Tribal College and University Cyberinfrastructure Facilitation

通过部落学院和大学（TCU）CI促进计划，美国印第安高等教育联盟（AIHEC）与全国37个TCU合作，以识别，改进，采用和整合网络基础设施资源到TCU校园信息技术环境中，以支持STEM应用。具体活动包括校园网络基础设施促进，网络基础设施参与，战略和政策制定，以及CI劳动力和专业发展活动，以支持网络基础设施资源和技术的进步和使用，用于跨领域的任务驱动的应用程序，如母语，气候科学和地理信息系统。实践社区，从IT总监/CIO和STEM教师社区开始，在TCU内提供协作和能力建设机会。该计划的灵活性使每个TCU能够根据其个人的科学应用，校园信息技术以及教师和学生的需求定制项目活动。获得更好的网络基础设施资源加速了新技术和方法的曝光和采用，包括维护数据主权和反映文化数据访问要求的数据存储政策和技术。TCU的CI支持STEM研究为代表性不足的美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民提供教育和劳动力发展机会，为许多第一代学生提供服务。利用网络基础设施资源来支持，保护和促进美洲原住民文化，语言和遗产赋予TCU社区，包括学生，教师和工作人员，成为扎根于土著价值观的领导者。这一努力也得到了国家气候发现云（NDC-C）的支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查进行评估，被认为值得支持的搜索.

Through the Tribal College and University (TCU) CI Facilitation initiative the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) collaborates with the 37 TCUs nationwide to enable the identification, refinement, adoption, and integration of cyberinfrastructure resources into the TCU campus information technology environment in support of STEM applications. Specific activities including campus cyberinfrastructure facilitation, cyberinfrastructure engagement, strategy and policy development, and CI workforce and professional development activities to support the advancement and use of cyberinfrastructure resources and technologies for crosscutting mission-driven applications such as Native language, climate science, and geographic information systems. Communities of practice, starting with the IT Directors/CIOs and STEM faculty communities provide collaboration and capacity building opportunities within the TCUs. The initiative’s flexibility allows each TCU to tailor project activities to their individual science application, campus information technology, and faculty and student needs. Access to better cyberinfrastructure resources accelerate the exposure and adoption of new technologies and techniques including data storage policies and technologies that preserve data sovereignty and reflect cultural data access requirements. The CI-enabled STEM research at the TCUs provide education and workforce development opportunities to the underrepresented American Indian and Alaska Native populations serving many first-generation students. The use of cyberinfrastructure resources to support, preserve, and promote Native American culture, languages, and heritage empowers the TCU community, including students, faculty, and staff, to become leaders grounded in indigenous values.This effort is also supported by National Discovery Cloud for Climate (NDC-C) resources.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.