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Contact:
Gregory E. Monaco, Ph.D.

703-292-8948

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORK CONNECTIONS 
ANNOUNCEMENT RELEASED

The latest the HPNC program from NSF has been announced.  The purpose of 
this program is to encourage additional U.S. institutions of higher 
education and institutions with significant research and education 
missions to establish high performance Internet connections (at or above 
45mbits per second) where required to facilitate cutting edge science 
and engineering research.

The announcement, itself, and instructions for proposal submission are 
located at:

http://www.interact.nsf.gov/cise/descriptions.nsf/pd/hpnc?openDocument

Some significant changes from previous announcements are that

* 
In addition to universities and colleges, proposals may be submitted by 
non-profit, non-academic organizations, including independent museums, 
observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar 
organizations in the US that are directly associated with educational 
and research activities and are not currently connected to an advanced 
network (45mbps);

* 
Proposals from groups of institutions, none of which has been previously 
funded by NSF for a high performance connection, are encouraged where 
the proposers can, in addition to meeting other criteria outlined in the 
Program Solicitation, demonstrate a clear cost savings by connecting 
together rather than separately;

* 
Scientists involved in the proposed research must be represented as 
co-PIs (principle investigators);

* 
Proposals must include a plan to extend the reach of the proposed 
connection beyond the group of early adopters.

If you do not have a high performance/advanced network connection, let 
me encourage you to read the solicitation and consider applying.  If you 
already have a connection, please consider circulating this information 
so that other institutions have a similar chance to benefit from this 
program. If you are interested in attending proposal writing workshop 
aimed specifically at this announcement, please send me an email to that 
effect.

Do not hesitate to contact me for additional information.

Gregory E. Monaco, Ph.D.
Program Director, Advanced Networking
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National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Rm. 1175
Arlington, VA  22230
703-292-8948 (voice ANIR)

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(Please forward to your interested colleagues)

Online registration is now available for the 4th annual SURA/ViDe 
Digital Video Workshop. The workshop this year takes place April 23 - 
25, 2002, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Travel 
information, online registration and program details can be found at:

http://www.vide.net/resources/conferences/spr2002/

This workshop has become known for providing valuable and immediately 
useful education and peer interaction related to furthering the 
successful use of digital video technologies within the research and 
education community. Topics that will be included in this year's 
workshop are:

- case studies from instruction and research
- emerging and related technologies that impact digital video 
development and deployment
- training sessions on key topics related to digital video implementation
- interactive sessions with prominent vendor/developers

There will also be a vendor showcase featuring hands-on 
demonstrations of the latest technologies.

** Note **
Proposals for presentations and panel sessions may still be submitted 
to the program committee at 
http://www.dpo.uab.edu/forms/form/participateform.html

We encourage you to register as soon as possible as attendance this 
year will be limited.

Hope to see you there!

-Mary Fran
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  Mary Fran Yafchak
  IT Program Coordinator
  SURA (Southeastern Universities Research Association)
  http://www.sura.org

  "No problem can be solved from the same level of
  consciousness that created it" A. Einstein.
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