The Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance) is pleased to announce The Alliance Cloud Connect Pilot (ACCP), a unique opportunity for vendors, institutions, researchers and individuals to participate in the development of a cutting-edge initiative that will transform how Canadian researchers access community cloud and key commercial cloud services.
The ACCP includes three distinct calls for participation:
- Call for Participation: Providers
- Call for Participation: Platform Development
- Call for Participation: Researchers
More information can be found on the calls below.
ACCP Updates
- [July 23, 2024] The deadline for the Call for Participation: Researchers has been extended. Submissions are open for Cohort #2 until the deadline of Sept. 1, 2024. Submissions are open for Cohort #3 until the deadline of Oct. 15, 2024.
- [June 12, 2024] The Call for Participation: Researchers was circulated and is open until the deadline of July 3, 2024.
- [May 17, 2024] The Call for Participation: Providers is now closed. The Call for Participation: Researchers will launch soon.
- [April 24, 2024] The Call for Participation: Platform Development is now closed.
- [April 15, 2024] FAQ published for the Call for Participation: Platform Development.
- [April 3, 2024] The Call for Participation: Providers was circulated to a targeted list.
- [March 27, 2024] The open Call for Participation: Platform Development was circulated and is open until the deadline of April 24, 2024.
Details
The Alliance is inviting participants from diverse sectors to work together in an open and collaborative context to facilitate researcher use of cloud infrastructure. Whether commercial vendors, open-source developers or members of the Canadian digital research infrastructure (DRI) ecosystem, participants will work with community stakeholders to develop a single “pane of glass” or portal for seamless access to commercial and community cloud.
The ACCP is a pilot project that aims to build national cloud research capacity and deliver on the Alliance’s mandate to meet the increasing DRI resource demand from the Canadian research community. As a pilot project, users can opt in to use the cloud service that suits their needs – whether it is the Alliance’s community cloud solution or another provider’s solution.