1. EarthCube Solicitation Update 3/13/2013 Eva Zanzerkia, Barbara Ransom, Irene Lombardo, Leonard Pace Lisa Boush, Bob Chadduck, Mark Suskin

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3. EarthCube Supports the Geosciences Aeronom y Solar Terrestial Petrology Geochem istry Tectonics EarthScop e IES Biologica l Ocean Geomom orpholog y & land use dyn Chem Ocean High Perf Computin g Emerging Frontiers (BIO) Software Data Networks EarthCube CI ANT Astro & Geospac e ANT Earth Sciences ANT Glaciolog y ANT Ocean & Atm. Sci. ANT Organism s & Ecosys. ARC Natural Sciences ARC Obs. Network (AON) ARC Social Sciences ARC Sys Science (ARCSS) NCAR Biologica l Infrastruc ture Envir. Biology Atm. Chemistr y Clm & Large Scale Dyn Paleo- Climate Phy. & Dyn Met. Magneto- spheric Phys. Hydrolog y Sediment Geology and Paleobio EAR Ed. Geophysi cs Geobio & Low Temp Geochem Phys Ocean Ocean Drilling OCE ED GeoPRIS M Marine Geology & Geo- phys OOI geohazard s climate change formation & evolution of the atmosphere & oceans environmental change & resilience extreme events – causes, periodicity, & implications the origin of life resource discovery & abundance human-earth interactions continental evolution & changes through time deep – surface earth Interactions & feedbacks

4. EarthCube Vision Transform the conduct of geosciences research with the next generation CI. Create effective community-driven cyberinfrastructure. Enable global data discovery within the geosciences Achieve interoperability and data integration across disciplines. http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/ eop/ostp/library/publicaccesspolicy Federal Science Agencies You

5. Unidata IRIS IEDA NCAR OOI CUASHI DataOne The EarthCube Strategy

6. FY13 Themes: Engage Stakeholders GovernanceCommunity Engagement Resource Leveraging Architecture

7. EarthCube Amendment I  March 26 deadline  Test Enterprise Governance  1 award; ~2yrs; $2m-$3m  EarthCube Research Coordination Networks  4-6 awards; 2yrs; $300k Governance Community Engagement Community Engagement

8. Test Enterprise Governance  Two stage process 1.Facilitate the creation of a terms of reference engaging the appropriate organizations and people 2.Demonstrate the terms of reference  Coordinate, organize and set priorities for a complex set of activities that will change over time  http://www.nsf.gov/geo/earthcube/docs/EarthCubeGovernanceFrame work.pdf http://www.nsf.gov/geo/earthcube/docs/EarthCubeGovernanceFrame work.pdf  http://www.nsf.gov/geo/earthcube/docs/EarthCubeGovernanceRoad map.pdf http://www.nsf.gov/geo/earthcube/docs/EarthCubeGovernanceRoad map.pdf Governance

9. Research Coordination Networks  Planning activity for geosciences communities  Shared resources  Representative plans for needed CI  Data/CI standards  Multi-disciplinary is preferred  Communication and Participation Required  Not designed for defined groups to plan or build specific CI Community Engagement Community Engagement RCN OutputGeoscientists Steering Committee; Coordination Activities; Collaborations

10. EarthCube Amendment II  May 22 deadline  Building Blocks  4-6 awards; 2yrs; up to $2m  Conceptual Designs  3-5 awards; 2yrs; $300k Resource Leveraging Resource Leveraging Architecture

11. Building Blocks 2 Outcomes  Demo utility to geosciences communities within 24 months  How does the approach extend and fit into “ecosystem” Proposals must  Have credible links to end-users geosciences communities—not just a subset  Motivate how the solution might be broadly applied across ALL geosciences community Resource Leveraging Resource Leveraging Next Building Blocks Stage Initial integration of current resources Input from EC, end-users, architecture

12. Building Blocks Serving more than one domain and recognized community organizations Not all cyberinfrastructure projects are appropriate for this opportunity. What do you do? Several opportunities for those committed to participating in the spirit of EarthCube. Resource Leveraging Resource Leveraging

13. Conceptual Designs Initial planning for Enterprise Architecture  CI Architecture Teams  Understand the landscape of existing resources  Consider innovative designs for an evolving system  Output Conceptual Design Reports  Engage end users  Presented to other EarthCubers  Discussion about different approaches  Phased Approach Architecture Software Stogare Compute, Communities Networks

14. How Will It All Fit Together: Phased Approach NSF Review Community- Run Status Assessment

15. How Will It All Fit Together: Participation  Participation is a requirement for each award.  Managing this requirement  Understand there is uncertainty  Does your project organization accommodate meetings, other interactions?  How well do you understand end-users and the groups that serve them?  Point you to the right solicitation(s)

16. Questions and Comments? earthcube@nsf.gov