NSF Program Solicitation - Defining the Large-Scale Infrastructure Needs of the Computing Research Community

Program Solicitation NSF 06-551 The availability of state-of-the-art research infrastructure is essential to advances in all science and engineering fields. For many years, NSF has supported the development and deployment of research instrumentation and facilities. Shared-use facilities in particular, including those funded through NSF's Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction Account, have been instrumental in allowing science and engineering communities to explore compelling research "grand challenges." With emerging systems-level challenges and opportunities in computer science and engineering, the time is right for the computing research community to identify the large-scale research infrastructure needs critical, not only to advances in the field, but to US competitiveness in IT overall. Read more