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Advanced Computing Systems & Services: Adapting to the Rapid Evolution of Science and Engineering Research 2.0

U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)

Program Title:

Advanced Computing Systems & Services: Adapting to the Rapid Evolution of Science and Engineering Research 2.0

Synopsis of Program:

The intent of this solicitation is to request proposals from organizations who are willing to serve as resource providers within the NSF Advanced Computing Systems and Services (ACSS) program. Resource providers would (1) provide advanced cyberinfrastructure (CI) resources in production operations to support the full range of computation, data-analysis, and AI research across all of science and engineering (S&E), and (2) enable democratized and equitable access to the proposed resources. The current solicitation is intended to complement previous NSF investments in advanced computational infrastructure by provisioning resources, broadly defined in this solicitation to include systems and services, in two categories:
Category I, Capacity Resources: production computational resources maximizing the capacity provided to support the broad range of computation, data analytics and AI 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.
Resource Providers supported via this solicitation will be incorporated into NSF’s ACSS 2.0 program portfolio. This program complements investments in leadership-class computing and funds a federation of nationally available advanced computing resources that are technically diverse and intended to enable discoveries at a computational scale beyond the research of individual or regional academic institutions.
NSF anticipates that at least 90% of the provisioned resource will be available to the S&E community through an open peer-reviewed national allocation process and have resource users be supported by community and other support services. Such allocation and support services are expected to be coordinated through the NSF-funded Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support (ACCESS) , the National AI Research Resource, or an NSF-approved alternative as may emerge.
Provisioning novel, diverse computational resources nationally at scale will require capability and capacity to support researchers who need assistance to use these resources. User support may be provided via various means, e.g., training sessions, documentation, direct engagement in response to tickets created via the ACCESS program, or integration of novel, NSF-funded software tools.
The ACSS 2.0 Program seeks broad representation of PIs across the full spectrum of diverse community talent (including the participation of groups that have traditional been underrepresented in the cyberinfrastructure community) and institutions (including those that have not historically provided nationally allocatable cyberinfrastructure) in both the community of resource recipients and resources users to continue growing the scale and diversity of the S&E community. Submission from or partnership with EPSCoR institutions and institutions that have not previously received ACSS awards is encouraged.

Award Information

Anticipated Type of Award: Cooperative Agreement

Estimated Number of Awards: 1 to 3

Estimated program budget, number of awards and average award size/duration are subject to the availability of funds and the year of submission.

During submission cycles accepting Category I proposals, no Category II proposals will be considered.

Category I awards shall be between $10,000,000 and $20,000,000 for up to 5 years of duration.

During submission cycles accepting Category II proposals, no Category I proposals will be considered.

Category II awards shall not exceed a total of $5,000,000 and 5 years of duration.

It is anticipated that, during submission cycles accepting Category I proposals, 1-3 Category I awards will be made at between $10,000,000 and $20,000,000 per award for up to five years. During submission cycles accepting Category II proposals, 1-4 Category II awards will be made at up to $5,000,000 per award for up to five years.

User support and operating costs are expected to be up to 15% of the total resource acquisition cost per year for each deployed Category I or Category II system/service for up to five years; projected annual operating costs above 15% of the total resource acquisition cost must be discussed with a cognizant Program Officer prior to submission and will be considered in relation to the justified need. User support and operating costs will be funded via consideration of a supplement to the awarded cooperative agreement or other proposal mechanism. Proposals should provide an analysis of the projected annual operating costs of the proposed resource for a period of up to five years.

In Category I or Category II, there is a possibility of a renewal award contingent upon availability of funds and the successful evaluation of the resource provider’s performance as well as NSF merit review of the renewal proposal. During annual reviews, the Category I and Category II Resource Provider’s achievements and future plans will be comprehensively evaluated according to the criteria defined in the initial award, associated metrics, and other relevant criteria. Contingent on a successful third-year review, a Category I or Category II Resource Provider may be invited by NSF to submit a renewal proposal in the same Category as the original award, for up to five years commencing at the beginning of the fifth year of the original award.

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Eligibility Requirements

Who May Submit Proposals:

Proposals may only be submitted by the following:
Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) - Two- and four-year IHEs (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members. Special Instructions for International Branch Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal includes funding to be provided to an international branch campus of a US institution of higher education (including through use of subawards and consultant arrangements), the proposer must explain the benefit(s) to the project of performance at the international branch campus, and justify why the project activities cannot be performed at the US campus.
Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations located in the U.S. that are directly associated with educational or research activities.
Other Federal Agencies and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs): Contact the appropriate program before preparing a proposal for submission.

Who May Serve as PI:

There are no restrictions or limits.

Eligible Countries:

United States

Sponsor Details

Sponsor Institute/Organizations: U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)

Sponsor Type: Government/Federal

Address: 2415 Eisenhower Ave Alexandria, VA 22314 (703) 292-5111

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