Award Abstract # 1608900
Belmont Forum e-Infrastructure Coordination, Collaboration, and Communication

NSF Org: RISE
Integrative and Collaborative Education and Research (ICER)
Recipient:
Initial Amendment Date: March 3, 2016
Latest Amendment Date: March 3, 2016
Award Number: 1608900
Award Instrument: Continuing Grant
Program Manager: Maria Uhle
muhle@nsf.gov
 (703)292-2250
RISE
 Integrative and Collaborative Education and Research (ICER)
GEO
 Directorate for Geosciences
Start Date: March 1, 2016
End Date: September 30, 2016 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount: $1,395,736.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date: $462,332.00
Funds Obligated to Date: FY 2016 = $0.00
History of Investigator:
  • M. Lee Allison (Principal Investigator)
    lee.allison@azgs.az.gov
Recipient Sponsored Research Office: Arizona Geological Survey
416 W. Congress St, #100
Tucson
AZ  US  85701-1381
(520)770-3500
Sponsor Congressional District: 07
Primary Place of Performance: Arizona Geological Survey
416 W Congress St
Tucson
AZ  US  85701-1381
Primary Place of Performance
Congressional District:
07
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): GWJBBJ5NGYD7
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s): INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION ACT,
Intl Global Change Res & Coord
Primary Program Source: 01001617DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
01001718DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT

01001819DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s): 1679, 7313, EGCH
Program Element Code(s): 167900, 731300
Award Agency Code: 4900
Fund Agency Code: 4900
Assistance Listing Number(s): 47.050

ABSTRACT

The aim of this award is to provide strategic coordination for a series of US and international activities that focus on e-infrastructure and data management challenges in an effort to deliver effective end-to-end (basic research to decision making) global environmental research by facilitating collaboration among engineers, computer, natural, and social scientists from the United States and many countries across the globe through a Knowledge Hub. The funds will be used to support the collaboration between US researchers and approximately 120 researchers from the 13 participating Belmont Forum countries and the coordination of the strategic network of activities through a secretariat. Knowledge Hub activities such as virtual working groups and in-person workshops will focus on two thematic areas: governance and interoperability in architectures.

The resulting e-Infrastructure and Data Management activities will address interoperability challenges across the globe and integrate national and international research efforts to promote more holistic environmental decision support systems for global environmental change research. A key outcome of these collaborative efforts will be enhanced interoperability among global environmental data that will help develop beneficial societal products.

The coordination of these e-infrastructure and data management activities represents an extraordinary opportunity to bring together international leaders in interoperability, standards development, and various aspects of governance to seek a synoptic world vision. This program will create opportunities for enhancing the career trajectories of a new generation of researchers in the U.S. and across the globe. The activities will expose US early-career scientists to interdisciplinary, multi-institutional activities focused on environmental data and cyberinfrastructure where they can benefit not only from the US participants but also their counterparts from 13 other countries.

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