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<p class="MsoNormal">(Apologies for cross-posting)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I wanted to make you aware of the a new NSF co-sponsored Initiative:
<b>the National AI Research Resource (NAIRR)</b>. 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Raleigh Martin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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:
<a href="https://new.nsf.gov/events/solicitation-webinar-collaborations-artificial/2024-01-22">
https://new.nsf.gov/events/solicitation-webinar-collaborations-artificial/2024-01-22</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot</span></b></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The NAIRR is a vision for a shared national research infrastructure for responsible discovery and innovation in AI. The
<b>NAIRR pilot</b> 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.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Information points</span></u></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">NAIRR Pilot webpage
</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">hosted by NSF:
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://new.nsf.gov/focus-areas/artificial-intelligence/nairr/" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://new.nsf.gov/focus-areas/artificial-intelligence/nairr/</span></span></a><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline;overflow:visible">
<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">NAIRR Pilot portal</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">:</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
<span class="normaltextrun"><a href="https://nairrpilot.org/">https://nairrpilot.org/</a>. This website provides information for the research and education community on latest NAIRR Pilot opportunities and usable resources (see below).</span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">NSF press release: <a href="https://new.nsf.gov/news/democratizing-future-ai-rd-nsf-launch-national-ai?auHash=IjZsFGqQHd0-1VVQYDhfQTxqCA3sgu6IpfhlK01W6Xc">
https://new.nsf.gov/news/democratizing-future-ai-rd-nsf-launch-national-ai?auHash=IjZsFGqQHd0-1VVQYDhfQTxqCA3sgu6IpfhlK01W6Xc</a></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">NAIRR Pilot announcements mailing list:
</span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="mailto:nairr_pilot_announcements@listserv.nsf.gov" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#0563C1">nairr_pilot_announcements@listserv.nsf.gov</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun">
</span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline;overflow:visible">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Subscribe for updates:
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="mailto:nairr_pilot_announcements-subscribe-request@listserv.nsf.gov" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#0563C1">nairr_pilot_announcements-subscribe-request@listserv.nsf.gov</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun">
</span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline;overflow:visible">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Questions about the NAIRR pilot can be sent to
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="mailto:nairr_pilot@nsf.gov" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#0563C1">nairr_pilot@nsf.gov</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun">. </span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Initial NAIRR Pilot opportunities for researchers, educators and students</span></u></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in;overflow:visible" start="1" type="1">
<li class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline;overflow:visible">
<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Survey on Researcher and Educator Use Cases for the NAIRR </span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="paragraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;vertical-align:baseline">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5;vertical-align:baseline">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Direct link to the survey:
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://idaorg.gov1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cRMnkUFJoXs7UfI" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://idaorg.gov1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cRMnkUFJoXs7UfI</span></span></a><span class="eop"><span style="color:#0563C1"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5;vertical-align:baseline">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">NSF Dear Colleague Letter pointing to the survey/RFI:
<a href="https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf24051">https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf24051</a>
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:baseline;overflow:visible">
<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Initial NAIRR Pilot call for allocations to high performance computing resources </span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo7;vertical-align:baseline">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Learn more and apply here:</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
<span class="normaltextrun"><a href="https://nairrpilot.org/allocations">https://nairrpilot.org/allocations</a>.
</span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning:none">
<span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Available NAIRR pilot resources </span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The NAIRR pilot is making available AI-related resources contributed by our partners,
<b>such </b>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.</span></span><span class="eop"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">See the list of resources here:</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
<span class="normaltextrun"><a href="https://nairrpilot.org/pilot-resources">https://nairrpilot.org/pilot-resources</a></span><span class="eop">.</span></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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