NSF invests nearly $8 million in inaugural cohort of open-source projects

NSF has announced the first Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems, or POSE, program awards to more than 20 Phase I projects. Researchers will create ecosystems for materials science research, renewable energy adoption, natural hazards, health data sciences and informatics, supply chain monitoring, and many other important applications.

Launched by NSF's Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, or TIP, and supported by all NSF directorates, the POSE program harnesses the power of open-source development for the creation of new technology solutions to problems of societal, economic and technological importance.

Phase I projects awarded to the EPSCoR jurisdictions include:

• An Open-Source Ecosystem for the Creation and Use of Accessible Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Open Education Resources (PI: Steven Clontz, University of South ALABAMA), Award Amount: $267,268
  
• OPERA: An Open-Source Ecosystem for Broadband Prairie (PI: Hongwei Zhang, IOWA State University), Award Amount: $299,999
  
• Open hardware for aquatic germplasm preservation (PI: Terrence Tiersch, LOUISIANA State University), Award Amount: $299,866
  
• Constellation: A Pathway to Establish the STE||AR Open-Source Organization (PI: Mohammad Tohid, LOUISIANA State University), Award Amount: $300,000