Campus Cyber-infrastructure Planning Grant

校园网络基础设施规划补助金

• 批准号: 1943948
• 负责人: Merdis Buckley
• 金额: $ 9.47万
• 依托单位: Texas Asssociation of Developing Colleges
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-10-01 至 2022-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1943948&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Campus; Cyber; infrastructure; Planning; Grant

The Texas Association of Developing Colleges (TADC) is undertaking a data network planning grant in preparation for establishing a regional highspeed data network to support science, technology and engineering (STEM) research and education. The network will connect TADC and its five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) members: Jarvis Christian College, Paul Quinn College, Texas College, Huston-Tillotson University, and Wiley College. It will be used to develop a deeper learning educational environment by bridging the gap between theory and practical utilization of technology. Access to gigabit research and education campus networking gives the African American students attending the member schools the opportunity to study in a next generation learning environment to acquire 21st century skills needed to advance professionally.Currently, these under-resourced schools are not able to keep up with the rapid changes in campus cyberinfrastructure. They are lacking highspeed broadband for connecting to regional, national and international education and research needed to advance the knowledge of their students. Their campus information technology (IT) infrastructure is not capable of providing the capacity needed to meet the demands of their faculty, students, and administrators. Establishing the TADC regional network would set up a state-of-the-art Science DMZ between the member schools that will provide direct access to STEM education and research opportunities. Moreover, the faculty’s ability to compete for research and other grant opportunities would be greatly enhanced. The creation of the TADC regional network starts with this Planning Grant to collect information from each member school. The information will serve as the roadmap to guide future planning and proposals to establish gigabit networking to five underserved HBCUs and TADC.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

德克萨斯州发展学院协会 (TADC) 正在提供数据网络规划拨款，准备建立区域高速数据网络，以支持科学、技术和工程 (STEM) 研究和教育。该网络将连接 TADC 及其五所历史黑人学院和大学 (HBCU) 成员：贾维斯基督教学院、保罗·奎因学院、德克萨斯学院、休斯顿-蒂洛森大学和威利学院。它将通过弥合理论与技术实际应用之间的差距来开发更深入的学习教育环境。接入千兆位研究和教育校园网络使在成员学校就读的非裔美国学生有机会在下一代学习环境中学习，以获得职业发展所需的 21 世纪技能。目前，这些资源不足的学校无法跟上校园网络基础设施的快速变化。他们缺乏高速宽带来连接区域、国家和国际教育和研究，以提高学生的知识水平。他们的校园信息技术 (IT) 基础设施无法提供满足教师、学生和管理人员需求所需的容量。建立 TADC 区域网络将在成员学校之间建立一个最先进的科学 DMZ，从而提供直接获得 STEM 教育和研究的机会。此外，教师竞争研究和其他资助机会的能力将大大增强。 TADC 区域网络的创建始于此项规划拨款，以收集各成员学校的信息。这些信息将作为路线图，指导未来规划和建议，为五个服务不足的 HBCU 和 TADC 建立千兆网络。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。