Selection Process
Strategic Applications Collaborations/Strategic Community Collaborations (SAC/SCC) projects are selected jointly by SAC/SCC staff, SDSC group leaders, and SDSC directors. The SAC/SCC program is also coordinated with the NCSA SAC group as part of the SDSC-NCSA Cyberinfrastructure Partnerships Program (CIP).
SAC/SCC uses a combination of the following criteria to select SAC/SCC projects that:
- Fit well with SDSC's vision of high-end and data-intensive computing, such as:
- Producing, using, or sharing a large amount of data and/or data collections
- Fully utilizing SDSC staff expertise and compute, data, and visualization resources
- Have the highest possibility of specific, concrete success with a well-defined roadmap
- Are led by PIs who are interested in close collaboration with SDSC staff and in incorporating the contributions from SAC/SCC staff in their production code
- Lead work with code and software packages for the community
- Involve new communities such as social sciences, economics, and others
- Have an overall potential for significant impact
