[CIG-ALL] NSF Peta Apps solicitation

[Michael Gurnis]

Dear Members of the CIG Community,

The NSF wanted to make the following information on a
new announcement of opportunity for Peta Apps available. Please see 
the NSF web site for further details. There is likely to be at least 
one proposal that CIG would be involved in. If you have any interest in seeing
CIG participate, please contact the Science Steering Committee at:
http://www.geodynamics.org/cig/people/ssc

Mike



SYNOPSIS

This solicitation seeks proposals to develop the future simulation,
optimization and analysis tools that can use petascale computing to advance
the frontiers of scientific and engineering research.   Proposals are sought
from researchers aiming to capitalize on emerging petascale computing
architectures, catalyzing progress in science and engineering beyond the
current state-of-the-art.  NSF's emphasis is on implementation and
exploitation of forefront techniques.   Proposers must be prepared to
demonstrate that they have a science or engineering research problem that
requires or can exploit petascale computing capabilities.  Proposals from or
including junior researchers are encouraged as one of the goals of this
solicitation is to build a community capable of using petascale computing.