1. The Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI) Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Institute [MSI C(I)2]
Providing a scalable mechanism for developing a CI-enabled science and engineering workforce

2. The MSI C(I)2 Partners

3. MSI C(I)2 Components International grid community partnership
Cyberinfrastructure/e-Science training series for MSI faculty
MSI Grid Portal
Training and Education via Internet, workshops and summer schools
Distributed research, education, and innovation support and mentorship

4. Advisory Team Fran Berman, SDSC Dan Reed, UNC, Renaissance Computing
Mark Ellisman, SDSC, BIRN
Kelvin Droegemeier, Oklahoma, LEAD
Ian Foster, Chicago, Open Science Grid Globus etc
Dan Atkins, Michigan
Malcolm Atkinson, NESC (UK National e-Science Center), ICEAGE (EU Grid Education)

5. Key Objectives
Mobilize the MSI faculty and student community Provide access to physical infrastructure needed to support participation
Support curriculum development, research, mentoring, and teaching teams
Engage key Cyberinfrastructure (Grid) resources
Identify best practices through evaluation

6. Proje\ct Venues Project Venues
Minority Serving Institutions starting with a few but eventually reaching the over 335 in AIHEC HACU and NAFEO
National Supercomputing Centers
Internet Seminars, Tutorials and semester Classes
Grid Portal

7. Projected MSI Faculty
Engagement Rate

8. Our Goal
“Support the development of computing professionals, interdisciplinary teams, and new organizational structures, such as virtual communities, needed to achieve the scientific breakthroughs made possible by advanced CI, paying particular attention to the opportunities to broaden the participation of underrepresented groups.”
Atkins CI report