NSF National Challenges Budget Code:  
National Challenges are information intensive applications that have broad and direct impact on the Nation's well-being and economic competitiveness. The IITA component supports the use and integration of component technologies developed in other parts of HPCC to seek solutions to such applications. The research needed to accelerate these solutions will span a spectrum of activities from concept demonstrations and experimental testbeds to the actual delivery of application systems in specific domains. Areas identified for focus include:
  • Digital Libraries;
  • Advanced Manufacturing;
  • Education, Training, and Lifelong Learning;
  • Health Care;
  • Civil Infrastructure Systems;
  • Physical, Biological, and Geological Network Centers;
  • Government Information Delivery;
  • Environmental Monitoring;
  • Electronic Commerce;
  • Crisis Management;
  • Energy Management.
Initially, the NSF program will focus on the first seven activities.
Budget ($ M)
FY 95 Act 7.28
FY 96 Pres 17.33
FY 96 Est 8.55
FY 97 Rqst  
Program Component Areas
  FY 96 FY 97
HECC    
LSN 8.55  
HCS    
HuCS    
ETHR    
Agency Ties
DARPA Partner
NSF  
DOE  
NASA Partner
NIH  
NSA  
NIST  
NOAA  
EPA  
ED  
AHCPR  
VA  
Milestone Changes  
FY 1995 Actual Milestones FY 1996 Estimated Milestones FY 1997 Agency Requested Milestones
Developed a supplemental program for additional institutions to participate in the Digital Libraries initiative.

Demonstrated preliminary models and data developed by the research teams under the cross-agency Digital Libraries initiative.

Implemented a cross-disciplinary research program on Virtual Prototyping for Advanced Manufacturing.

Developed and implemented a program on Reliable Computer Controlled Systems to accelerate progress in providing safe and reliable computing and communication devices and systems for National Challenge application areas.

Developed laboratories as part of the new institutional infrastructure needed for investigating effective human utilization of massive information stores.

Conducted a new round of competition for National Challenges. 		Demonstrate preliminary results of research and the experimental testbeds developed under the Digital Libraries initiative.

Demonstrate results of research from National Challenges through workshops and symposia.

Initiate new research to accelerate development of enabling technologies (e.g., wireless,lightwave) for the NII to help provide universal access to diverse bitways, including high speed networks.

Expand programs in National Challenges. 		This activity is now incorporated into the activity described under Applications.