ACCESS: Advancing Innovation

Abstract

As the National Science Foundation evolves its investments in cyberinfrastructure, it has made a significant investment in the ACCESS (Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support) program instantiating a novel set of services along with a novel governance and management model. Research cyberinfrastructure (CI) is a key catalyst for discovery and innovation and plays a critical role in ensuring U.S. leadership in science and engineering, economic competitiveness, and national security, consistent with NSF’s mission. Funding of a set of awards through the ACCESS program has established a suite of CI coordination services targeted at supporting a broad and diverse set of requirements, researchers, and usage modalities spanning all areas of science and engineering research and education complemented by support for the collective and coordinated operation of the overall ACCESS program.