IDSC is committed to promoting data science to enhance data science understanding within the University’s research community. We offer several grant programs by which UM researchers—faculty, staff, students—can engage in data science.

Expanding the Use of Collaborative Data Science at UM

This program is designed to increase the use of data science to foster breakthroughs in disciplinary pursuits making the research team more competitive for external funding. The award includes $20k to support project activities plus 1 million Service Units (SUs) to be used for high performance computing (HPC).

Eligibility Requirements:  The Program is open to UM Faculty.

Access to IDSC Resources for Early Career Researchers

The basic philosophy of this program is to allow the uninitiated an opportunity to explore the possibilities of data science and computing using IDSC resources to advance their research and educational goals.

Eligibility Requirements:  The Program is open to UM Faculty.

Advanced Computing for Students

The award allows the uninitiated student an opportunity to explore the possibilities of data science and computing using IDSC computing resources.

Eligibility Requirements:  The Program is open to UM students and Postdoctoral Associates.

Bridge Awards for Degree and Program Continuity

Bridge awards are investigator initiated.  Requests are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Eligibility Requirements:  The Program is open to UM Faculty and Students.

 

Limited Funding Opportunities:

Call for Proposals on Generative AI

Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC) is pleased to announce a limited funding opportunity in generative AI for UM Faculty. We envision up to four awards, each with $35K in funding and 2M SUs.