Status: Executing
What: Significant effort has been made towards building a growth and sustainability strategy for research computing at the university that includes multiple stakeholders (faculty researchers, university administration, ITS and funding agencies). Efforts have been made towards broader awareness of our efforts, multiple collaborative proposals have been submitted to funding agencies, and a base-budget request has been approved by the Provost, VPR and the President. In addition, the President recently announced URI investing $1.5M into research computing resources. There is also a Computational Scientist hire just completed to facilitate and support the use of advanced computational resources by faculty and students.
Why: To help spread awareness of our teams efforts and resources, and also build a sustainable operation in the long-term.