Alliance Cloud Connect Pilot (ACCP)
Information and Communication Technology
Deadlines
Academic Unit: Inquire with unit
Memorial Deadline: RIS Review not required
External Deadline: Tuesday 15th, October 2024
Description
The Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance) is pleased to announce The Alliance Cloud Connect Pilot (ACCP), a unique opportunity for vendors, institutions, researchers and individuals to participate in the development of a cutting-edge initiative that will transform how Canadian researchers access community cloud and key commercial cloud services.
The ACCP includes three distinct calls for participation:
- Call for Participation: Providers
- Call for Participation: Platform Development
- Call for Participation: Researchers
The Alliance is inviting participants from diverse sectors to work together in an open and collaborative context to facilitate researcher use of cloud infrastructure. Whether commercial vendors, open-source developers or members of the Canadian digital research infrastructure (DRI) ecosystem, participants will work with community stakeholders to develop a single “pane of glass” or portal for seamless access to commercial and community cloud.
The ACCP is a pilot project that aims to build national cloud research capacity and deliver on the Alliance’s mandate to meet the increasing DRI resource demand from the Canadian research community. As a pilot project, users can opt in to use the cloud service that suits their needs – whether it is the Alliance’s community cloud solution or another provider’s solution.
To ensure the final product is viable and of value, we will make a call to the researcher community to test the platform and provide feedback. The anticipated completion date of the pilot is March 2025; however, testing will be required throughout the building phase.
Note that this CfP is not a funding call or a procurement for services; it is an
invitation to researchers to gain early access to and influence the development of
the ACCP platform and the services being developed.
For more information, including project overview, submission guidelines, criteria for acceptance and more, read the Call for Participation: Researchers here.
Submissions are open for Cohort #3 until the deadline of Oct. 15, 2024.