[ESIP-all] National AI Research Resource (NAIRR)

[Martin, Raleigh]

(Apologies for cross-posting)

Dear colleagues,

I wanted to make you aware of the a new NSF co-sponsored Initiative: the National AI Research Resource (NAIRR). Pilot opportunities include (1) a Survey on Researcher and Educator Use Cases for the NAIRR (due date March 8), (2) Initial NAIRR Pilot call for allocations to high performance computing resources (due date March 1, but there will be future allocation rounds in the near future), (3) General availability of AI pilot resources through NAIRR. I'm just the messenger; please see below for more authoritative information.

Best regards,
Raleigh Martin

P.S. For those who are interested in submitting to the NSF Collaborations in Artificial Intelligence and Geosciences (CAIG) solicitation (due date March 15), the recording and slides from the recent program webinar are posted here: https://new.nsf.gov/events/solicitation-webinar-collaborations-artificial/2024-01-22

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National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot

The NAIRR is a vision for a shared national research infrastructure for responsible discovery and innovation in AI.  The NAIRR pilot is being launched and led by the U.S. National Science Foundation in partnership with ten other federal agencies and many non-governmental partners. The NAIRR pilot makes available an array computational, data, software, model, training and user support resources to the U.S. research and education community with the aims of demonstrating and investigating all aspects of the NAIRR vision.



Information points

  *   NAIRR Pilot webpage hosted by NSF: https://new.nsf.gov/focus-areas/artificial-intelligence/nairr/
  *   NAIRR Pilot portal: https://nairrpilot.org/. This website provides information for the research and education community on latest NAIRR Pilot opportunities and usable resources (see below).

  *   NSF press release: https://new.nsf.gov/news/democratizing-future-ai-rd-nsf-launch-national-ai?auHash=IjZsFGqQHd0-1VVQYDhfQTxqCA3sgu6IpfhlK01W6Xc

  *   NAIRR Pilot announcements mailing list: nairr_pilot_announcements at listserv.nsf.gov<mailto:nairr_pilot_announcements at listserv.nsf.gov>
  *   Subscribe for updates: nairr_pilot_announcements-subscribe-request at listserv.nsf.gov<mailto:nairr_pilot_announcements-subscribe-request at listserv.nsf.gov>
  *   Questions about the NAIRR pilot can be sent to nairr_pilot at nsf.gov<mailto:nairr_pilot at nsf.gov>.



Initial NAIRR Pilot opportunities for researchers, educators and students

  1.  Survey on Researcher and Educator Use Cases for the NAIRR

This survey/request for information will be instrumental in helping to shape the NAIRR Pilot effort towards an eventual full-scale NAIRR. We welcome responses from individuals and groups in all research and education domains including researchers, educators, students, post-docs and others involved in the public and private U.S. research enterprise.

*        Direct link to the survey: https://idaorg.gov1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cRMnkUFJoXs7UfI

*        NSF Dear Colleague Letter pointing to the survey/RFI: https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf24051



  1.  Initial NAIRR Pilot call for allocations to high performance computing resources

NSF and the Department of Energy are collaborating to provide a first NAIRR Pilot opportunity for allocations to a set of advanced computing GPU systems and testbeds. This initial call emphasizes interest in computational research projects from US-based researchers focused on Safe, Secure and Trustworthy AI, and will secondarily consider proposals in areas aligned with the NAIRR pilot goals including healthcare, environment and infrastructure sustainability, and AI education as well as projects in other areas of AI research and domain applications.

*        Learn more and apply here: https://nairrpilot.org/allocations.



  1.  Available NAIRR pilot resources

The NAIRR pilot is making available AI-related resources contributed by our partners, such as AI ready datasets, pre-trained models, analytic platforms, and software. An initial set of these resources is available as of the January launch of the pilot, with many more to be added in the coming weeks and months.

  *   See the list of resources here: https://nairrpilot.org/pilot-resources.
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