CC* Planning: Delaware Research & Education Network (DEREN)

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。特拉华州研究和教育网络（DEREN）项目结合社区研究需求，制定可持续研究和教育网络计划，促进整个特拉华州的合作、数据共享和新的研究机会。特拉华州的研究社区包括几所中等规模和资源不足的学院和大学，包括一所历史悠久的黑人学院和大学（HBCU）。DEREN的愿景是通过协调、培训和访问本地和区域研究网络基础设施，使特拉华州和其他州的研究实体之间建立伙伴关系。该项目将为特拉华州更广泛的研究社区的蓬勃发展提供一个可行的和可扩展的结构计划。特拉华大学（UD）和特拉华州技术和信息部（DTI）之间的伙伴关系将支持强有力的区域合作及其对特拉华州科学驱动者的影响。之前已经开展了工作，以确定特拉华大学的校园研究需求和能力，并且普遍达成共识，以改善其他合作机构对全州专用研究资源的访问。这些将提供给医院、研究机构、中小型资源学校和HBCU。该项目还将与东海岸的其他研究和教育网络（RENs）合作，以了解这些组织的业务、成本和收入结构的社区方面。这些努力有可能有助于制定和支持区域战略，以运营共享研究网络基础设施（RCI），使整个特拉华州的研究人员受益。通过访问和管理分布在整个州和地区的网络和计算系统，该项目有可能影响特拉华州的许多教育机构。项目规划将包括由大学主导的研讨会，重点关注潜在的社区用户及其各自的研究和教育需求、特拉华大学研究项目的潜在参与、网络需求、合作机会以及社区实体之间的数据共享策略。该项目旨在积极参与来自其他州的其他三个现有的全州范围的网络实体（Nysernet， OSHEAN和Link Oregon）。在分析了社区研究需求后，特拉华州立大学将评估机会和相关的财政战略，通过DEREN扩展强大的研究和网络基础设施，以推进研究。该项目的成果将为将DEREN设计成一个成功的、可扩展的、全面的社区锚网络提供框架。该项目由高级网络基础设施办公室（OAC）和促进竞争研究既定计划（EPSCoR）共同资助。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).The Delaware Research and Education Network (DEREN) project incorporates community research requirements to develop a plan for a sustainable research and education network that fosters collaboration, data sharing and new research opportunities across the State of Delaware. Delaware’s research community includes several mid-sized and under-resourced colleges and universities, including a Historically Black College and University (HBCU). The vision of DEREN is to enable partnerships between research entities across the state of Delaware and beyond through coordination, training, and access to local and regional research cyberinfrastructure. The project will provide a plan for a viable and scalable structure for Delaware’s broader research community to flourish. The partnership between University of Delaware (UD) and the State of Delaware’s Department of Technology and Information (DTI) will support strong regional collaborations and their impacts to science drivers in Delaware. Prior work has been conducted to identify on campus research needs and capabilities at UD and there is a general consensus to improve access for other partnering institutions to dedicated research resources located across the state. These would be available to hospitals, research facilities, small and mid-sized under resources schools, and an HBCU. The project will also engage other Research and Education Networks (RENs) along the East Coast in understanding the community aspect of the business, cost, and revenue structure for these organizations. Such efforts have potential to aid in developing and supporting a regional strategy for operating a shared research cyberinfrastructure (RCI) to benefit researchers across the state of Delaware.The project has the potential to impact many educational institutions in Delaware through access to and management of networking and computational systems that are distributed throughout the state and region. The project planning will entail university-led workshops that focus on potential community users and their respective research and education requirements, potential participation in University of Delaware research programs, network requirements, opportunities for collaboration, and data sharing strategies between community entities. The project aims to actively involve three other pre-existing state-wide network entities from other states (Nysernet, OSHEAN, and Link Oregon). After analyzing community research requirements, UD will evaluate opportunities and associated fiscal strategies to extend powerful research and cyber infrastructure via DEREN to advance research. The project outcome would provide the framework to design the DEREN as a successful, scalable, and comprehensive community anchor network across the state.This project is funded through the collaborative efforts of the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).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.