Transcript Update from the CFI: Meeting of the Council of Chairs of Canadian Earth Science Departments Ottawa (ON), October 29 2014

Update from the CFI:
Meeting of the Council of Chairs of
Canadian Earth Science Departments
Ottawa (ON), October 29 2014
Topics
• Current Context for the CFI
• Status of current competitions
• Cyberinfrastructure Initiative
• Other programs news: JELF, CIIF
• CFI’s Navigator
Canada’s readiness for innovation
A VIBRANT RESEARCH ECOSYSTEM
BENEFITS TO CANADA
The Value of the CFI Model
The CFI foundation model
leverages $2 for every $1 invested
by the Government of Canada,
while ensuring excellence,
accountability and efficiency in
delivery.
To date, the CFI has received $5.49
billion from the GoC; generated
$1.36 billion in interest income;
and leveraged a total investment of
more than $14 billion in research
infrastructure.
$1.00
$1.38
$2.97
2015 – A critical year
• CFI awards to institutions will reach historical
lows in 2016 & 2017
• No funds to sustain previously supported
facilities have been allocated
• No funds to meet system growth or seize new
opportunities have been allocated
• Current Major Science Initiatives funding ends in
2017; no funds for unique, national facilities
have been allocated
Current Schedule of
disbursements to institutions
$600
$547
$532
$481
$500
$439
$400
$290
$300
$200
$164
$130
$100
$38
$15
$0
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
$1
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
What’s needed today for success
tomorrow
• Sustainability of previously funded facilities:
• Invest in growth and opportunities
• Operational support for unique, national
research facilities
Total CFI request: $450 million per year over
the next 5 years to maintain and enhance
social and economic returns on investment
2014
MSI 2014 Special competition
$25M, 23proposals
Call
Innovation Fund 2015
$325M, 350 proposals
Call
NOI
App
Board
App
NOI
Board
App
MSI 2011 Mid-term review
$75M, 4 proposals
John R.Evans Leaders Fund
$20-25M, 80-100 proposals
Board
App
Board
Board
College-Industry Innovation Fund
Stream 1, $8M, 30 proposals
Cyberinfrastructure initiative
$50M, staged
Board
App
App
App
College-Industry Innovation Fund
Stream 2, $2M, 5 proposals
2015
Board
NOI
Board
Board
Call
App
App
NOI
App
Call
App
Board
Board
Board
App
Board
Cyberinfrastructure Initiative
“Enhance the capacity of Canadian institutions and
researchers to conduct leading-edge research by
supporting infrastructure needs
of computationally- and data-intensive research.”
Two-pronged approach for CFI support:
• A limited number of research data infrastructure projects
developed in collaboration with Compute Canada
• Upgrading and modernizing the computational and data
storage capacities of the pan-Canadian advanced
research computing platform, managed by Compute
Canada.
Cyberinfrastructure Initiative
$50M budget, planning for 2 competitions under each challenge
CHALLENGE # 1: research data infrastructure projects
• institutions and researchers to come together to form consortia
and propose research data infrastructure projects that create
tailored, shared and integrated data resources (e.g. databases,
data repositories) capable of enabling leading-edge research.
• involve multi-institutional consortia of researchers, data
scientists, data analysts and software developers, to design
and construct research data infrastructure projects for
community of researchers to advance their research programs.
Between 5 and 10 projects funded per competition
Cyberinfrastructure Initiative
CHALLENGE # 2: modernizing and upgrading the advanced
research computing platform
The advanced research computing community, through
Compute Canada, to propose a set of capabilities and
services that will meet the needs of Canadian researchers
conducting data-intensive and computationally challenging
research over the next five years.
• Phase 1 for pressing needs, Phase 2 for support of projects
under Challenge 1
• Consultative process, driven by research needs, single
proposal with scenarios/options
Cyberinfrastructure Initiative: proposed timeline
Key dates
Challenge 1: Research data
infrastructure proposals
Challenge 2: Compute Canada
November 2014
1st competition call for proposals
released
Call for the Stage 1 proposal to address
pressing immediate needs
January 2015
1st Competition deadline for
submission of expressions of interest
Submission of the Stage 1 proposal
April 2015
May 2015
1st competition deadline for notices of
intent
June 2015
1st competition invitation to submit full CFI DECISION on Stage 1 proposal
(tentative)
proposal
October 2015
1st competition deadline for full
proposals;
2nd competition call for proposals
released
March 2016
CFI DECISION on 1st competition
proposals
J. R. Evans
Leaders Fund (JELF)
$182M
• New name - same objectives
• New institutional allocations
• JELF utilization plan required if large
unused allocation
• Allocations must be committed by
March 31, 2017
What is it?
Searchable online directory of
CFI-funded research facilities and the
expertise they offer
•
Created to help businesses connect with
researchers at universities,
colleges/cégeps and
research hospitals