Integrated Data Systems & Services (IDSS) NSF 25-544

Sponsor: NSF
Internal Deadline: 09/22/2025
Institutional Submission Limit: 1/category
Sponsor Deadline: 12/04/2025
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The Integrated Data Systems and Services (IDSS) program supports operations-level national-scale cyberinfrastructure systems and services that broadly advance and facilitate open, data-intensive and artificial intelligence-driven science and engineering research, innovation, and education.

Through this solicitation, the IDSS program is accepting proposals for three categories of projects:

• Category I. Development, deployment, and operation of novel national-scale integrated data systems and services, which may include interfacing with or leveraging other existing capabilities, systems and services, as appropriate to the project;


• Category II. Transition of established smaller scale, regional, pilot, or prototype data-focused systems and services to national-scale production/operational quality/level. This may also include enhancement and expansion of existing national-scale data-focused operational systems and services; and


• Category III. Planning grants for future potential development/deployment or transition/enhancement IDSS projects.

USC is limited to 1 Category I and 1 Category II as lead for each solicitation deadline but may be a subawardee on other Category I and II proposals responding to this solicitation. This restriction does not apply to Category III proposals.  

The first deadline is December 4, 2025 and will then move to the Fourth Tuesday in July, annually thereafter. Look for the next internal deadline posting in Spring 2026.

 

Submission Process

Limited submissions MUST be coordinated with the Office of the Vice President for Research.

If interested in applying for this opportunity, please combine the following items into a single PDF and email to resdev@mailbox.sc.edu by 5pm on the INTERNAL DEADLINE above:

• Cover page with grant program name & number (if applicable) to which you are applying, your project title, PI (name, department/unit, & email), and list of co-PIs/key collaborators (name & department/unit)
• a two-page project abstract addressing key components/criteria for this specific grant program
• a 2-3 page CV/biosketch for the PI