To accelerate the emerging field of big data, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced four grant awards totaling more than $5 million to establish four regional hubs for data science innovation, all of which will have some focus on healthcare.
The consortia are coordinated by data scientists at Columbia University (Northeast Hub), Georgia Institute of Technology and the the University of North Carolina (South Hub), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Midwest Hub) and the University of California, San Diego, UC Berkeley, and the University of (West Hub). Covering all 50 states, the hubs include commitments from more than 250 organizations—from universities and cities to foundations and Fortune 500 corporations.
Building upon the National Big Data Research and Development Initiative announced in 2012, the awards are made through the Big Data Regional Innovation Hubs program, which creates a new framework for multi-sector collaborations among academia, industry and government. The “big data brain trust” assembled by the hubs will conceive, plan and support regional big data partnerships and activities to address regional challenges.
NSF anticipates awarding $10 million in grants for the next phase of the BD Hubs, called the Big Data Spokes, contingent upon the availability of funds. Each BD Spoke will focus on a specific BD Hub priority area and address one or more of three key issues: improving access to data, automating the data lifecycle and applying data science techniques to solve domain science problems or demonstrate societal impact. For the full article click here
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