Support for IDRE Research Projects

Focused Research Projects

IDRE supports digital scholarship at UCLA by soliciting proposals for focused research projects. The purpose of this annual solicitation is to help faculty and research groups identify and solve computing challenges in their disciplines. The deadline for the last call was October 28, 2008. Guidelines for the 2009 call will be posted when available.

Successful focused research proposals are awarded IDRE staff time and resources. Selection is based on the likelihood for success, the potential visibility that the project will bring to the campus and IDRE, the potential that the project will lead to future funding, lead to access to national cyber-infrastructure resources (e.g., Department of Energy INCITE awards or early access to the NSF Blue Waters machine), the ability for the project to build bridges across campus, and the alignment between the proposed topic and existing IDRE activities and expertise. Groups who have already developed relationships with IDRE staff are also encouraged to apply.

Pilot Projects

IDRE resources are also allocated to address key computational needs as defined by the IDRE Director and Executive Committee. IDRE staff, scientists, and scholars are working to develop robust applications related to the following areas of interest: UCGrid, GPU's, Visualization, Cell Processors, FPGA, Virtual Heritage, Statistical Computing, and GIS.

Grant Development Resources

IDRE, ATS, UCLA's Strategic Research Initiatives, and UCLA's Corporate Foundation and Research Relations Group work together to provide support to faculty pursuing granting opportunities where the grant involves the specification of computing technology. For more information contact info@idre.ucla.edu. Support includes:

• Intelligence Gathering
• Pre-Proposal Planning and Coordination
• Technology Requirements Identification
• Proposal Creation
• Administrative Grant Fulfillment
• Technical Grant Fulfillment

UCLA Office of Contract and Grant Administration funding opportunities

External Resources

• Seed Magazine video profile of high end computer simulations and visualization
• DOE Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research News Roundup - June 2007

IDRE Resources

High-Performance Computing (IDRE-HPC)
Humanities, Arts and Architecture, Social and Information Sciences (IDRE-HASIS)
Statistics (IDRE-STATS)