Funding NCSA Participates in Design of Next-generation Telescopes In collaboration with the University of Chicago, NCSA researchers are working to create new telescopes to map the light from the earliest moments of the universe. December 13, 2023
Funding NCSA Joins New Phase of Climate Project to Track Arctic Permafrost Thaw Led by the Woodwell Climate Research Center, the $5 million grant from Google.org will fund the expansion of a new, open-access resource that will use satellite data and AI/ML technology to track Arctic permafrost thaw more efficiently. July 19, 2023
Funding NCSA Awarded $10 Million For DeltaAI DeltaAI will triple NCSA’s AI-focused computing capacity and greatly expand the capacity available within the nationwide cyberinfrastructure ecosystem. July 5, 2023
Funding NCSA, SCIMMA Awarded $3.5 Million To Connect MMA Research Worldwide The NSF-funded project will build and update the communications infrastructure for previously siloed multi-messenger astrophysics research groups. June 20, 2023
Funding NCSA Affiliates Receive Funding For AI-Powered Brain Mapping The project is one of three funded by Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology’s new research seed grants program. April 27, 2023
Funding CDA To Create Profitable Food Oases In Urban Ecosystems The project will use AI-powered robotics to automate operations for high tunnels at UIUC’s Sustainable Student Farm. April 12, 2023
Funding UIUC, U of I System Commit $50 Million to Support NCSA Services for Campus Researchers The five-year funding agreements allow faculty and students access to advanced research computing and data resources through the new Illinois Computes program. April 5, 2023
Funding New Grants Allow Parsl Project to Enter Its Next Stage Parsl, software designed to help simplify supercomputing, will now focus on community outreach and sustainability. November 23, 2022
Funding Cybershuttle Project to Create Seamless System to Share Data, Tools NCSA was awarded part of a five-year, $5 million NSF collaborative award to advance the Cybershuttle project. November 18, 2022
Funding NCSA Leading $3.2 Million Project To Make Scientific Data More Discoverable A collaborative research award between NCSA and six other institutions will take on an effort to standardize how scientific data is described. September 30, 2022
Funding NCSA Involved In Two Projects To Receive Sloan Foundation Funding Chief Scientist Daniel S. Katz will lead a project to study the role of policy in sustaining research software. September 13, 2022
Funding NCSA and UChicago Receive NSF Funding For Software Sustainability A collaborative research award between NCSA and the University of Chicago will undertake a community-centered approach for supporting and sustaining Parsl. August 2, 2022
Funding USDA NIFA Awards U of I Research $3.9M for I-FARM The Center for Digital Agriculture at NCSA and the Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Environment collaborate to pioneer I-FARM, NIFA’s Farm of the Future Project. June 1, 2022
Funding NSF Awards $40M to University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Research NSF director, Senator Dick Durbin speak about societal and economic impacts. April 25, 2022
Announcements National Science Foundation Awards More Than $20M to NCSA for its Forthcoming ACCESS Program The follow-on projects to NSF’s successful XSEDE program will be led, in part, by three key investigators from NCSA. April 22, 2022
Funding NSF Awards $405,000 to NCSA for Research Experience for Undergraduates Site Program Through NCSA and its Center for Artificial Intelligence Innovation, the REU program provides specialized hands-on training to students across the nation. December 16, 2021