Author: Susan M. Golden
SDCI Funding Available for Software Development.
Applications are due Feb 26th
The purpose of the Software Development for Cyber infrastructure (SDCI) program is to develop, deploy, and sustain a set of reusable and expandable software components and systems that benefit a broad set of science and engineering applications. SDCI is a continuation of the NSF Middleware Initiative (NMI) in an expanded context appropriate to the current expanded vision of cyberinfrastructure.
This program supports software development across five major software areas: system software and tools for High Performance Computing (HPC) environments; software promoting NSF's strategic vision for digital data; network software to support distributed software, software in the form of middleware capabilities and services, and cybersecurity. SDCI funds software activities for enhancing scientific productivity and for facilitating research and education collaborations through sharing of data, instruments, and computing and storage resources. The program requires open source software development.
The SDCI program will fund software development projects at $50,000 - $1,000,000 per year for 2 - 3 years as standard orcontinuing grants, subject to award conditions described in the solicitation. Proposals for development of new software may notexceed $500,000 per year in requested funds. Proposals for software improvement and support may not exceed $1,000,000 per year
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