Synopsis
The Cyberinfrastructure for Public Entry and Open Science (CI PAOS) program inside the Workplace of Superior Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) goals to catalyze new and transformative socio-technical partnerships supporting analysis knowledge infrastructure ecosystems throughout domains by way of early-stage collaborative actions between cyberinfrastructure researchers, scientists, analysis computing specialists, knowledge administration specialists, analysis labs, college libraries, and different communities of observe.
The CI PAOS program helps the NSF Public Entry Initiative by encouraging innovation throughout the CI ecosystem to deal with accessibility, discoverability, reliability, reproducibility, sustainability, and utility of knowledge merchandise in alignment with NSF and nationwide objectives for public entry and open science [See: NSF Public Access Initiative, Office of Science and Technology Policy Memorandum on Ensuring Free, Immediate, and equitable Access to Federally funded Research, and Desirable Characteristics of Data Repositories for Federally Funded Research]. CI PAOS builds on earlier investments together with these by way of Expensive Colleague Letters NSF19-069,NSF20-068, NSF 23-018, and the FAIROS Research Coordination Networks (RCN) program solicitation (NSF 22-553).
NSF accepts proposals pursuant to this Program Description year-round. Every now and then, NSF could additionally difficulty Expensive Colleague Letters to encourage proposals on particular thematic pursuits and alternatives associated to this program.
GUIDANCE TO POTENTIAL PROPOSERS
A main function of profitable CI PAOS tasks is a strong, synergistic collaborative staff comprising abilities from throughout communities of science/engineering, analysis knowledge science, and knowledge science self-discipline(s) and experience in leveraging connections between cyberinfrastructure researchers and suppliers and knowledge specialists. Leveraging worldwide collaboration to construct shared norms and deal with challenges associated to creating and implementing PAOS insurance policies and practices is inspired. Analysis and schooling in science and engineering profit immensely from worldwide cooperation. Proposals with a global element are additionally welcome [See: International Collaborations Opportunities at NSF]. Proposers should goal a number of of the following themes/pathways:Competency Constructing, Functionality Constructing, and/or Neighborhood Constructing.
Competency Constructing
Open science/engineering-driven collaboration. A socio-technical collaborative strategy in addressing disciplinary, interdisciplinary, home, and worldwide knowledge lifecycle challenges is important to informing and guiding the event of rules, necessities, and requirements of a CI ecosystem that fosters pipelines to good knowledge administration and pathways to entry. Proposals ought to clearly describe the objectives, challenges, and rationale for the proposed knowledge science and engineering undertaking and embody a proof of the potential for transformative analysis and broader impacts on the open science ecosystem [See: U.S. NSF Broader Impacts]. Profitable proposals will even clearly determine utilization science situations and use instances.
Capability Constructing
Exploratory and pilot actions. Proposals are welcomed that support early-stage exploratory efforts which will comprise evaluation, group planning, and pilot-level actions that inform future growth and deployment of appropriately helpful capabilities. Proposals for full-scale technical analysis knowledge science efforts resulting in development/deployment of larger scale capabilities ought to be directed to different applicable NSF packages. Profitable proposals will even clearly determine leveraging of present cyberinfrastructure, funded tasks, and assets.
Neighborhood Constructing
Integrative and accelerative approaches. Proposals are significantly welcomed that deal with widespread wants or gaps throughout a number of analysis disciplines and communities of observe; leverage and speed up the impression of present CI investments in infrastructure, assets, and companies in a number of disciplinary areas; facilitate coordination, advance alignment, and/or construct group with the worldwide CI PAOS group; purpose to cut back boundaries to broader adoption of CI-enabled analysis knowledge and open science/engineering approaches; and/or combineas applicable completely different elements and components of CI to attain ecosystems with generative science/engineering and multi-discipline impression.
Necessities to contact NSF Cognizant Program Officers. CI PAOS actions are inherently centered on collaborative analysis between fields of knowledge and pc and info science and engineering researchers and different area researchers. Profitable CI PAOS tasks will typically contain co-funding from the related disciplinary analysis packages inside NSF. Consequently, earlier than submitting a proposal to CI PAOS, proposers should talk about their undertaking with a cognizant CI PAOS Program Officer and with the related NSF disciplinary analysis program officer(s) to make sure that CI PAOS is the applicable venue and that there’s sufficient disciplinary curiosity within the proposed effort.
Proposals which have been declined by CI PAOS or another NSF program could not be resubmitted to CI PAOS with out substantial revision. Proposals that don’t align with CI PAOS program goals and steerage could also be returned with out assessment.
