Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing
STATUS
The Office of Science (SC) expects to post a set of program announcements to DOE National Laboratories for new research by early January 2001. These will be separate but related announcements involving the Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR), the Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES), Biological and Environmental Research (BER), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES), and High Energy and Nuclear Physics (HENP) under the umbrella of SC's newly funded research program, Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing.
It is anticipated that up to $37.5 million will be available for multiple projects in FY�2001. We expect that teams of multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional researchers will be required to explore and solve the challenging problems in scientific computing identified in the announcements. In line with the recommendations of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee's 1999 report, proposers may request support for up to five years, but out-year support is contingent on availability of funds, progress of the funded activity, and programmatic needs.
The deadline for submitting proposals is expected to be approximately ten (10) weeks after the announcement is published. We expect to ask proposers to submit a preproposal containing a title, a list of investigators and their institutions, and a no-more-than-two page summary of the proposed research. Preproposals will be due approximately four (4) weeks after the announcement is posted. Feedback on the preproposals will be provided within two weeks of their receipt.
The goal of Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing is to enable the use of terascale computers to dramatically extend our exploration of the fundamental processes of nature as well as advance our ability to predict the behavior of a broad range of complex natural and engineered systems. This will be achieved by creating a Scientific Computing Software Infrastructure to bridge the gap between the most advanced computing technologies available and the scientific research programs of the Office of Science. The announcements from the individual offices are expected to contain a call for research proposals in some or all of the areas listed below.
Copies of the SC computing plan, Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing, can be downloaded from the SC website at:
http://www.science.doe.gov/production/octr/mics/mics_documents.htm
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Program Announcement LAB 01-06 - Posted Dec. 19, 2000
Program Announcement LAB 01-07 - Posted Dec. 19, 2000
Program Announcement LAB 01-08 - Posted Jan. 11, 2001
Program Announcement LAB 01-09 - Posted Jan. 12, 2001
Program Announcement LAB 01-10 - Posted Jan. 9, 2001
Program Announcement LAB 01-11 - Posted Jan. 22, 2001
1. Research in and development of computational modeling and simulation capabilities that take full advantage of the extraordinary computing capabilities provided by terascale computers and advance, as no other approach can, the fundamental science programs of the DOE:
a) Office of Basic Energy Sciences (Program Announcement LAB01-08)
2. Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (Program Announcements LAB01-06 and LAB01-07)
b) Office of Biological and Environmental Research (Program Announcement LAB01-09)
c) Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (Program Announcement LAB01-10)
d) Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics (Program Announcement LAB01-11)
It is anticipated that up to $15 million will be available in these areas and that this funding, in order to address problems of the complexity anticipated, would fund on the order of 6-8 research teams of disciplinary theoretical and computational scientists, computer scientists, and applied mathematicians.
a) Research and development of software to accelerate the creation of scientific codes that take full advantage of terascale and beyond computers, protect the long-term investments in these codes, and enable a broad range of scientists to use simulation in their research:
Research and development activities proposed in response to the above solicitations must contribute in a clear and compelling way to the creation of the Scientific Computing Software Infrastructure as outlined in Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing. Approved projects will become part of the overall team focused on the development of the Software Infrastructure and to participate in periodic team meetings.
b) Research and development of collaboratory and networking software to link geographically separated researchers, facilitate access to and movement of large (100s of terabytes to petabytes) data sets, and ensure that all qualified scientists can fully participate in the activities described above.
In many instances the activities in 2) will be targeted at the solution of problems in specific scientific areas, e.g., mathematical methods, algorithms, and libraries for climate modeling; data management and analysis for computational biology; or a distributed computing environment to support experimental work at high-energy physics accelerators. In other instances, these activities may focus on the solution of problems that crosscut a number of scientific areas. In all cases, it will be important to establish close interactions with the affected scientific areas. It is anticipated that up to $22.5 million will be available to fund 4-6 multidisciplinary research teams in the above areas.