This working group provides ongoing development and community support for the Capabilities Model. The Capabilities Model allows institutions to assess their support for computationally- and data-intensive research and education, to identify potential areas for improvement, and to understand understand how the broader community views Research Computing and Data support.
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Just getting started with research computing and data and looking for a simpler approach? You’re not alone, and our Focused Tools effort is creating tools that are geared at smaller and emerging programs. The first product of that work is our Engagement Facilitation Guide for Smaller and Emerging RCD Programs. For more on the Focused Tools work, check out the committee page!
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Want to get involved?
Join the working group and help shape the future enhancements of the tools, or contribute to the analysis of the community dataset! If you’re interested, write to us at: capsmodel-help@carcc.org or contact the chairs: Patrick Schmitz (Semper Cogito) and Dana Brunson (Internet2).
2021 Capabilities Model Community Data report now available
The second Research Computing and Data (RCD) Capabilities Model Community Dataset report is now available through CaRCC’s RCD Nexus as part of a project funded by the National Science Foundation. The report aggregates assessments contributed by 51 higher education institutions, providing insight into the current state of support for RCD. See also the related post.
2020 Capabilities Model Community Dataset report
The report describes the first Research Computing and Data (RCD) Capabilities Model Community Dataset, aggregating the assessments of 41 Higher Education Institutions. Read more about the Community Dataset.
Thank you to our contributing institutions!
To see the list of institutions that have contributed assessment data going back to 2020 see the Contributors List on the portal.
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This work has been supported in part by an RCN grant from the National Science Foundation (OAC-1620695, PI: Alex Feltus, “RCN: Advancing Research and Education through a national network of campus research computing infrastructures – The CaRC Consortium”), and by an NSF Cyberinfrastructure Centers of Excellence (CI CoE) pilot award (OAC-2100003, PI Dana Brunson, “Advancing Research Computing and Data: Strategic Tools, Practices, and Professional Development”).