Advanced Computing Systems & Services: Adapting to the Rapid Evolution of Science and Engineering Research
| Name | Phone | Room | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Chadduck | rchadduc@nsf.gov | (703) 292-8970 | |
| Alejandro Suarez | alsuarez@nsf.gov | (703) 292-7092 | |
| Edward Walker | edwalker@nsf.gov | (703) 292-4863 | |
PROGRAM GUIDELINES
Solicitation 20-606Important Information for Proposers
A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 20-1), is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after June 1, 2020. Please be advised that, depending on the specified due date, the guidelines contained in NSF 20-1 may apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity.
SYNOPSIS
The intent of this solicitation is to request proposals from organizations willing to serve as service providers (SPs) within the NSF Innovative High-Performance Computing (HPC) program to provide advanced cyberinfrastructure (CI) capabilities and/or services in production operations to support the full range of computational- and data-intensive research across all of science and engineering (S&E). The Advanced Computing Systems & Services program is intended to complement previous NSF investments in advanced computational infrastructure by provisioning resources, broadly defined to include systems and/or services, in two categories:
- Category I, Capacity Systems: production computational resources maximizing the capacity provided to support the broad range of computation and data analytics needs in S&E research; and
- Category II, Innovative Prototypes/Testbeds: innovative forward-looking capabilities deploying novel technologies, architectures, usage modes, etc., and exploring new target applications, methods, and paradigms for S&E discoveries.
This solicitation welcomes only Category II proposals.
Resources supported through awards from this solicitation will be incorporated into and allocated as part of NSF’s Innovative HPC program. This program complements investments in leadership-class computing and funds a federation of nationally-available HPC resources that are technically diverse and intended to enable discoveries at a computational scale beyond the research of individual or regional institutions of higher education. NSF anticipates that at least 90% of the provisioned system or services will be available to the S&E community through an open peer-reviewed national allocation process and be supported by community and other support services [such as those currently supported through eXtreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) 2.0 project-managed allocations recommended by the XSEDE Resource Allocation Committee (XRAC), and other activities intended to foster efficient coordination across resources], or an NSF-approved alternative that may emerge. If this is not feasible for the proposed system/services, proposers must clearly explain in detail why this is the case and how they intend to make the proposed system/services available to the national S&E community.
RELATED URLS
- Advanced Computing Systems & Services Webinar: October 26th, 2020 at 1:00pm: Register here
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (NSF 20-010) for NSF 19-587 are now available.
- Advanced Computing Systems & Services Program Webinar: September 5, 2019 at 12:00pm - Find the recorded video here!
- Advanced Computing Systems & Services Program Webinar: December 6, 2018 at 3:00pm - Find the Presentation, Audio and Transcript here!
What Has Been Funded (Recent Awards Made Through This Program, with Abstracts)