[AG-TECH] before getting started

[Jennifer Teig von Hoffman]

Hoo boy, a hot topic. I may be shooting myself in the foot by trying to 
respond, but here goes anyway.

My understanding is that right now it's hard to find funding 
opportunities from NSF for computational infrastructure, and that at 
this point NSF considers most AG installations to be infrastructure 
rather than research. So, the best approach at this point may be to 
think about which projects cannot proceed without an AG node, and 
consider building funding for node(s) into proposals related to that 
project.

I'm very interested in hearing what others have to say on this topic too!

- Jennifer

jda wrote:

> We are interested in implementing Access Grid.  None of us, however,
> have the time or the expertise carry out the implementation.  We had the
> thought that perhaps we could get NSF money to hire a contractor to do
> this.  We do get NSF money for our research (in the natural sciences)
> but this is entirely different NSF protectorate.  I wanted to know if
> anyone has experience writing a proposal to do this or suggestions on
> how to proceed.
> 
> Thanks!
>