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Opportunity Summary:

The National Science Foundation (NSF) funding opportunity titled "TeraGrid Phase III eXtreme Digital Resources for Science and Engineering" (Funding Opportunity Number 08-571) sought proposals to build and operate the next generation of national-scale cyberinfrastructure services for U.S. research and education. The core idea behind the program was that modern scientific and engineering breakthroughs increasingly depend on the ability to compute, store, move, visualize, and analyze extremely large quantities of digital information. That information might come from large numerical simulations and models, massive experimental or observational instruments, or the growing universe of digital collections that can be mined for new insights. Because the highest-end computing and data capabilities are expensive and scarce, NSF positioned TeraGrid as a way to make these advanced resources broadly accessible to the wider community rather than limited to a handful of well-funded institutions.

This Phase III opportunity was released as the existing, then-current phase of TeraGrid operations approached its end, and NSF explicitly invited innovative approaches for a new infrastructure that could deliver "high end digital services" as shared national resources. In practical terms, the competition was about designing and delivering an integrated platform of services that researchers and educators could rely on to work with very large digitally represented datasets and demanding computational workloads. While the source text emphasizes the broad motivation and need, it also signals that NSF was looking beyond simply buying hardware; the emphasis was on services and infrastructure that enable effective use at scale across many disciplines, including capabilities such as advanced analysis workflows, data-intensive computing support, and potentially specialized services like remote visualization and data analysis where moving data to the user is impractical.

Administratively, the program fell under the NSF Office of Cyberinfrastructure and was offered as a discretionary, science and technology research and development activity. Awards were to be made via cooperative agreements, which typically indicates substantial NSF involvement during the project period and an expectation of close coordination between awardees and the agency, especially for complex national infrastructure efforts that must meet community needs and interoperate with other components. NSF anticipated making around six awards, with an estimated total program funding level of $32,000,000. Individual awards were expected to range from a floor of $2,000,000 up to a ceiling of $12,000,000, and the solicitation stated there was no cost sharing or matching requirement.

The competition structure included multiple deadlines tied to different tracks or components. Preliminary proposals were required for "Integrating Services" with a due date of November 4, 2008, and full proposals for that same integrating services area were also due November 4, 2008, reflecting a structured process to shape and coordinate the service integration concept. A later deadline of June 15, 2009 is listed for "High Performance Remote Visualization and Data Analysis Services" and also appears as the current closing date for integrating services, indicating the solicitation had multiple target dates or an extension/updated closing timeline. The opportunity was open to unrestricted applicants, meaning any type of entity could apply (for example, universities, non-profits, industry, or consortia), subject to any additional eligibility details in the full solicitation text.

Overall, the solicitation framed TeraGrid Phase III as a national investment in shared, high-end digital capabilities, motivated by the rapid growth in computational and data demands across science and engineering. NSF was effectively looking for teams that could propose and operate robust, scalable, and broadly usable services that would help researchers and educators handle the largest computational and data challenges, extending the TeraGrid model of access to scarce resources into a new generation of integrated, service-oriented cyberinfrastructure. For applicants, the key themes implied by the announcement were innovation in infrastructure design, strong integration and interoperability, attention to user communities across disciplines, and an operational plan suitable for national-scale service delivery under a cooperative agreement model.

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