Please forward to those you feel may be interested in this program.  Additional information regarding OSU Limited Submission competitions may be found at:  http://www.research.oktate.edu/limited.htm.

NSF Leadership-Class System Acquisition - Creating a Petascale Computing Environment for Science and Engineering
The purpose of this solicitation is to generate proposals from Resource Provider organizations who are committed to the acquisition and deployment of balanced HPC systems that will contribute to the development of the HPC environment described in the Introduction . In future competitions, these systems will be upgraded or complemented by the acquisition of additional HPC systems that may be optimized for particular classes of science and engineering research problems. However, this competition emphasizes the provision of a well-balanced system that delivers high levels of performance for many different types of science and engineering applications.

Competitive HPC systems will:

• Enable researchers to work on a range of computationally-challenging science and engineering applications at the frontiers of research;
• Incorporate reliable, robust system software essential to optimal sustained performance; and
• Provide a high degree of stability and usability.

Eligibility: An organization may submit only one proposal in each funding cycle. Collaborative projects may only be submitted as a single proposal in which a single award is being requested. The involvement of partner organizations should be supported through sub-awards administered by the submitting organization.

URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05625/nsf05625.htm

Internal Deadline: Intent to submit due by e-mail to Cindy Schaefer (cindy.schaefer@okstate.edu) by September 26, 2007

Agency Deadline: November 30, 2007

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Cindy Schaefer

Electronic Research Administration and Communications Specialist

Oklahoma State University

210 Cordell North

Stillwater, OK  74074

(405) 744-9256

cindy.schaefer@okstate.edu