Project Grant 2232873
- The University of Alabama received a $44,550,000 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) to construct a new 30,000 square foot High Performance Computing (HPC) Center. The facility will house advanced computing resources, a secure compartmented information environment, and a new electrical substation to support the university's research and development capabilities. Key activities include...
- The University of Alabama in Huntsville will receive $199,647 from the National Science Foundation under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070) to conduct research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SHF: SMALL: LEARNING FAULT TOLERANCE AT SCALE" from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024. The funding will support investigator-initiated research to advance the development and use of cyberinfrastructure to enable and accelerate discovery...
- This $499,112 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program will update high-performance computing resources at the Arkansas High Performance Computing Center (AHPCC) based at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. The award will double the all-user CPU capacity through the acquisition of 37 dual-socket server computers interconnected with a 100 Gb/s network. This computing infrastructure will support research across disciplines such...
- This Project Grant award of $283,089 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program will support a collaborative effort led by Alabama State University (ASU), in partnership with the Computing Research Association, Morgan State University, and Texas Southern University. The project aims to increase artificial intelligence (AI) education capacity and utilization of the National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot at...
- 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...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, provided under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), will enable Claremont McKenna College (CMC) and Harvey Mudd College (HMC) to acquire a $918,485 high-performance computing (HPC) cluster. The HPC cluster will support computational research and training across a diverse range of disciplines, including the natural sciences, mathematics, and economics. This multi-year project, with an award date of September 15, 2024 and...
- This $400,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the acquisition of high-performance computing infrastructure by Colorado State University. The infrastructure includes a 1,344-core computing system and networking equipment providing 10+ gigabits per second access for researchers. This upgrade is part of Colorado State University's participation in the Alpine high-performance computing system deployed through a collaboration with the University of Colorado Boulder. The...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $498,903 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) federal grant program to Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The grant funding will enable Claflin University to build its first campus-shared, high-performance computing (HPC) cluster to support the research and educational computing needs of its faculty and students across the disciplines of biophysics, chemistry, cybersecurity, and...
- This $399,262 National Science Foundation project grant will support the acquisition, deployment, and maintenance of a 16-node high-performance computing cluster at Langston University in Langston, Oklahoma. The new computing cluster, consisting of 768 central processing unit cores and 8 graphics processing unit accelerators, will enhance research and education activities across various science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines at the university. Specifically, the cluster...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $189,514 Project Grant under its Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) on February 15, 2025. This grant will establish a collaborative partnership among three Southern EPSCoR states - Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana - to advance education, scientific research, and workforce development in data science and related fields. The key products and services to be delivered through this grant...
RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE: CC* REGIONAL COMPUTING: A REGIONAL COMPUTING HUB FOR ALABAMA UNIVERSITIES -THIS AWARD IS FUNDED IN WHOLE UNDER THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021 (PUBLIC LAW 117-2). MODERN RESEARCH RELIES HEAVILY ON COMPUTER MODELING OF NATURAL PHENOMENA AND ENGINEERING DESIGNS. THE PROPOSED REGIONAL COMPUTING HUB WOULD PROVIDE THE MUCH NEEDED COMPUTING POWER AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TO A CONSORTIUM OF ALABAMA UNIVERSITIES IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES. FIRST, ADOPTION OF MODERN COMPUTATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES BY EDUCATIONAL ENTITIES IN ALABAMA, ESPECIALLY TARGETING MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS (MSIS). SECOND, CREATION OF NEW KNOWLEDGE BY ENABLING RESEARCH ACROSS MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES, INCLUDING AEROSPACE, AGRICULTURAL, CHEMICALS, FORESTRY, ADVANCED MATERIALS AND BIOSCIENCES. THIRD, PROVIDING A PLATFORM FOR EDUCATION, WORKFORCE TRAINING, AND SHARING OF EXPERTISE AMONG RESEARCHERS AT PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS AND THE BROADER JURISDICTIONAL COMMUNITY. THESE OBJECTIVES DIRECTLY ADDRESS THE NSF 2022-2026 STRATEGIC GOALS. HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING (HPC) IS A CORNERSTONE OF MODERN DAY SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH. FOR THE COMPUTING NEEDS, ALABAMA UNIVERSITIES RELY ON A HETEROGENEOUS COLLECTION OF INSTITUTIONAL CLUSTERS, RESULTING IN RESOURCE UNDER-UTILIZATION AND LOW AVAILABILITY FOR MASSIVELY PARALLEL COMPUTATIONS. THE REGIONAL COMPUTING HUB SERVING THE STATE OF ALABAMA FEATURES A FLAGSHIP HPC SYSTEM WITH A GRAPHIC PROCESSOR (GPU) COMPONENT, ENABLING PERFORMANCE AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE HIGHER THAN ANY INDIVIDUAL SYSTEM IN THE JURISDICTION. THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED TO FIT THE NEEDS OF USERS FROM MULTIPLE DIVERSE STEM FIELDS ACROSS ALABAMA RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS. THE NEW SYSTEM CONTAINS 3000 CPU CORES, 24 GPU ENABLED NODES AND 2 PBYTES OF STORAGE, LINKED TOGETHER WITH A 200 GBIT/S INFINIBAND INTERCONNECT. THE HUB PROVIDES TECHNICAL AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CONSORTIUM TO TRANSITION THEIR COMPUTATIONAL PROJECTS TO THE NEW PLATFORM. PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS IN THIS REGIONAL MULTI-CAMPUS COMPUTING CLUSTER INCLUDE: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE (UAH, LEAD INSTITUTION), ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY (AAMU, MSI), ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY (ASU, MSI), AUBURN UNIVERSITY (AU), OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY (OU, MSI), TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY (TU, MSI), UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA (UA), UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN BIRMINGHAM (UAB), AND UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA (USA). 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.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $0 | 8/27/25 | ||
| Not listed | $972.3k | 8/24/22 |