Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (CyberTraining)
Prepare, train, and grow a skilled workforce in advanced cyberinfrastructure to enhance research capabilities and improve economic competitiveness.
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation
Due Dates: February 23, 2023 (Original full proposal deadline) | January 18, 2024 (Full proposal deadline) | January 21, 2027 (Next full proposal deadline)
Funding Amounts: Pilot: up to $300,000 for two years; Implementation: up to $500,000 or $1,000,000 for four years; estimated program funding $9,300,000
Summary: CyberTraining supports scalable training, education, and curriculum development that prepare the research workforce to create, use, and support advanced cyberinfrastructure.
Key Information: Each individual may participate as PI, co-PI, or other senior personnel on only one proposal per competition.
Description
NSF’s CyberTraining program funds innovative, scalable training, education, and curriculum or instructional materials for advanced cyberinfrastructure (CI)-enabled fundamental science and engineering research. Led by the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) within CISE, it addresses workforce needs from postsecondary students to active researchers and CI professionals. Advanced CI includes advanced computation, large-scale data handling and analytics, and networking and security for large-scale systems.
Projects may pursue either or both program goals: broadening research-community adoption of CI tools, methods, and resources, and integrating core CI literacy and discipline-appropriate computational and data-driven skills into undergraduate and graduate instruction. The program encourages collaboration between CI experts and domain scientists, particularly efforts reaching disciplines and institutions with low CI adoption. Projects should address important community needs and make resources widely available and usable.
