The primary purpose of this presentaiton was to discuss ways to seek funding for the development of bioinformatics infrastructure from the NSF. I didn't begin taking notes immediately, so these notes are somewhat incomplete.
This seems to be good for us except that it doesn't support new development. There is a finite budget for this, and the anticipated budget is $5 million. This seems pretty competitive, so I doubt we'll be able to get much from this.
This supports the development and deployment of robust, reliable and sustainable data and software cyberinfrastructure. This is a cross-directorate opportunity, so it's not limited to infrastructure desgined to support bioinformatics research. The budget is about $34 million per year.
Our CI is general purpose, so this could apply, although we've never targeted geosciences in the past.
Looking for new innovations in Computer Science, including the data lifecycle, analytics, data management, among other things. They're particularly interested in knowledge bases, including ontology construction, and knowledge sharing methods.
Supports any research that applies mathematical innovation to biological research. This doesn't seem to apply to us directly.
Funding for incorporating human behavior in epidemiological models.
Goal is to identify and capitalize on opportunities for major scientific and engineering breakthroughs. They're particularly interested in applying new innovations to difficult challenges.
Explores opportunities at the intersection of biology and computer science, with a specific focus on activities that advance the understanding of computing and communication processes.
- https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2022/nsf22500/nsf22500.htm
- https://seedfund.nsf.gov/contact/
- https://www.nsf.gov/about/budget/fy2023/index.jsp
- https://dbiblog.nsfbio.com/dbi-virtual-office-hours/
The slides from this presentation will appear at the last link.