Office of Research

Enabling Access to Cloud Computing Resources for CISE Research and Education (Cloud Access)

Limited Submissions

Increasingly, data- and compute-intensive research and education efforts are benefiting from access to cloud computing platforms, which provide robust, agile, reliable, and scalable infrastructure. To better support this growing use of cloud computing resources, the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) seeks to fund an entity that can serve as a principal interface between the CISE research and education community and public cloud computing providers. Through this solicitation, NSF will support an entity that will have multiple responsibilities, including: 1) establishing partnerships with the various public cloud computing providers; 2) assisting NSF in allocating cloud computing resources to qualifying CISE-funded projects; 3) managing cloud computing accounts and resources allocated to individual CISE projects; 4) providing user training and other support to CISE researchers and educators using cloud computing in their work; and 5) providing strategic technical guidance for CISE researchers and educators interested in using public cloud computing platforms.

Application Instructions

Please submit:

  1. a 2-page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach, which should include:
  2. Biosketch or CV of the PI
    1. Investigator information: All PIs, co-PIs, and Senior Personnel with their institutional and departmental affiliations should be listed.
    2. A concise description of the scope of work for the entity, including cloud-facing and community-facing functions necessary for the operation of the entity.
    3. Team experience aligning with scope of work.

 

to research@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Friday November 30, 2018. Required preliminary proposals are due to the sponsor 12/20/18.

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

NSF 19-510

Deadlines
11/30/2018 UW Internal Deadline Closed
12/12/2018 OSP Deadline
12/20/2018 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Funding amount

$5,000,000

Maximum Number of Applications

1

Eligible groups
  • All campus

Inquiries and Contact Information

Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.

For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.