NATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH RESOURCE (NAIRR) PILOT
March 8, 2024
NATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH RESOURCE (NAIRR) PILOT
NSF recently launched the National AI Research Resource (NAIRR). Led by NSF in partnership with 10 other federal agencies and 25 non-governmental partners, the pilot makes available government-funded, industry and other contributed resources in support of the nation's research and education community. Pilot opportunities through NAIRR include (1) a Survey on Researcher and Educator Use Cases for the NAIRR (due date March 8), (2) An initial NAIRR Pilot call for allocations to high performance computing resources (due date March 1, but there will be future allocation rounds in the near future), (3) General availability of AI pilot resources through NAIRR. Please see below for more information.
National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot
The NAIRR is a vision for a shared national research infrastructure for responsible discovery and innovation in AI. The NAIRR pilot is being launched and led by the U.S. National Science Foundation in partnership with ten other federal agencies and many non-governmental partners. The NAIRR pilot makes available an array computational, data, software, model, training and user support resources to the U.S. research and education community with the aims of demonstrating and investigating all aspects of the NAIRR vision.
Information points
- NAIRR Pilot webpage hosted by NSF: https://new.nsf.gov/focus-areas/artificial-intelligence/nairr/
- NAIRR Pilot portal: https://nairrpilot.org/. This website provides information for the research and education community on latest NAIRR Pilot opportunities and usable resources (see below).
- NSF press release: https://new.nsf.gov/news/democratizing-future-ai-rd-nsf-launch-national-ai?auHash=IjZsFGqQHd0-1VVQYDhfQTxqCA3sgu6IpfhlK01W6Xc
- NAIRR Pilot announcements mailing list: nairr_pilot_announcements@listserv.nsf.gov
- Subscribe for updates: nairr_pilot_announcements-subscribe-request@listserv.nsf.gov
- Questions about the NAIRR pilot can be sent to nairr_pilot@nsf.gov
Initial NAIRR Pilot opportunities for researchers, educators and students
Survey on Researcher and Educator Use Cases for the NAIRR
This survey/request for information will be instrumental in helping to shape the NAIRR Pilot effort towards an eventual full-scale NAIRR. We welcome responses from individuals and groups in all research and education domains including researchers, educators, students, post-docs and others involved in the public and private U.S. research enterprise.
- Direct link to the survey: https://idaorg.gov1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cRMnkUFJoXs7UfI
- NSF Dear Colleague Letter pointing to the survey/RFI: https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf24051
Initial NAIRR Pilot call for allocations to high performance computing resources
NSF and the Department of Energy are collaborating to provide a first NAIRR Pilot opportunity for allocations to a set of advanced computing GPU systems and testbeds. This initial call emphasizes interest in computational research projects from US-based researchers focused on Safe, Secure and Trustworthy AI, and will secondarily consider proposals in areas aligned with the NAIRR pilot goals including healthcare, environment and infrastructure sustainability, and AI education as well as projects in other areas of AI research and domain applications.
- Learn more and apply here: https://nairrpilot.org/allocations
Available NAIRR pilot resources
The NAIRR pilot is making available AI-related resources contributed by our partners, such as AI ready datasets, pre-trained models, analytic platforms, and software. An initial set of these resources is available as of the January launch of the pilot, with many more to be added in the coming weeks and months.
See the list of resources here: https://nairrpilot.org/pilot-resources
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