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this proposal is submitted by iris on behalf of the board of Directors,
which represents the full membership of the consortium, and thus
the collective scientific interests of those 114 u.s. research institutions.
the proposal includes contributions from iris program standing
committees and other governing and advisory bodies of the consortium,
which collectively include more than 60 faculty members who are
actively engaged in research projects that are funded by the national
science Foundation.
the proposal and supporting materials are bound in two volumes.
volume i includes the project summary, Description, and budget, as
well as descriptions of the individual programs into which iris organizes
its activities. volume ii is an overview of scientific accomplishments
that are based on use of iris facilities.
the project Description begins with an introduction to the iris
consortium and facilities, followed by a précis of research facilitated
by iris. the project Description also includes a description of activities
required to sustain facilities that support state-of-the-art research,
a vision for transitioning all iris activities into an integrated suite of
services, and a brief outline of our funding request.
the budget is an explication of our estimates of costs to carry out the
activities that are summarized in the project Description and detailed in
the program Descriptions.
the program Descriptions are synopses of the infrastructure and
operation of iris core facilities and several related programs. each
synopsis includes an overview of the program’s development and its
activities under the current cooperative agreement, and a detailed
description of plans and resources requested to continue meeting the
current needs of the research community and support investigators
pursuing new opportunities.
the review of accomplishments is comprised principally of nearly
250 one-page vignettes, contributed by the research community, and
based on research that has been enabled by iris, in most cases through
use of one or more of the core iris facilities or usarray.