Project Grant 2229614

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 environment. It will identify tools to accelerate community involvement, such as sandbox environments and template libraries. The University also aims to engage non-user communities, including through student mentorships and hackathons, to broaden TAPIS' reach and opportunities for contributors. A $24,000 subaward to the University of Hawaii will support these efforts to grow TAPIS' developer engagement and long-term sustainability through an open, inclusive approach.