The Global City Teams Challenge (GCTC) was successfully launched by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and US Ignite with a kick-off event at NIST on September 29-30. At this two day event, we had more than 350 on-site and remote attendees who came together to present project ideas and form Action Clusters on cyber-physical systems (CPS) and Internet of Things (IoT) for smart cities around the world. As of today, we have over 25 Action Clusters formed in energy, transportation, healthcare, disaster response, and many other sectors, working to demonstrate the deployments of scalable, replicable, and interoperable smart city solutions by June 2015. A current list of Action Clusters can be found at globalcityteams.org.
We are excited to announce that the National Science Foundation (NSF), one of the primary partners in the Challenge, has released an invitation to GCTC participants to submit proposals for up to $300,000 in funding. Detailed information about NSF's Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) proposals to support GCTC participants can be found here: http://1.usa.gov/1Eu2jwN
The deadline for submission of EAGERs is January 15, 2015, but earlier submissions are encouraged, and decisions will be made on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Additionally, NSF released a solicitation that makes available up to $4 million for the development of next-generation Internet applications. Many projects being pursued by GCTC participants are aligned with the NSF's solicitation, as it identifies national priorities including clean energy, transportation, health information technology, public safety/emergency preparedness, cyberlearning, and/or advanced manufacturing.
More detailed information can be found here: NSF 15-508. Application for this solicitation are also due January 15.
Of course, if you have not yet connected your CPS project or your next-generation network/IoT project with the Global City Teams Challenge, it is not too late!
LEARN MORE ABOUT NSF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
US Ignite will host a webinar on Monday. November 17th at 3pm (US-Eastern) that will provide insights into the application process and outline the benefits of being a GCTC participant.
WEBINAR DETAILS:
Date: Monday, November 17, 2014
Time: 3:00PM Eastern
Log-in Information:
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/765269669
Via Phone: Dial +1 (872) 240-3212
Access Code: 765-269-669
CONNECT YOUR PROJECT TO THE GLOBAL CITY TEAMS CHALLENGE:
Sign-up on US Ignite's Collaborative Community Exchange (CCX) on behalf of your organization
Explore our existing Action Clusters on US Ignite's Collaborative Community Exchange (CCX) and join one by reaching out to the project contact
Add your Action Cluster idea, and highlight the type of partners that will strengthen your project
Contact the organizers of the Challenge to discuss the steps to register your Action Cluster to GCTC.
We are very excited at the progress all the teams are making so far, and would love to see more Action Clusters stand up around the world. Please don't hesitate to let us know if you have any questions. We are here to help make your GCTC project a great success.
Thank you for your continued interest in the Global City Teams Challenge.
Joe Kochan
US Ignite