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Minority Serving – Cyberinfrastructure Consortium
About the MS-CC
The Minority Serving – Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (MS-CC) is a vibrant and growing community of information technology professionals, campus leaders, faculty members, researchers, and students from across our nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and tribal colleges and universities (TCUs). They are also joined by colleagues from Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs), minority-serving institutions (MSIs), and leaders from regional and national organizations.
The MS-CC in partnership with Internet2 has received funding from the National Science Foundation to support the MS-CC’s vision:
- Nearly $3 million over two years to fund a Cyberinfrastructure Center of Excellence Pilot in 2021 (NSF Award # 2137123).
- Nearly $15 million over five years to support accelerating cyberinfrastructure-centric research capacity at HBCUs and TCUs through proof-of-concept grants and shared resources in 2022 (NSF Award # 2234326).
- Nearly $2.5 million NSF supplement to develop the MS-CC Collaboratory in Climate Science in 2023.
MS-CC Leadership Rooted in HBCUs, TCUs
The MS-CC is governed by a leadership board consisting of HBCU and TCU leaders who envision a transformational consortium that promotes advanced cyberinfrastructure and advanced technologies for teaching, learning, research, and enterprise technology capabilities at historically under-resourced HBCUs, TCUs, HSIs, and MSIs.
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Centering the voices of our colleagues at historically underserved institutions is essential for starting and steering cyberinfrastructure conversations that effectively meet their needs.
Despite being systemically under-resourced, these institutions have continued to uplift their campus communities and nurture leaders across all academic disciplines.
The expertise, ideas, and perspectives of HBCUs, TCUs, HSIs, and MSIs significantly contribute to scientific research and societal advancement.
To learn more about the MS-CC and how to support its vision, please visit www.ms-cc.org.
Acknowledgment
MS-CC, in partnership with Internet2, is funded by the National Science Foundation under awards #2137123 and #2234326.