21st Century Research-Cyberinfrastructure for MSIs through the Minority Serving - Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (MS-CC): A phased approach to engage the Missing Millions

该项目扩大了获得与少数群体服务机构(MSI)相关研究所需的网络基础设施的机会，首先针对几所历史上的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)和一所部落学院。少数群体服务-数字基础设施联盟(MS-CC)通过与Internet2合作，通过网络基础设施示范示范试点奖项，通过提供侧重于网络基础设施的专业发展机会、宣传和社区参与，支持HBCU、部落学院和大学(TCU)和其他MSI。该项目进一步加快了MS-CC园区以网络基础设施为中心的研究能力，采用了一种可以成为可重复模式的方法，推动了广泛MSI园区的研究网络基础设施的变革性变化。通过概念验证赠款(PoCG)和三个共享的Tiger团队、网络基础设施、利益相关者联盟以及研究和教育，MS-CC正在采取必要的步骤来应对许多MSI面临的挑战。PoCG支持为关键的网络基础设施技术投资(如网络服务、数据存储)提供资金，并支持地方能力，以促进研究人员和教育工作者为研究和STEM教育活动寻找和寻求本地和外部网络基础设施资源。TIGER团队为这些投资提供便利和能力建设支持，进行特定于校园的网络基础设施评估，以及推动网络基础设施计划的实施和与更大的研究和教育界接触的专业知识。MS-CC是一个棱镜和变革推动者，通过推进HBCU、TCU、西班牙裔服务机构(HSI)和其他MSI的重要研究和教育工作，推动战略和计划，直接参与和支持21世纪的数字STEM劳动力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project expands access to the cyberinfrastructure necessary for research relevant to Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), first targeting several Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and a Tribal College. In collaboration with Internet2, through a Cyberinfrastructure Center of Excellence Demonstration Pilot award, the Minority Serving-Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (MS-CC) supports HBCUs, Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), and other MSIs by providing cyberinfrastructure-focused professional development opportunities, advocacy, and community engagement. This project further accelerates cyberinfrastructure-centric research capacity at MS-CC campuses, taking an approach that can become a repeatable model that drives transformational change in research cyberinfrastructure on a wide range of MSI campuses. Through Proof-of-Concept Grants (PoCGs) and three shared Tiger Teams, Cyberinfrastructure, Stakeholder Alignment, and Research and Education, the MS-CC is taking the necessary steps to address challenges faced by many MSIs. The PoCGs support the funding of key cyberinfrastructure technology investments (e.g., network services, data storage) as well as local capacity for facilitating researchers and educators in their identification and pursuit of local and external cyberinfrastructure resources for research and STEM education activities. The Tiger Teams provide facilitation and capability building support for these investments, conducting campus-specific cyberinfrastructure assessments, as well as the expertise to drive implementation of cyberinfrastructure plans and engagement with the greater research and education community. The MS-CC is a prism and change agent that advances strategies and programs to directly engage and support the 21st century digital STEM workforce by advancing the important research and education work of HBCUs, TCUs, Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), and other MSIs.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.