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Title: Dear Colleague Letter - Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (ACI) & Faculty Early
       Career Development (CAREER)
Date: 05/21/13

   NSF 13-092

Dear Colleague Letter - Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (ACI) & Faculty Early
Career Development (CAREER)

   Date: May 21, 2013

   The CISE Division of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (ACI, formerly the
   Office of Cyberinfrastructure or OCI) reminds the cyberinfrastructure
   community that ACI participates in the Faculty Early Career
   Development (CAREER) Program
   ([1]http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503214) with the
   goal of supporting the community of junior scholars in
   Cyberinfrastructure. The deadline to submit CAREER proposals to ACI is
   July 22, 2013.

   CAREER is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science
   Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who
   exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research,
   excellent education and the integration of education and research
   within the context of the mission of their organizations. Such
   activities should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership
   in integrating education and research. NSF encourages submission of
   CAREER proposals from junior faculty members at all CAREER-eligible
   organizations and especially encourages women, members of
   underrepresented minority groups (African Americans, Native Americans,
   Hispanics and Pacific Islanders), and persons with disabilities to
   apply.

   Within this context, ACI encourages proposals that promote research,
   education, and the integration of research and education in projects
   that:
   
    1. Contribute to development and deployment of comprehensive,
       integrated, sustainable, and secure cyberinfrastructure at the
       national or international scale;
    2. Have an effective cyberinfrastructure impact with clearly defined
       benefits across multiple research disciplines; and
    3. Build on existing or upcoming ACI investments, as well as major
       cyberinfrastructure investments from other units.

   Additional context for ACI's interests in this solicitation can be
   found in:

   Cyberinfrastructure Framework for 21st Century Science and Engineering
   (CIF21): [2]http://www.nsf.gov/cif21

   Many general questions are answered in the program's FAQ document:
   [3]http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf11038

   ACI-specific questions regarding the solicitation should be addressed
   to Daniel S. Katz, [4]dkatz@nsf.gov


   Alan Blatecky
   ACI Division Director

References

   1. http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503214
   2. http://www.nsf.gov/cif21
   3. http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf11038
   4. mailto:dkatz@nsf.gov