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NSF 25-544: Integrated Data Systems & Services (IDSS)

PostedSeptember 5, 2025
To:Chairs and Administrators, Departments in the Biological, Physical and Social Sciences; Associate Deans for Research; College/School Research Administrators
From:Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
Date:September 05, 2025
Subject:NSF 25-544: Integrated Data Systems & Services (IDSS)

Deadline

Deadline for Internal Review:October 03, 2025

Project Description

You will only need to submit an application for internal review if you are pursuing a Category I or Category II proposal

The Integrated Data Systems and Services (IDSS) program supports operations-level national-scale cyberinfrastructure systems and services that broadly advance and facilitate open, data-intensive and artificial intelligence-driven science and engineering research, innovation, and education.

Through this solicitation, the IDSS program is accepting proposals for three categories of projects:

  • Category I. Development, deployment, and operation of novel national-scale integrated data systems and services, which may include interfacing with or leveraging other existing capabilities, systems and services, as appropriate to the project;
  • Category II.  Transition of established smaller scale, regional, pilot, or prototype data-focused systems and services to national-scale production/operational quality/level. This may also include enhancement and expansion of existing national-scale data-focused operational systems and services; and
  • Category III. Planning grants for future potential development/deployment or transition/enhancement IDSS projects.

 

NSF and the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) have long supported the development of innovative foundational and application-specific cyberinfrastructure resources and systems to address data-intensive research needs at the campus, regional, and community scales, through programs such as Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI), Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CC*), and other investments. The primary goal of the IDSS program is to support national-scale foundational data cyberinfrastructure that broadly enables data- and artificial intelligence-driven research for many communities. The IDSS program supports foundational transdisciplinary and demonstrably multi-disciplinary projects aimed to broadly impact the science and engineering research and education community. Projects that aim to primarily benefit a single science discipline, domain, project, or application are not supported.

IDSS Category I Awards

Amount per Award: $10 – $30 million
Duration of Award: 5 years
Estimated Number of Awards: 1 – 2

IDSS Category II Awards

Amount per Award: $9 million
Duration of Award: 3 years
Estimated Number of Awards: 1 – 2

IDSS Category III Awards

Amount per Award: $500,000
Duration of Award: 2 years
Estimated Number of Awards: 1 – 5

 

Eligibility

An individual may serve as PI, Co-PI, or Senior Personnel on at most one proposal across Categories I and II.

UW-Madison may submit only one proposal as lead institution for each of Category I and Category II.

These restrictions do not apply to Category III proposals.

Website

The following link contains additional information on the program and specific application instructions:
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/idss-integrated-data-systems-services/nsf25-544/solicitation

Internal Competition Application Instructions

Applications for Internal Review

To submit your application, attach a single PDF to an email to grants@research.wisc.edu.

Please include the following:

  • Cover page including the project title; Category to which you are applying (Category I or Category II); name and department of PI, Co-PIs, and other Senior Personnel; and partner organizations
  • CVs or NSF Biosketches of PI and Co-PIs
  • Research project summary of no more than five pages providing a description of how the proposed project meets the goals and requirements of the solicitation

 

Sponsor Deadlines

Applications are due to National Science Foundation by December 04, 2025.

Questions?

Contact grants@research.wisc.edu.