Advanced Cyberinfrastructure for Teaching and Research at Rowan University and the Southern New Jersey Region

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。在过去的几年里，罗文大学的计算研究，教学和创新活动有所增加。Rowan面临着支持其教师多样化和不断增长的计算需求的挑战，同时也制定了一项计划，以优化机构基础设施的投资。 为此，罗文大学正在规划一个网络基础设施，可以可持续地支持这一增加的活动。 这项工作产生的机构知识，将使罗文，其社区学院附属合作伙伴，和其他地区大学，以实现其教师和学生在进行更大规模的变革性工作的充分潜力，并提高他们在数据驱动的计算研究的竞争力。CC* 规划补助金解决建设网络基础设施（CI）的挑战。 对大学（和新泽西南部地区）的需求与访问最先进的网络基础设施的障碍之间的差距的早期分析揭示了以下需求：评估和自学以了解研究人员的需求，在机构层面规划CI的融资需求，以及与计算研究实验相关的学生参与和培训。 该项目的重点是战略规划，以制定一个协调的方法，通知社区在南部新泽西的最新发展，评估利益相关者的需求和罗文的能力，以支持这些需求，建立伙伴关系与其他机构的可持续区域计算，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为是值得通过评估使用的支持基金会的学术价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).Over the last several years, Rowan University has seen an increase in computational research, teaching, and innovation activities. Rowan faces a challenge in supporting the diverse and growing computational needs of its faculty, while also developing a plan for optimal investment in institutional infrastructure. To this end, Rowan University is planning for a cyberinfrastructure that can sustainably support this increased activity. The work generates institutional knowledge that will allow Rowan, its community college affiliates & partners, and other regional universities to reach the full potential of its faculty and students in conducting larger scale transformative work and increase their competitiveness in data-driven computational research.The CC* Planning Grant addresses the challenge of building cyberinfrastructure (CI). Early analysis on the gap between the needs of the university (and Southern New Jersey region) and the barriers for accessing state of the art cyberinfrastructure revealed the following needs: assessment and self-study to understand researchers needs, planning at the institutional level for financing CI needs, and student engagement and training related to computational research & experimentation. The project focuses on strategic planning in order to develop a coordinated approach that informs the communities in Southern New Jersey of the latest CI developments, assesses the stakeholders’ needs and Rowan’s capacity to support those needs, builds partnerships with other institutions for sustainable regional based computing, and develops a robust plan that will enable Rowan to build shared and accessible CI.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.