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Internal Competition/LSO: NSF Strengthening the Cyberinfrastructure Professionals Ecosystem (SCIPE)

Summary

The overarching goal of this solicitation is to democratize access to NSF’s advanced cyberinfrastructure (CI) ecosystem and ensure fair and equitable access to resources, services, and expertise by strengthening how Cyberinfrastructure Professionals (CIP) function in this ecosystem. As part of this award opportunity, only one submission per institution can submit to the NSF for this award. William & Mary will be holding an internal competition for interested applicants to submit materials to be reviewed by FRC. Internal competition closes DECEMBER 2ND.

Full Description

Synopsis from NSF:

“[The SCIPE award] aims to achieve this by (1) deepening the integration of CIPs into the research enterprise, and (2) fostering innovative and scalable education, training, and development of instructional materials, to address emerging needs and unresolved bottlenecks in CIP workforce development... This solicitation will support NSF’s advanced CI ecosystem with a scalable, agile, diverse, and sustainable network of CIPs that can ensure broad adoption of advanced CI resources and expert services including platforms, tools, methods, software, data, and networks for research communities, to catalyze major research advances, and to enhance researchers' abilities to lead the development of new CI.”

Full Solicitation

Eligibility Information:

1. An individual may serve as PI, co-PI, or other senior personnel on only one SCIPE proposal per com
2. Proposals of interest to one or more domain divisions must include at least one PI/co-PI with expertise relevant to the targeted research discipline. All proposals shall include at least one PI/co-PI with expertise relevant to OAC.

3. All projects are expected to clearly articulate how they address essential community needs, will provide resources that will be widely available to and usable by the research community, and will broaden participation from underrepresented groups. Prospective PIs are strongly encouraged to contact the Cognizant Program Officers in CISE/OAC and in the participating directorate/division relevant to the proposal to ascertain whether the focus and budget of their proposed activities are appropriate for this solicitation. Such consultations should be completed at least one month before the submission deadline.

   • All applicants are welcome to contact the Program Officer before submitting materials for the internal competition, however, only one proposal from WM will be selected to be submitted to the NSF.

Required Materials for Internal Competition

All materials are due by December 2nd. All files must be uploaded in PDF format with the last name of the uploading PI in the title.

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1. Project Summary/Description (1-2 pages)
   • The project description should explicitly address the following additional items with emphasis suitable to the proposed work and goal(s) of the solicitation (note that this information will also be employed as additional solicitation-specific review criteria; see Section VI.A. for details):
     • Broadening Adoption of Advanced CI infrastructure and methods;
     • Integration with the Computational Science Support Network (CSSN);
     • Challenges recognizing and democratizing research CIP workforce development;
     • Building scalable and sustainable communities of CIP;
     • Recruitment and evaluation; and
     • “Collective Impact" Strategy: Coordination network and Backbone organization (or an alternative strategy).
   • References may be included on an additional page.
2. CVs of Team Members
3. Budget and Justification (1-2 pages)
   • Anticipated Funding Amount from the NSF: $15,000,000
   • Award is limited to five years in duration.
     • The yearly budget for a project may support up to 4 full-time equivalent (FTEs) CI professionals.
     • Projects may also budget for additional expenses involved in the project. Such expenses should be clearly justified, and it is expected that the support for the CIP professional trainees would be the major component of the budget.

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Important Dates to Keep in Mind:

1. December 2^nd - Internal Competition Closes
2. December 9th – FRC Reviews Due
   
3. December 11th – Selected applicants notified
4. December 16^th – Last Day to contact NSF Cognizant Program Officers
5. January 16^th – Preliminary proposal due to grants.gov