Title: CI:NEW:Pocket Data

Links

Original NSF Proposal: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12810

Solicitation: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?WT.z_pims_id=12810&ods_key=nsf15590

Due Dates

Preliminary Proposal Due Date(s) (required) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time): November 10, 2015 (Second Tuesday in November, Annually Thereafter)

Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time): January 20, 2016 (Third Wednesday in January, Annually Thereafter)

Planning Proposal Requirements

Community Infrastructure (CI) Proposals:

For CI Planning (CI-P) proposals, within the 15 pages allocated for the Project Description, describe the:

1. Research infrastructure envisioned, whether it is new infrastructure to be created or existing infrastructure to be enhanced along with the rational and need for the infrastructure;
2. Communities that will use the proposed NEW infrastructure or that have used the existing infrastructure;
3. Compelling new CISE research opportunities enabled by the infrastructure;
4. CISE sub-disciplines that will benefit from the infrastructure and CISE-centric research groups that will use the infrastructure;
5. Existing related resources along with a justification that the proposed research cannot be accomplished with these resources at the institution or elsewhere;
6. Planning activities and timeline, including ways in which the related CISE research community will be involved in the design and creation of the infrastructure;
7. Clear identification of individuals involved in the planning process and associated community interactions;
8. Evidence that the new or enhanced infrastructure has community support and that any planned extensions meet the needs of the community (note that planning proposals for future CI-EN projects should include evidence that the current infrastructure that is to be enhanced has been used by CISE research communities and that these communities now desire the extensions envisioned); and
9. Indications of plans for a future CI-NEW or CI-EN proposal (the timeline and activities should be clearly arranged to align with future CRI submission dates and criteria).

Preliminary Propposal Requirements

The preliminary proposal should consist of three elements: cover sheet, project description, and bio-sketch. No other sections are required or should be included in the preliminary proposal.:

1. Cover Sheet. The PI and all Co-PIs should be indicated. The budget indicated on the Cover Sheet should be the overall project budget total including all collaborative pieces. The Project Title on the Cover Sheet should begin with CRI Pre-proposal:, followed by the acronym for the CRI project type (II-New, II-EN, CI-P, CI-New, CI-EN, or CI-SUSTAIN), followed by a colon, followed by the project title.
2. Project Description (2-page limit). Start the Project Description with:
   • Project title;
   • Project type (II-New, II-EN, CI-P, CI-New, CI-EN, or CI-SUSTAIN);
   • Collaborative partners: All collaborative partners should be identified, including PIs and Co-PIs of the collaborative partners with their institutional and departmental affiliations;
   • CISE core division (CCF, CNS, IIS) most relevant for the submission – the CISE division the proposal will be submitted to; and
   • Three keyword descriptors for the research focus that the requested infrastructure will enable. The Project Description should then have the following clearly labeled sections:
   1. A concise description of the infrastructure to be developed, enhanced, or sustained.This includes a description of major equipment needs for the project as well as other significant costs. Projects that involve enhancements to, or sustainment of, existing infrastructures should include information about the existing resources.
   2. The CISE Research Focus.This section describes the research focus that is enabled by the infrastructure, the importance of the research problems to advancing CISE research frontiers, and the expertise of the research team relative to the focused research thrust. The description should identify the project team and detail each member’s contributions to the project as well as specific expertise relative to the proposed focused research agenda. Note that Big Data and computational science across a variety of disciplines need more specific research focus descriptions including the specific data that are involved and available and the specific research goals that advance computational science, respectively, as opposed to simply employing Big Data and computational science techniques in a broad range of applications.
   3. Sample research project. A short (2-3 sentences) summary of one potential research project should be included.
   4. The nature of the community involvement (required for CI-P, CI-New, CI-EN, or CI-SUSTAIN projects). This section demonstrates the community involvement in the creation, enhancement, evaluation, and use of the resource. Describe the research community involved in the project. CI-New projects should show the community involvement and demand for the project as well as indicate the community commitment to establishing and using the infrastructure. CI-EN and CI-SUSTAIN projects should describe community usage of the infrastructure as well as community involvement in enhancement and sustainment efforts.
   5. The relevance to CISE. This section should include:
      • A list of specific CISE researchers who are involved in the leadership of the project and in the development of the infrastructure (including any enhancement or sustainment plan, as appropriate);
      • A list of the CISE researchers communities that will benefit from the infrastructure; and
      • A list of any prior CISE funding the infrastructure has received (enhancement projects should also include the approximate date when the infrastructure involved was established).
3. Biographical Sketch (2-page limit). A biographical sketch is required for the PI on the proposal or on the lead proposal for collaborative projects.