Opportunity Information: Apply for 17 581
The National Science Foundation (NSF) CISE Research Infrastructure (CRI) program is a grant opportunity designed to strengthen the research foundations of computer and information science and engineering by funding the creation, improvement, and long-term usefulness of high-quality research infrastructure. The core idea is to help researchers push the boundaries of CISE by ensuring they have access to the kinds of shared capabilities that modern computing research often depends on, such as advanced hardware and testbeds, specialized platforms, software frameworks, datasets, experimental environments, and other enabling resources. CRI emphasizes infrastructure that is tightly connected to a focused, well-justified research agenda rather than standalone purchases, with the expectation that the funded capabilities will directly accelerate discovery and learning across core CISE disciplines. A key theme of the program is broadening access: NSF highlights the importance of making world-class infrastructure available to a wide range of institutions, including minority-serving institutions and predominantly undergraduate institutions, so that cutting-edge research is not limited to only a small set of campuses.
CRI is structured around two main award types that differ in who they primarily serve and how broadly the infrastructure is expected to be used. The first category is Institutional Infrastructure (II) awards, which support infrastructure that primarily benefits the proposing institution and its formal collaborators. II awards can fund either the creation of entirely new infrastructure (II-NEW) or the enhancement of existing infrastructure (II-EN). The intent is to help institutions build or upgrade capabilities that unlock strong, competitive CISE research opportunities locally and within a defined collaboration network, enabling researchers and students at those institutions to pursue ambitious projects that would not be feasible without the proposed resources.
The second category is Community Infrastructure (CI) awards, which are geared toward infrastructure intended to serve a broader, more distributed community of CISE researchers well beyond the awardee organization(s). CI awards cover multiple phases of community-scale infrastructure: planning efforts (CI-P) to design and organize a new community resource; building a new community infrastructure capability (CI-NEW); enhancing an existing community resource (CI-EN); and sustaining an established community infrastructure so it remains reliable, current, and useful over time (CI-SUSTAIN). In addition to development and upgrades, CI awards may also support operations, recognizing that community-facing infrastructure requires staffing, user support, governance, allocation policies, documentation, onboarding, and service reliability. The program frames this as ensuring awardee institutions are positioned to deliver high-quality service to external researchers who will rely on the infrastructure to meet their research goals.
From an administrative standpoint, this opportunity is an NSF discretionary grant in the Science and Technology and other Research and Development category (CFDA 47.070). The funding opportunity is titled "CISE Research Infrastructure" (Funding Opportunity Number 17-581) and was created on July 21, 2017, with an original closing date of January 11, 2018. The listed award ceiling is $2,000,000, and NSF anticipated making around 30 awards. Eligibility is described broadly as "Others," with details referenced in the full solicitation under additional eligibility information, which typically clarifies what kinds of organizations and partnerships may apply.
Overall, CRI is best understood as NSF CISE investing in the shared foundations that make top-tier computing research possible, while also pushing for equitable access to those foundations. Whether an institution is proposing a targeted upgrade to support a local research thrust or building a community-scale platform meant to serve a national user base, the program is oriented toward infrastructure that is impactful, research-driven, and positioned to enable significant advances at the frontiers of CISE.Apply for 17 581
- The National Science Foundation in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "CISE Research Infrastructure" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 47.070.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 21, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 11, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 30 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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