Project Grant 1817573

This two-year, $999,970 project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure will support the University of Southern California's Center for Advanced Research Computing in building cyberinfrastructure and expanding high-performance computing access and services to under-resourced universities in Southern California. Specifically, the University of Southern California will implement a new high-performance computing system and corresponding user support...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Science Foundation's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (CISE program, CFDA 47.070) awarded $21.95 million to Stony Brook University in collaboration with the University at Buffalo to procure and operate a sustainable, high-performance computing system for a minimum five-year period ending January 31, 2027. The system will leverage AmpereOne ARM processors and Qualcomm AI-200 accelerators to deliver energy-efficient, large-memory computing...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $9 million Project Grant to the University of Southern California from July 2021 through June 2026 under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070). The grant funds the CI COE: CI COMPASS NSF Cyberinfrastructure Center of Excellence, which will provide cyberinfrastructure services to navigate the major facilities data lifecycle for five partner institutions. The University of Southern California will...

NEXUS Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Georgia Institute of Technology a $20.6 million Cooperative Agreement under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027, to develop and operate NEXUS—a next-generation, national-scale computational infrastructure platform. NEXUS integrates cutting-edge heterogeneous hardware with artificial intelligence (AI)-accelerated computing...

The U.S. National Science Foundation awarded a $896,755 project grant to the University of Illinois to support the "Advantaging the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot" initiative. This project builds on the successful model and lessons learned from the COVID-19 HPC Consortium, applying those insights to enhance the NAIRR pilot and pave the way for the full NAIRR program. The key objectives are to develop efficient processes for allocating AI resources,...

The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), awarded the University of Texas at Austin $3.5 million for the period of August 1, 2022 through January 31, 2024. This Cooperative Agreement will support final design planning activities for the Leadership-Class Computing Facility (LCCF), envisioned as an advanced distributed leadership computing facility serving as a nexus for world-class computational capabilities....

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $107,165 Project Grant under its Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program to Clemson University. The grant will fund a 2-year collaborative research project titled "Exascale Supercomputing: Tracing the Socio-Technical Alliances that Enable Big Science". The research aims to increase public understanding of supercomputing infrastructure and operations by conducting on-site and remote observational and interview...

This $790,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) is funding the development of training materials and virtual labs focused on accelerating data processing using next-generation network interface cards known as "SmartNICs". The principal awardee, the University of South Carolina, is creating hands-on virtual training labs and companion instructional resources that...

This $107,438 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides funding for a research project titled "Collaborative Research: Exascale Supercomputing: Tracing the Socio-Technical Alliances that Enable Big Science." The project, awarded to Portland State University, aims to increase public awareness and understanding of the complex infrastructure and practices underlying the development and use of...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure awarded a $1.2M Project Grant to Northeastern University from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026 under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). The grant supports research to develop next-generation resilient cloud infrastructure to secure scientific cyberinfrastructures including network-attached accelerators. Key focus areas include identifying advanced network-layer attack...