Project Grant 2627367

Mississippi State University received a $116,289 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), awarded July 1, 2026, with a completion date of June 30, 2027. The award supports a two-day principal investigator meeting convening investigators funded by the NSF CyberTraining and Strengthening the Cyberinfrastructure Professionals Ecosystem (SCIPE) programs, held in conjunction with the NSF Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI) program meeting. The meeting provides a dedicated forum for participants to share research progress and best practices in cyberinfrastructure (CI) professional training and to exchange innovations among the CyberTraining, SCIPE, and CSSI communities.

The grant deliverables include facilitation of formal and informal interactions among funded investigators, development of strategic recommendations for advancing CI and SCIPE professional development, and creation of collaboration opportunities across the three NSF communities. Through a carefully structured meeting program that evaluates national priorities, the project supports the continued development of CI professionals who advance, deploy, and utilize the nation's CI resources and services, thereby accelerating research in science and engineering and amplifying the impact of NSF investments in advanced cyberinfrastructure.