Opportunity
Advanced Computing Systems & Services: Adapting to the Rapid Evolution of Science and Engineering Research 2.0
Award Info:
It is anticipated that, during submission cycles accepting Category I proposals, 1-3 Category I awards will be made at between $10,000,000 and $20,000,000 per award for up to five years. During submission cycles accepting Category II proposals, 1-4 Category II awards will be made at up to $5,000,000 per award for up to five years. User support and operating costs are expected to be up to 15% of the total resource acquisition cost per year for each deployed Category I or Category II system/service for up to five years; projected annual operating costs above 15% of the total resource acquisition cost must be discussed with a cognizant Program Officer prior to submission and will be considered in relation to the justified need. User support and operating costs will be funded via consideration of a supplement to the awarded cooperative agreement or other proposal mechanism. Proposals should provide an analysis of the projected annual operating costs of the proposed resource for a period of up to five years.
Description:
The intent of this solicitation is to request proposals from organizations who are willing to serve as resource providers within the NSF Advanced Computing Systems and Services (ACSS) program. Resource providers would (1) provide advanced cyberinfrastructure (CI) resources in production operations to support the full range of computation, data-analysis, and AI research across all of science and engineering (S&E), and (2) enable democratized and equitable access to the proposed resources. The current solicitation is intended to complement previous NSF investments in advanced computational infrastructure by provisioning resources, broadly defined in this solicitation to include systems and services, in two categories:
• Category I, Capacity Resources: production computational resources maximizing the capacity provided to support the broad range of computation, data analytics and AI needs in S&E research; and
• Category II, Innovative Prototypes/Testbeds: innovative forward-looking capabilities deploying novel technologies, architectures, usage modes, etc., and exploring new target applications, methods, and paradigms.The intent of this solicitation is to request proposals from organizations who are willing to serve as resource providers within the NSF Advanced Computing Systems and Services (ACSS) program. Resource providers would (1) provide advanced cyberinfrastructure (CI) resources in production operations to support the full range of computation, data-analysis, and AI research across all of science and engineering (S&E), and (2) enable democratized and equitable access to the proposed resources. The current solicitation is intended to complement previous NSF investments in advanced computational infrastructure by provisioning resources, broadly defined in this solicitation to include systems and services, in two categories:
• Category I, Capacity Resources: production computational resources maximizing the capacity provided to support the broad range of computation, data analytics and AI needs in S&E research; and
• Category II, Innovative Prototypes/Testbeds: innovative forward-looking capabilities deploying novel technologies, architectures, usage modes, etc., and exploring new target applications, methods, and paradigms.