Illinois State University

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Research Collaboration

• Presented at Illinois State University
• Gregory E. Monaco, Ph.D.
• Program Director, National Science Foundation
• Research Collaboration Coordinator,
• Great Plains Network (KU Center for Research)

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Research Collaboration

• Cross-discipline
• Regional
• National
• International

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Collaboration drivers

• Improved telecommunications Internet/Internet2
• Increased computational power
• Distributed Resources
• Grid Computing (e-Science)
• Distributed data, people, instruments
• K-20 connectivity
• The problem scale is changing
• Collaboration is often an essential key to
  funding

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The Collaborative Vision (I)

• build an effective research base that will
  eventually lead to competitive research
  applications from multidisciplinary research
  teams (NIH)
• Astronomers mightaccess a distant telescope
  "on demand, students in a public health course
  may work collaborativelywith colleagues in
  other countries, using video and written material
  stored in libraries around the world (NSF)

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The Collaborative Vision (II)

• NEA seeks a wide range of opportunities to
  further its values through partnerships.
• encourage school collaboration with colleges,
  libraries, museums, parents, and local
  businesses (NEH)

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Benefits of Collaboration

• Better use of existing resources
• Improved research outcomes
• Feeds into the undergraduate/graduate education
  experience
• Research stability
• Attractive to new faculty and students
• Fosters ideas for future research

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Emerging Collaborations...

• Physics (GRiPHyN)
• Geospatial Information Systems (GIS)
• Biomedical
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Music
• Earthquake Engineering
• Marine Biology
• Education/Learning
• American Library Association

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Collaboration Techniques

• Data Application Sharing
• Collaboratory Virtual Private Organization
• Conferencing
• Data Sharing/ Mining
• Distributed (super) computing
• Remote Consultation

• Remote Instrumentation
• Simulation
• Smart Instruments
• Tele-immersion
• Video Streaming
• Virtual Laboratory
• Virtual Reality

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Collaboration Tools...

• Foot
• Phone
• Desktop Camera/Access Grid
• Condor/Globus
• Software Tools to Promote Collaboration
• Virtual Machine Room - NCSA

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Enabling Collaboration

• Researchers can
• Start a campus collaboration
• Start an inter-institution collaboration
• Join an existing collaboration
• Institution can
• Raise visibility of existing collaborations
• Local and National/International
• Be prepared to seed emerging collaborations
• Encourage planning grants
• Encourage cross-training (faculty/students)

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Final Words

• Get to know your Program Directors
• Participate in the process.
• 60 of rewritten/resubmitted proposals are
  funded
• We cannot close what you do not propose.

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• www.nsf.gov
• cise.nsf.gov/anir
• gmonaco_at_nsf.gov