2331480
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Pelican: Advancing the Open Science Data Federation Platform - The Pelican software suite provides a platform that facilitates sharing of research datasets. By federating their datasets across institutional boundaries, research endeavors ranging from single principal investigator laboratories to international collaborations make their local datasets accessible to remote clients for viewing, caching, or processing.
The flagship Pelican federation is the Open Science Data Federation (OSDF) which has the reach of the entire open science community. Utilizing storage embedded throughout national and international networks, the OSDF facilitates, independently or in conjunction with distributed computing resources, effective access to remote datasets as part of diverse scientific workflows.
Following translational computer science methodology, the team from three institutions develops the Pelican software suite so the OSDF can carry the responsibilities of a national-scale pillar for dataset sharing. The distributed computing principles of Pelican enable dataset providers to exercise data sovereignty, access control, protection of storage and network capacity, and observability of usage.
Pelican clients can be embedded in web browsers, Jupyter notebooks, or computing infrastructure. As a Pelican federation, the OSDF can be viewed as a "transport bus," connecting clients to dataset providers that use a diverse set of backend storage technologies.
With a focus on datasets relevant to the climate community and attention to the evolving role of AI in research, the project enhances the user experience and adds new backends to the Pelican software suite. This addresses the ever-growing need to broaden the reach of the national cyberinfrastructure ecosystem to new users and a wider spectrum of colleges and universities. This effort is also supported by National Discovery Cloud for Climate (NDC-C) resources.
This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria. Subawards are planned for this award.
The flagship Pelican federation is the Open Science Data Federation (OSDF) which has the reach of the entire open science community. Utilizing storage embedded throughout national and international networks, the OSDF facilitates, independently or in conjunction with distributed computing resources, effective access to remote datasets as part of diverse scientific workflows.
Following translational computer science methodology, the team from three institutions develops the Pelican software suite so the OSDF can carry the responsibilities of a national-scale pillar for dataset sharing. The distributed computing principles of Pelican enable dataset providers to exercise data sovereignty, access control, protection of storage and network capacity, and observability of usage.
Pelican clients can be embedded in web browsers, Jupyter notebooks, or computing infrastructure. As a Pelican federation, the OSDF can be viewed as a "transport bus," connecting clients to dataset providers that use a diverse set of backend storage technologies.
With a focus on datasets relevant to the climate community and attention to the evolving role of AI in research, the project enhances the user experience and adds new backends to the Pelican software suite. This addresses the ever-growing need to broaden the reach of the national cyberinfrastructure ecosystem to new users and a wider spectrum of colleges and universities. This effort is also supported by National Discovery Cloud for Climate (NDC-C) resources.
This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria. Subawards are planned for this award.
Funding Goals
NOT APPLICABLE
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Madison,
Wisconsin
53715-1119
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Related Opportunity
NOT APPLICABLE
Analysis Notes
Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 51% from $3,490,812 to $5,282,014.
The Morgridge Institute For Research was awarded
Advancing the OSDF Platform: Pelican for Open Science Data Federation
Project Grant 2331480
worth $5,282,014
from the NSF Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure in September 2023 with work to be completed primarily in Madison Wisconsin United States.
The grant
has a duration of 4 years and
was awarded through assistance program 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 9/22/23
Period of Performance
9/1/23
Start Date
8/31/27
End Date
Funding Split
$5.3M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$5.3M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Subgrant Awards
Disclosed subgrants for 2331480
Transaction History
Modifications to 2331480
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
2331480
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
For-Profit Organization (Other Than Small Business)
Awarding Office
490509 OFC OF ADV CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE
Funding Office
490509 OFC OF ADV CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE
Awardee UEI
W6Q8XJV41Z98
Awardee CAGE
5JCQ5
Performance District
WI-02
Senators
Tammy Baldwin
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
Budget Funding
| Federal Account | Budget Subfunction | Object Class | Total | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research and Related Activities, National Science Foundation (049-0100) | General science and basic research | Grants, subsidies, and contributions (41.0) | $5,282,014 | 100% |
Modified: 9/22/23