Accelerating Scientific Discovery 2018 open for proposals

The Netherlands eScience Center (NLeSC) invites applications for the call Accelerating Scientific Discovery (ASDI). Deadline for submitting preliminary proposals is May 17, 2018. Researchers in the domains of Environment & Sustainability and Humanities & Social Sciences can apply for funding and support of the eScience Center to address compute-intensive and/or data-driven problems. An information event will be organised on April 10, 2018 at the eScience Center in Amsterdam.

The call aims to fund proposals that pursue new scientific domain challenges and that enhance and accelerate the process of scientific discovery within the field of application using eScience technologies. To achieve this, submitted proposals should be characterized by the usage, adaptation, and integration of eScience methods and tools, including software for optimized data handling, Big Data analytics, and efficient computing (the core technological competences of the eScience Center).

The total available budget is € 660,000 in cash funding and 4 FTE in kind funding. Funding is up to € 165,000 and 1.0 FTE contribution from one or more eScience Research Engineers employed by NLeSC and whose time is allocated to the project. The duration of a project is between 18 and 36 months. Deadline for submitting a full proposal is August 30, 2018.

Registration for the information event is required. The event should allow all interested applicants to get acquainted with the approach and structure of the eScience Center, with the role of the eScience Research Engineers, the capabilities of the Dutch National e-Infrastructure, the softwaretechnologies being implemented and applied by the eScience Center and the aim of the call.