The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program. The grant will fund a collaborative planning workshop that convenes UVI and partner institutions, including the University of Hawai'i-Hilo, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, and University of Guam, to explore research enterprise solutions for academic institutions in insular or remote...
The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) received a $5,981,188 Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration to implement the UVI Technology Innovations project under the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program (CFDA 11.028). The project aims to achieve broadband and IT infrastructure improvements and implement unique teaching strategies and resources to effectively engage students. Key activities include replacing...
The University of Hawaii (UH) received a $472,954 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) on August 15, 2023. This award supports upgrades to UH's networking capacity and infrastructure to improve research data transfer throughput and performance at key research locations across the state of Hawaii. Specifically, the project enables 100 Gbps connectivity upgrades at three locations - the Institute for Astronomy, the Pacific...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $350,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) for the "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EPIIC: PARTNERING TO ADVANCE AND DRIVE INNOVATION ON SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT (PARADISE)" project. This 3-year grant, effective September 1, 2024, aims to enhance research capacity and foster collaboration among geographically isolated institutions,...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research Division (UCF) was awarded a $649,999 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to develop advanced networking capabilities to support data-intensive research at the university. The key products and services delivered through this grant include: (1) Building a 100 Gbps research network to enable high-speed access between targeted...
This $556,994 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will enable Goshen College to upgrade its campus networking infrastructure to support STEM education and research. The key objectives are to: 1) Establish a geo-redundant network implementation to eliminate single points of failure; 2) Implement a data transfer node to isolate STEM data transfers, increase data transfer speed from 2 to 8...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $199,376 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) to investigate water mass transformation processes in the Caribbean Sea. The project aims to understand how water masses are changing in the Caribbean Sea, with a focus on identifying processes that contribute to spatial differences in mixing via eddies and changes in transport. The project will use observations from autonomous...
This federal Project Grant award of $976,496 from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities through the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will fund the creation of a 400 gigabit per second network connection from the University of Maine to the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center and the Northern Crossroads Gigapop. Intermediate add/drop support will also be provided in Keene, New Hampshire and Portland, Maine to interconnect other northern...
The College of William & Mary received a $491,051 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070). The two-year award, made on September 1, 2021, will support cyberinfrastructure improvements to enable multi-disciplinary, data-intensive scientific research. Specifically, the College will enhance its networking infrastructure to accelerate discovery...
This Project Grant award of $619,900.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will enable Carthage College to develop and deploy an advanced wireless network to support scientific research and teaching across the campus. The upgraded network infrastructure will enhance network capacity and performance to facilitate data-intensive STEM research in areas such as astrophysics, genomics, engineering, and...