Conference: Research Computing at Smaller Institutions (RCSI)

该奖项为2024年6月11日至12日在宾夕法尼亚州斯沃斯莫尔学院举行的小型机构研究计算（RCSI）会议提供参与者支持。规模较小且资源不足的机构面临着与数据管理相关的挑战，越来越多的学科采用计算方法，并支持复杂的协作项目，并且必须以较少的人力，财力和基础设施资源来完成。该会议解决了这些机构特有的研究计算挑战，为与会者提供了可行的途径，思想交流和社区建设。该赠款支持约26名与会者参加会议的旅行。这种支持使那些本来无法参加的人能够参加，考虑到活动的目标受众，这是一个特别重要的考虑因素。将特别注意向代表性不足的各种人群和机构类型提供支持，以及向通常可能不参加研究计算会议的人提供支持，包括图书馆和适当的行政人员。相关产出，如专题介绍，将向公众提供。鉴于与会者的预期多样性和广度，对支持学习，教学和研究的研究计算实践的更广泛影响将是广泛的，包括支持新兴研究计算在教学环境中整合的改进模型，指导相关硬件和软件的额外投资，促进学生，教师和CI专业人员的技能发展，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标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award provides participant support for the Research Computing for Smaller Institutions (RCSI) conference, held June 11-12, 2024 at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. Smaller and under-resourced institutions confront challenges related to data management, increasing adoption of computational methods across many disciplines, and support for complex collaborative projects, and must do so with fewer human, financial, and infrastructure resources. The conference addresses research computing challenges unique to such institutions, providing actionable pathways, idea exchanges, and community building for attendees.The grant supports travel for approximately 26 attendees to attend the conference. The support makes possible the participation of those who otherwise would be unable to attend, an especially important consideration given the target audience of the event. Particular attention will be paid to directing support towards various underrepresented populations and institution types, as well as to those who normally might not attend a research computing conference, including library and appropriate administrative staff. Relevant outputs, such as presentations, will be made publicly available. Given the anticipated diversity and breadth of attendees, broader impacts on research computing practice in support of learning, pedagogy, and research will be extensive, including improved models for supporting emerging research computing integration in pedagogical contexts, guiding additional investment in relevant hardware and software, facilitating skills development for students, faculty, and CI professionals, and laying foundations for subsequent grants and other funding requests.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.