve quality of life for people across the country and around the world. While the core programs in ENG's Division of Civil, Mechanical & Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) have actively supported the development of models and methods to exploit the new environment to address a variety of science and engineering problems, NSF has a number of opportunities that support the development and application of computational methods and data science to engineering problems as part of a broader cyberinfrastructure (CI) that will support both disciplinary and trans-disciplinary research communities. A comprehensive overview of NSF's vision for the future of cyberinfrastructure can be found at https://www.nsf.gov/cise/oac/vision/blueprint-2019/Data-Software.pdf. A working definition of cyberinfrastructure (Stewart et al. 2010) is "Cyberinfrastructure consists of computing systems, data storage systems, advanced instruments and data repositories, visualization environments, and people, all linked together by software and high performance networks to improve research productivity and enable breakthroughs not otherwise possible."
The focus of this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) is to better acquaint the CMMI community with three of these funding opportunities, specifically:
- Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E)
- Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI), and
- Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (CyberTraining).
Standard Grant or Continuing Grant
Please contact the program director.
Contact CISE at ciseitsupport@nsf.gov