CC* CRIA: The Eastern Regional Network

东部区域网络（ERN） ci -研究协调项目组织了六次信息收集活动：四次研讨会和两次全体会议。这些活动旨在建立和维持区域伙伴关系，简化多校区合作，推进研究、教学和创新的前沿。通过四个研讨会获得了更深入的了解，并在两次全体会议上进行了更广泛的讨论，ERN能够更好地确保在广泛的机构类型、研究学科和教学方法上产生影响，并精通相关的技术和管理挑战和机遇。两个研讨会的重点是向Cryo-EM和材料发现社区学习他们的研究工作流程以及他们的计算、存储和网络要求。这些研讨会还涵盖了数据管理计划、合作类型（国内和国际）以及与机构之间共享数据和资源相关的痛点。第三次研讨会汇集了大学研究副校长、首席信息官、总法律顾问、机构审查委员会主任和其他ERN代表，讨论简化大学之间和跨州共享数据、基础设施和专业知识所需的CI共享政策。最后一个研讨会的主题是“扩大范围”，参加者包括来自代表性不足的学院和大学的研究人员、教育工作者和高级管理人员，包括msi、hsi和hbcu。该研讨会确保这些机构能够制定战略性和可实现的CI计划，以及利用区域ERN合作的成功、可持续的CC*资助倡议。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This Eastern Regional Network (ERN) CI-Research Alignment project organizes six information-gathering events: four workshops and two All Hands Meetings. These events are aimed at building and sustaining regional partnerships that simplify multi-campus collaborations to advance the frontiers of research, pedagogy, and innovation. With a deeper understanding gained through the four workshops, augmented by wider discussions at the two All Hands meetings, the ERN is better positioned to ensure impact across broad institutional types, research disciplines and pedagogical approaches, and well versed in relevant technical and administrative challenges and opportunities.Two workshops focus on learning from the Cryo-EM and Materials Discovery communities about their research workflows and their computational, storage, and network requirements. These workshops also cover data management plans, types of collaborations (national and international), and the pain points associated with sharing data and resources between institutions. A third workshop brings together university Vice Presidents of Research, Chief Information Officers, General Counsel, Institutional Review Board directors, and other ERN representatives to discuss the CI Sharing Policies needed to simplify sharing of data, infrastructure, and expertise between universities and across state lines. The final workshop, “Broadening the Reach,” includes researchers, educators, and senior administrators from under-represented colleges and universities, including MSIs, HSIs, and HBCUs. This workshop ensures that these institutions can develop strategic and attainable CI plans and successful, sustainable CC* funded initiatives that leverage the regional ERN collaboration.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.