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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#292929">The US National Science Foundation (NSF), the US Department of Energy (DOE), and numerous private and non-profit sector partners are providing an opportunity for the research community
to request access to a set of computing, model, platform and educational resources for projects related to advancing AI research. This call for proposals will be open from May 6, 2024, until the end of the NAIRR Pilot program or until all resources have been
committed to projects.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">Resources include:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">advanced computing systems<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1B1B1B;margin-left:3.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">cloud computing platforms<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1B1B1B;margin-left:3.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">access to models, software and privacy enhancing technology tools and collaborations to train models<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1B1B1B;margin-left:3.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">and education platforms. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#292929">Proposals will be reviewed on an ongoing monthly cycle. Requests submitted by the 15th of the month will be reviewed and have their outcome decided by the end of the month. Projects
will be awarded for twelve (12) months duration. For more information, please visit the webpage,
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://nairrpilot.org/opportunities/allocations">NAIRR Pilot - NAIRR Pilot Resource Requests to Advance AI Research</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">Tai-Yin Huang, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">Program Director, Geospace Section<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">U.S. National Science Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">(703) 292-4943 |
<a href="mailto:thuang@nsf.gov"><span style="color:#002060">thuang@nsf.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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