Information for Research Grant Proposals
Principal Investigators may find the following information useful for submitting research grant proposals:
Research Computer Services and Facilities
Staff
- 8 full-time professional staff
- 12 student staff
Data Center
- 6,930 square feet
- Redundant UPS and backup generator power
- Redundant cooling
Network
- 40 Gbit Department backbone
- 40/10/1 Gbit network connections in the data center
- 1 Gbit office network connections
- UWnet, Eduroam and custom WIFI service
- 100 Gbit connection to UW-Madison Research Network (RBN)
- Specialized networks/network configuration as needed for research projects
- “Next Generation” firewall and Advanced Threat Protection security tools and monitoring
Services available include
- Cloud computing (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Coordination with other IT service providers
- Consulting on all IT issues
- Virtual servers
- Linux, Windows and specializes operating system support
- SAN Storage
- Network shared file systems
- Cluster and specialized file systems available
- Data storage, archives, and backup/recovery
- Database servers
- Web servers
- Data and Operational Security monitoring and consulting
- Configuration management
- Desktop computer support and management
- Server support and management
- Account management
- Specialized Network Services and management
- System specification and purchasing
- Software licensing