JISC invites institutions to submit funding proposals for the JISC Shared Infrastructure Programme: Shared Infrastructure Service embedding projects and developing Shared Infrastructure Services requirements and roadmap

Circular 6/08: JISC Shared Infrastructure Programme

JISC invites institutions to submit funding proposals in the following areas.

Theme/Context Description Funds
Shared Infrastructure Service Embedding projects Projects to:
  • Embed shared infrastructure services (SIS) into institutional systems in order to demonstrate the benefits for end users of the service
  • Synthesise the work of the embedding projects into the Information Environment Demonstrator[1] and, where appropriate, extract service usage models[2]

Total funds:
c. £200,000
c. 5-10 projects
£5,000-£30,000 per project
8 months duration

Total funds:
c. £50,000
1 project
9 months duration

Developing Shared Infrastructure Services requirements and roadmap Projects to:
  • Investigate the requirements for shared infrastructure services in order to help define a roadmap for shared infrastructure services into the future
  • Undertake supporting studies for the development of a roadmap which will consider the needs of particular domains

Total funds:
c. £80,000
1 project
9 months duration

Total funds:
c. £180,000
Up to 8 projects, max £30,000 per project
6 months duration

The deadline for receipt of proposals in response to this call is 12:00 noon on Wednesday 11 June 2008.

Funding is available for projects starting from July 2008 for up to 9 months depending on the area of work. All projects must be complete by the end of March 2009.

A full version of the circular can be found below.

[1] Information Environment (IE) Demonstrator funded to test and demonstrate the JISC IE. The project will engage HEI developers in testing and using the services already funded through the IE programme. The primary outcome of the IE Demonstrator will be a knowledge-base comprising information gleaned from this testing activity. The project also intends to encourage a community to form around this activity.
[2] See the e-Framework website

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Summary
Submission Deadline
11 June 2008 12:00
Funding
See full circular
Committees
  • JISC Integrated Information Environment committee
Programmes