Funding-Limited Submission - Cyberinfrastructure Training, Education, Advancement, and Mentoring for Our 21st Century Workforce (CI-TEAM); March 23, 2010

New information, communication, and computational technologies have had profound impacts on the practice of science and engineering.  Linked to create a comprehensive cyberinfrastructure, the systems, tools, and services emerging from these new technologies are enabling individuals, groups, and organizations to advance research and education in ways that revolutionize who can participate, what they can do, and how they do it. Sustaining this revolution across all areas of science and engineering requires the formation of a workforce with the knowledge and skills needed to design and deploy as well as adopt and apply these cyber-based systems, tools and services over the long-term. The opportunity for such preparation should be available at all stages of formal and informal education, training and professional development, and must be extended to all interested individuals and communities.

The CI-TEAM program supports projects that position the national science and engineering community to engage in integrated research and education activities promoting, leveraging and utilizing cyberinfrastructure systems, tools and services.

Program details can be found at the following link: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12782

Because NSF limits the number of proposals to one per institution as the lead organization, the University of Kentucky has established an internal selection process. Prospective applicants interested in responding to this program are asked to send an electronic pre-proposal (2-3 pages) with the following information to Ms. Kris Hobson (hobson@email.uky.edu), Office of the Provost, and a copy to their Dean by Tuesday, March 23, 2010:

1. Names and departments of the PI and project team and the partner organization(s)
2. Identify the type of proposal: CI-Team Demonstration Project or CI-Team Implementation Project
3. Identify the underrepresented group(s) the project will target
4. Briefly describe the project goals; the role of UK participants and partnership organizations; the activities to prepare a diverse science and engineering workforce able to exploit, enhance, and promote cyberinfrastructure to advance science and engineering research and education and how the project will broaden participation of underrepresented groups and organizations in cyberinfrastructure activities.

A committee will be convened to review the proposals, select UK’s applicant, and notify all applicants.

NSF deadline: April 27, 2010.