International Research Network Connections

Post Date

December 18th 2015

Application Due Date

March 17th 2016

Funding Opportunity Number

16-523

CFDA Number(s)

47.070

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

2

Eligibility Categories

Other

*Who May Submit Proposals: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: -Universities and Colleges - Universities and two- and four-year colleges (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in, the US acting on behalf of their faculty members. Such organizations also are referred to as academic in

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $3600000

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

The International Research Network Connections (IRNC) program supports high-performance network connectivity required by international science and engineering research and education collaborations involving the NSF research community. NSF expects to make 1-2 awards to link U.S. research networks with peer networks in Europe and Africa and leverage existing international network connectivity. High-performance network connections funded by this program are intended to support science and engineering research and education applications, and preference will be given to solutions that provide the best economy of scale and demonstrate the ability to support the largest communities of interest with the broadest services. Funded projects will assist the U.S. research and education community by enabling state-of-the-art international network services and access to increased collaboration and data services. Through extended international network connections, additional research and production network services will be enabled, complementing those currently offered or planned by domestic research networks.

Contact Information

• Agency

  National Science Foundation

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

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• Agency Mailing Address:

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• Agency Email Address:

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• More Information:

  NSF Publication 16-523