Title
Advanced Computing Systems & Services: Adapting to the Rapid Evolution of Science and Engineering Research
Agencies
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Description
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 computational- and data-intensive research across all of science and
engineering (S&E), and (2) ensure 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/or services, in two categories:
Category I, Capacity Resources: 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.
Resource Providers supported via this solicitation will be incorporated into NSF’s ACSS program portfolio. 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 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) suite of
services, or an NSF-approved alternative as may emerge. If this is not feasible for the proposed resource, proposers must clearly explain in
detail why this is the case and how they intend to make the proposed resource available to the national S&E community.
The ACSS Program especially seeks broad representation of PIs (including women, underrepresented minorities, and individuals with
disabilities) and institutions (including those that have not historically provided nationally allocatable cyberinfrastructure) in both the community
of resource awardees and resources users to continue growing the scale and diversity of the S&E community.
More Information
https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/solicitations/pubs/2023/nsf23518/nsf23518.pdf?VersionId=tiPizuyIY7rVyz7.yqEJlMqfgQo1Sk94
Submission Limits
Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization:1
An organization may submit only one proposal but may be a subawardee on other proposals responding to this solicitation. The restriction to
no more than one submitted proposal as lead institution is to help ensure that there is appropriate institutional commitment necessary for
responsible oversight, by the potential awardee institution, of a national resource.
Collaborative projects may only be submitted as a single proposal in which a single award is being requested (PAPPG Chapter II.E.3.a). The
involvement of partner organizations should be supported through subawards administered by the submitting organization.
These eligibility constraints will be strictly enforced in order to treat everyone fairly and consistently. In the event that an organization exceeds
this limit, the proposal received within the limit will be accepted based on the earliest date and time of proposal submission (i.e., the first
proposal received will be accepted and the remainder will be returned without review). No exceptions will be made.
Limit on Number of Proposals per PI or co-PI: 1
An individual may be the PI or co-PI on no more than one proposal that responds to this solicitation. There is no limit on the number of
proposals with which an individual may be associated in other capacities, such as senior personnel.
These eligibility constraints will be strictly enforced in order to treat everyone fairly and consistently. In the event that an indivi
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Jul 19, 2024 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Jul 20, 2024 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Aug 5, 2024 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Aug 23, 2024 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
N/A |
| Agency Proposal |
Oct 29, 2024
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