RUI: NSFnet Connection for a North Carolina Consortium

北卡罗来纳大学教育计算服务（UNC-ECS）为40多家小型教育机构提供计算和网络服务，其中包括参与该提案的19家机构。这19所大学包括北卡罗来纳大学的13个校区，4所私立学院或大学，北卡罗来纳科学与数学学院（一所由国家资助的优秀学生高中）和国家人文中心。北卡罗来纳大学校园包括五个少数民族学院。UNC-ECS运行一个数据网络，该网络通过中层网络SURANET连接到NSFNET。该提案要求资金升级9个机构的网络连接，并向另外8个机构提供“国家科学基金会认可”，使它们有资格获得减少向SURANET缴纳的年费。维克森林大学（Wake Forest University）和国家人文中心（National Humanities Center）不参与该提案的财政资助。接入国家科学基金网络为教师和学生提供了访问超级计算机，数据档案，各种网络网关，自动图书馆目录和广泛的软件。主要应用包括文件传输，本地和远程研究人员之间的电子邮件通信，以及远程登录和使用超级计算机和其他研究设施。

The University of North Carolina Educational Computing Service (UNC-ECS) provides computing and networking services for over forty small educational institutions including the nineteen institutions participating in this proposal. The nineteen include thirteen campuses of the University of North Carolina, four private colleges or universities, the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (a State-funded high school for outstanding students), and the National Humanities Center. The UNC campuses include five minority institutions. The UNC-ECS runs a data network which connects through the mid-level network SURANET to NSFNET. The proposal requests funds to upgrade the network connections of nine institutions, and provide "NSF recognition" to eight others to enable them to qualify for reduced annual dues to SURANET. Wake Forest University and the National Humanities Center, included in the nineteen, do not participate financially in the proposal. Access to NSFNET provides the faculty and students with access to supercomputers, data archives, a variety of network gateways, automated library catalogs, and a wide range of software. Primary applications include file transfers, electronic mail communication between local and remote researchers, and remote login to and use of supercomputers and other research facilities.