Using GENI as the thread, US Ignite will stitch together high-speed broadband resources to create a testbed across universities and cities throughout the United States at a national scale. As a result, NSF is uniquely positioned to attract our country's best creative thinkers and researchers to build, test and explore the potential of next-generation networks.' 'NSF has a proven legacy in funding the fundamental research that leads to technological advancements that spur economic development. 'NSF is proud to be the lead agency in US Ignite,' said Subra Suresh, director of the National Science Foundation. US Ignite will expand on investments in the NSF-funded Global Environment for Networking Innovation (GENI) project which lays the technical groundwork for this initiative. The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that it will serve as the lead federal agency for a White House Initiative called US Ignite, which aims to realize the potential of fast, open, next-generation networks. Telephone numbers or other contact information mayД«e out of date please see current contact information at media This material is available primarily for archival KC Wang and Marvin Schwartz Mark Surman and Sue Spradley and Jim Ingram. View video interviews on US Ignite with Chip Elliott and Mike Zink GENI is a fast, open, next-generation network for exploring future internets at a national scale. National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES).Award Statistics (Budget Internet Info System).Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG).Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research.Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE).Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS).International Science and Engineering (OISE).Environmental Research and Education (ERE).Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE).

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