CC* CIRA: Shared Arkansas Research Plan for Community Cyber Infrastructure (SHARP CCI)

该奖项全部或部分由《2021年美国救援计划法案》（公法117-2）资助。SHARP CCI为阿肯色州创建了一个全州范围的研究网络基础设施（RCI）计划，该计划的重点是8个学位授予机构进行科学和工程研究。参与机构包括：阿肯色州立大学（ASU）；南阿肯色大学；阿肯色大学费耶特维尔分校；农业司（UADA）；UA小石城（UALR）；UA医学科学（UAMS）；松崖（UAPB）；中阿肯色大学（UCA）。每所学校对联合访问高速资源、管理服务和技术培训的需求都在不断增长；然而，目前还不存在提供这些功能的协调计划。阿肯色州的大多数学校缺乏网络连接、预算和人员，无法充分利用这些全州范围内的资源，而且每所学校在技术能力和专业知识方面都是独一无二的。SHARP CCI召集每所学校的高级管理人员和研究负责人，记录环境、能力、技术需求和资源差距，并制定公平的RCI计划，告知该州的决策者。该计划还将为各学校提供必要的资源，以通过征求来申请额外的NSF支持，以扩大学校的基础设施和培训能力。一个全州范围的RCI计划对于组织和扩大研究合作是必要的，它促进了规模经济，以建立符合标准的设施和系统，并为资源有限的学校建立可管理的服务环境。夏普CCI包括建立一个全面的数据科学培训计划，阿肯色网络团队（ACT），为工程师、教育工作者、研究人员和学生提供广泛科学领域的技术专业知识。项目团队包括阿肯色州研究和教育光学网络、大平原网络、开放科学网格和国家科学基金会的参与和性能运营中心，以提供工程和培训专业知识、管理服务经验，并帮助实施阿肯色州的全州RCI计划。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 award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).SHARP CCI creates a statewide research cyber infrastructure (RCI) Plan for Arkansas that is focused on the eight degree granting institutions performing science and engineering research. Participating institutions include: Arkansas State University (ASU); Southern Arkansas University (SAU); University of Arkansas (UA) Fayetteville (UAF); UA Division of Agriculture (UADA); UA Little Rock (UALR); UA Medical Sciences (UAMS); UA Pine Bluff (UAPB); and University of Central Arkansas (UCA). Each school has a growing demand for federated access to high-speed resources, managed services and technical training; however, a coordinated plan for providing these capabilities does not currently exist. Most schools in Arkansas lack the connectivity, budget and staffing to fully utilize these statewide resources, and each school is unique in technical capability and expertise. SHARP CCI assembles the senior administrators and research leaders at each school to document the environments, capabilities, technology needs and resource gaps and create an equitable RCI Plan to inform decision makers in the state. This plan will also provide a necessary resource for each school to apply for additional NSF support through solicitations that expand school infrastructure and training capabilities.A statewide RCI Plan is requisite for organizing and expanding research collaborations and it fosters an economy-of-scale for building compliant facilities and systems and establishing a managed service environment for schools with limited resources. SHARP CCI includes establishing a comprehensive data science training program, Arkansas Cyber Team (ACT), to provide engineers, educators, researchers and students access to technical expertise in a broad range of scientific domains. The project team includes Arkansas Research and Education Optical Network, Great Plains Network, Open Science Grid and NSF’s Engagement and Performance Operations Center to provide engineering and training expertise, managed service experience and help in implementing a statewide RCI Plan for Arkansas.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.