This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $100,000 to the Denver Health and Hospital Authority (Denver Health) to prepare for a larger-scale "Lean Research Administration Model of Practice (RAMP)" implementation project. The key objectives of this one-year planning grant are to: 1) establish collaborations with academic organizations to participate in the planning and implementation of RAMP; 2) assess the...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $2,999,998 Project Grant to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY), acting on behalf of Hunter College, for the "RAMP: DIVERSIFYING THE NATIONAL BIOLOGY WORKFORCE THROUGH NEW YORK TRANSDISCIPLINARY BIOSCIENCES (NY-RAMP)" program. This 4-year grant under the NSF Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program aims to provide research and professional development opportunities to launch the careers of recent science...
This $299,995 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports a two-year initiative to empower research computing and data (RCD) professionals to promote the National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot at colleges and universities. The project, led by the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (Internet2), leverages Internet2's existing communication network of RCD...
This $299,783 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program will support the University of Texas at Austin's efforts to transform the TAPIS framework into an open source ecosystem. TAPIS currently provides a unified web-based API for securely managing computational workloads across institutions. Under this award, the University will establish governance structures and contribution processes to expand TAPIS into a collaborative development...
The National Science Foundation awarded Arizona State University a $591,664 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop the ScienceAccess framework from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. ScienceAccess aims to enable zero-trust resource access management for scientific collaborations by allowing researchers and administrators to specify, evaluate, and enforce access mediation policies across independent institutions. It will...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program provides $564,958 in funding to Carnegie Mellon University from December 1, 2024 to November 30, 2027. The project aims to advance fundamental knowledge and innovate algorithm design for resource allocation in modern computing systems that support machine learning applications. The research focuses on addressing challenges posed by high variability and...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $2,999,886 provides funding from August 15, 2022 through July 31, 2026 to support the RAMP collaborative research training program at the University of Connecticut. The program will recruit 30 postbaccalaureate trainees, with a focus on underrepresented groups, to engage in genomic research projects and develop skills in molecular and computational biology. Trainees will participate in both cohort-based genome sequencing and annotation of...
This $350,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) will fund the development of an open-source, multiscale, application-agnostic platform (OPEN-MAP) for heterogeneous system-in-package co-design. Led by Purdue University, the consortium aims to break barriers across applications, design domains, and abstraction levels in modeling, simulation, optimization, and design through OPEN-MAP. The platform will...
This $305,746 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) aims to develop technical solutions for a more open and democratized wireless access ecosystem. The project, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NETS: SMALL: LAST MILE AS A FREE MARKET: DEMOCRATIZING WIRELESS ACCESS WITH ON-DEMAND DECENTRALIZED CONTRACTS," is led by North Carolina State University. The key objectives are to: 1)...
This $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) supports the "LIGHT UP: LEVERAGING INNOVATION TO GROW HIGH TECH AND UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS" collaborative effort among six diverse institutions in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. The key objectives of this collaborative project are to: (1) expand and improve the institutions' structural support systems for economic...
TRACK 1: ACCESS RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS MARKETPLACE AND PLATFORM SERVICES (RAMPS) -THE CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY TEAM PROVIDES ALLOCATION SERVICES AS PART OF THE ADVANCED CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE COORDINATION ECOSYSTEM: SERVICES & SUPPORT (ACCESS) PROGRAM. THE RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS MARKETPLACE AND PLATFORM SERVICES (RAMPS) PROJECT IS TRANSFORMING THE PROCESS OF ALLOCATION FOR THE EVER-EVOLVING RANGE OF NSF-FUNDED RESOURCES IN THE ACCESS ECOSYSTEM. THIS ECOSYSTEM INCLUDES MANY OF THE MOST POWERFUL COMPUTING, STORAGE, AND RELATED CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE U.S. RESEARCH COMMUNITY. THESE RESOURCES PROVIDE ESSENTIAL CAPABILITIES FOR ADVANCING SCIENCE AND EDUCATION ACROSS ALL FIELDS OF SCIENCE. THE RAMPS ALLOCATION ENVIRONMENT OFFERS A WELCOMING GATEWAY THAT INSPIRES COLLABORATION AND PARTICIPATION IN THE PURSUIT OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY WHILE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE AN ESSENTIAL GATEKEEPING FUNCTION WHEN NECESSARY TO BALANCE DEMAND FOR RESOURCES WITH THE AVAILABLE SUPPLY. THE RAMPS MARKETPLACE IS TOPPLING MANY CURRENT ALLOCATIONS APPROACHES BY REMOVING BARRIERS BETWEEN RESEARCHERS AND THEIR NEEDED RESOURCES, RAMPS CREATES AN OPEN, INVITING, AND DEMOCRATIZED MARKETPLACE. DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION (DEI) IN THE ALLOCATIONS ENVIRONMENT IS A CENTRAL FOCUS OF THE PROJECT. RAMPS IS WORKING TO ENSURE THE FULL PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM). RAMPS PROVIDES AN EFFICIENT, SCALABLE AND SIMPLIFIED INTERFACE FOR RESEARCHERS, EDUCATORS, AND STUDENTS TO REQUEST RESOURCES IN SUPPORT OF THEIR RESEARCH, EDUCATIONAL, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ENDEAVORS. THE RAMPS MODEL OF FOUR ALLOCATION TIERS, I.E., EXPLORE, DISCOVER, RAMP-UP, OR MAXIMIZE, GIVES RESEARCHERS WITH DIFFERENT NEEDS MULTIPLE ENTRY POINT OPTIONS WHICH OPTIMIZE TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN ALLOCATION APPLICATION PROCESS EFFICIENCY, REVIEW EFFORT, REVIEW TURNAROUND TIMES, AND AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES. FOR THE RESOURCE PROVIDERS IN THE ECOSYSTEM, RAMPS STREAMLINES THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATING NEW SYSTEMS AND SERVICES. BUILT WITH AN EMPHASIS ON MODULARITY, EXTENSIBILITY, AND DECENTRALIZATION, THE RAMPS SOFTWARE PLATFORM IS FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE ALLOCATIONS FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE COMPUTATIONAL AND NON-COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES AND SERVICES. ACCESS CREDITS, A UNIVERSAL ALLOCATION CURRENCY, AND STANDARDIZED ALLOCATION TIERS ALLOW RAMPS TO ACCELERATE ALLOCATION REQUESTS AND REVIEWS. FINALLY, THROUGH A SUITE OF INNOVATIVE PILOTS, RAMPS IS INTRODUCING DISRUPTIVE FEATURES TO THE ECOSYSTEM AND ALLOCATIONS MARKETPLACE TO: INFORM CURRENT AND FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS; DECENTRALIZE THE ENTRY POINTS FOR ACCESS ALLOCATIONS BY BUILDING A SET OF CAMPUS AND REGIONAL ON-RAMPS; INTEGRATE CLOUD RESOURCES; DEFINE COMPUTATIONAL WORKFLOWS AS ALLOCABLE RESOURCES; AND ENHANCE THE ALLOCATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TO SERVE SENSOR NETS AND INSTRUMENTATION. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.