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JISC ITT: Digital Infrastructure Directions Report: The Open Landscape

a.mcallister@jisc.ac.uk (Avalon McAllister) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:56:00 GMT

Please see the DI Team Blog Post for background and updates

This invitation to tender is for a report on The Open Landscape. The report is to be one of a series of high profile reports JISC is commissioning to inform the UK FE/HE sector on key issues relating to digital infrastructure.

The report must build on existing knowledge, signpost research and guidance, cite evidence, and be accessible to key audiences within the sector as appropriate to each report.

JISC will publish it as a JISC Digital Infrastructure Directions report and promote it widely. It will be subject to quality assurance processes appropriate to the topic and purpose of the report. Tenderers should note that:

A draft report structure will be required part way through the contract. The project plan should assign time for liaising with the JISC lead at this stage so that appropriate adjustments can be made.
A high level executive summary will be required, and where necessary, a very accessible introduction to contextualise the contents to provide an argument for why it needs to be taken seriously and the value/impact it will have within the sector.
The quality assurance process will require involvement of the author(s) beyond the submission of the report text, so at least two days should be assigned to post-submission work.
JISC will own the copyright of the report, and license it out as CC BY, so all primary and third party content should be cleared for use as CC BY, with any exceptions clearly noted.
JISC will format and brand the report, so the report should be provided as HTML to enable ease of reformatting.

The deadline for tenders is 12 noon UK time on Friday 9 March 2012.

The work should commence by 14 May 2012. It is expected that this work will require approximately 60 Days Effort. The final work under this contract should be completed by Friday 5 October 2012.

JISC ITT: Digital Infrastructure Directions Report: Access to Citation Data: A Cost Benefit and Risk Review and Forward Look

a.mcallister@jisc.ac.uk (Avalon McAllister) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:50:00 GMT

Please see the DI Team Blog Post for background and updates

This invitation to tender is for a report on access to citation data: a cost-benefit and risk review and forward look. The report is to be one of a series of high profile reports JISC is commissioning to inform the UK FE/HE sector on key issues relating to digital infrastructure.

The report must build on existing knowledge, signpost research and guidance, cite evidence, and be accessible to key audiences within the sector as appropriate to each report.

A draft report structure will be required part way through the contract. The project plan should assign time for liaising with the JISC lead at this stage so that appropriate adjustments can be made.
A high level executive summary will be required, and where necessary, a very accessible introduction to contextualise the contents to provide an argument for why it needs to be taken seriously and the value/impact it will have within the sector.
The quality assurance process will require involvement of the author(s) beyond the submission of the report text, so at least two days should be assigned to post-submission work.
JISC will own the copyright of the report, and license it out as CC BY, so all primary and third party content should be cleared for use as CC BY, with any exceptions clearly noted.
JISC will format and brand the report, so the report should be provided as HTML to enable ease of reformatting.

The deadline for tenders is 12 noon UK time on Friday 9 March 2012.

The work should commence by 14 May 2012. It is expected that this work will require 150 Days Effort. The final work under this contract should be completed by February 2013.

JISC ITT: Digital Infrastructure Directions Report: Activity Data: Analytics and Metrics

a.mcallister@jisc.ac.uk (Avalon McAllister) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:49:00 GMT

Please see the DI Team Blog Post for background and updates

This invitation to tender is for a report on Activity Data: Analytics and Metrics. The report is to be one of a series of high profile reports JISC is commissioning to inform the UK FE/HE sector on key issues relating to digital infrastructure.

The report must build on existing knowledge, signpost research and guidance, cite evidence, and be accessible to key audiences within the sector as appropriate to each report.

A draft report structure will be required part way through the contract. The project plan should assign time for liaising with the JISC lead at this stage so that appropriate adjustments can be made
A high level executive summary will be required, and where necessary, a very accessible introduction to contextualise the contents to provide an argument for why it needs to be taken seriously and the value/impact it will have within the sector.
The quality assurance process will require involvement of the author(s) beyond the submission of the report text, so at least two days should be assigned to post-submission work.
JISC will own the copyright of the report, and license it out as CC BY, so all primary and third party content should be cleared for use as CC BY, with any exceptions clearly noted.
JISC will format and brand the report, so the report should be provided as HTML to enable ease of reformatting.

The deadline for tenders is 12 noon UK time on Friday 9 March 2012.

The work should commence by 14 May 2012. It is expected that this work with require approximately 30 Days Effort. The final work under this contract should be completed by Friday 24 August 2012.

JISC ITT: Digital Infrastructure Directions Report: Embedded Licences: What, Why and How

a.mcallister@jisc.ac.uk (Avalon McAllister) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:47:00 GMT

Please see the DI Team Blog Post for background and updates.

This invitation to tender is for a report on Embedded Licences: What, Why and How. The report is to be one of a series of high profile reports JISC is commissioning to inform the UK FE/HE sector on key issues relating to digital infrastructure.

The report must build on existing knowledge, signpost research and guidance, cite evidence, and be accessible to key audiences within the sector as appropriate to each report.

JISC will publish it as a JISC Digital Infrastructure Directions Report and promote it widely. It will be subject to quality assurance processes appropriate to the topic and purpose of the report. Tenderers should note that:

A draft report structure will be required part way through the contract. The project plan should assign time for liaising with the JISC lead at this stage so that appropriate adjustments can be made
A high level executive summary will be required, and where necessary, a very accessible introduction to contextualise the contents to provide an argument for why it needs to be taken seriously and the value/impact it will have within the sector.
The quality assurance process will require involvement of the author(s) beyond the submission of the report text, so at least two days should be assigned to post-submission work.
JISC will own the copyright of the report, and license it out as CC BY, so all primary and third party content should be cleared for use as CC BY, with any exceptions clearly noted
JISC will format and brand the report, so the report should be provided as HTML to enable ease of reformatting.

The deadline for tenders is 12 noon UK time on Friday 9 March 2012.

The work should commence by 14 May 2012. It is expected that this work with require approximately 30 Days Effort. The final work under this contract should be completed by Friday 24 August 2012.

JISC ITT: Digital Infrastructure Directions Report: Advantages of APIs

a.mcallister@jisc.ac.uk (Avalon McAllister) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:41:00 GMT

Please see the DI Team Blog Post for background and updates

This invitation to tender is for a report on Advantages of APIs. The report is to be one of a series of high profile reports JISC is commissioning to inform the UK FE/HE sector on key issues relating to digital infrastructure.

The report must build on existing knowledge, signpost research and guidance, cite evidence, and be accessible to key audiences within the sector as appropriate to each report.

A draft report structure will be required part way through the contract. The project plan should assign time for liaising with the JISC lead at this stage so that appropriate adjustments can be made
A high level executive summary will be required, and where necessary, a very accessible introduction to contextualise the contents to provide an argument for why it needs to be taken seriously and the value/impact it will have within the sector.
The quality assurance process will require involvement of the author(s) beyond the submission of the report text, so at least two days should be assigned to post-submission work.
JISC will own the copyright of the report, and license it out as CC BY, so all primary and third party content should be cleared for use as CC BY, with any exceptions clearly noted.
JISC will format and brand the report, so the report should be provided as HTML to enable ease of reformatting.

The deadline for tenders is 12 noon UK time on Friday 9 March 2012.

The work should commence by 14 May 2012. It is expected that this work with require approximately 30 Days Effort. The final work under this contract should be completed by Friday 24 August 2012.

JISC Grant Funding 01/12: Digital Infrastructure Programme

a.mcallister@jisc.ac.uk (Avalon McAllister) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:36:54 GMT

JISC invites institutions to submit funding proposals for projects to help institutions and the HE sector as a whole develop their digital infrastructure, in particular those parts of the infrastructure concerned with research data management, research tools, research vocabularies relevant to specific disciplines, research information management, information and library infrastructure, and access and identity management.

Programme	Description	Funds and Timescale
Managing Research Data: Innovative Data Publication	Projects to design and implement innovative technical models and organisational partnerships to encourage and enable publication of research data.	Total funding of up to £320,000 for 2-4 projects of between £80,000 and £150,000 per project. Jun 2012 – Jul 2013.
Managing Research Data: Scoping a Service to Collate and Summarise Journal Research Data Policies	Feasibility study (augmented with the development of a pilot demonstrator and the analysis of a range of possible business models) for a potential service to provide knowledge of - and a ready source of information covering - the journal policy landscape for research data.	Total funding of up to £90,000 for one project June-Nov 2012
Managing Research Data: Research Data Management Training Materials	Projects to design, pilot and test training materials for research data management adapted for the needs of: Discipline-focussed post-graduate courses. Discipline liaison librarians. Research support roles, including dedicated data managers.	Total funding of up to £300,000 for 5-8 projects of between £30,000 and £60,000 each. June 2012-April 2013
Managing Research Data: Training Materials Support and Synthesis Role	A support project for the above activity, to assist projects in following best practice, ensure reusability, engage stakeholders and synthesis outcomes.	Total funding of up to £80,000 for one project. June 2012-July 2013.
Research Tools: Emerging Research Tools	Emergent and novel hardware and software tools and techniques, particularly projects which will identify future trends and disruptive technologies.	Total funding of up to £400,000 for 3-5 projects of between £75,000 and £160,000 each. June 2012-March 2013
Research Tools - Facilitating Research Communications	Advanced tools facilitating communications during the research process, for example within research communities, between research peers, engagement with wider audiences such as the general public.	Total funding of up to £200,000 for up to 3 projects of up to £100,000 each. June 2012-March 2013
Research Tools - Projects to Develop Sustainable and Open Vocabularies for Research and Information Management	Projects to build upon existing vocabularies that support academic disciplines, to develop exemplars demonstrating the support of the semantics of a discipline.	Total funding of up to £300,000 for up to 5 projects of up to £70,000 each. June 2012-Jan 2013
Research Tools - Synthesis Project Focused on Sustainable and Open Vocabularies for Research and Information Management	A project to synthesise lessons from the enhancement of research vocabularies, and ensure that those lessons and best practice are made available to guide others in similar endeavours.	Total funding of up to £50,000 for one project. June 2012-March 2013
Research Information Management - Rapid Innovation	Projects to lower the barriers to the adoption of CERIF in the sector, thereby allowing institutions to streamline and lower the cost of managing their research activities.	Total funding of up to £240,000 for up to 8 projects of up to £30,000 each. June -November 2012.
Library Systems (Information and Library Infrastructure) - Synthesis and Scoping Project	A project to provide a new vision for the future of library systems and a 'roadmap' for the delivery of that vision.	Funding of up to £85,000 for one project. June - December 2012
Library Systems (Information and Library Infrastructure) - Pathfinder Projects	Pathfinder projects to investigate a broad range of potential new models and approaches to library systems and services.	Total funding of up to £250,000 for up to 10 projects of £20,000-£40,000 each. June-December 2012
Access and Identity Management - Future Directions	Projects to embed Access and Identity Management related outputs and help build communities using these tools.	Total funding of up to £250,000 for 5-10 projects between £20,000 and £40,000 each.
Access and Identity Management - Raptor Evaluation	Projects to evaluate Raptor.	Total funding of up to £50,000 is available for 3-5 projects at £10,000-£20,000 each
Access and Identity Management	Identity Management Toolkit Case Studies.	Total funding of up to £75,000 is available for 2-3 projects at £25,000-£50,000 each.

The deadline for receipt of proposals in response to this call is 12:00 noon UK time on 16 March 2012.

Eligibility

Proposals may be submitted by HE institutions funded via HEFCE, SFC, HEFCW and DEL Northern Ireland, and by FE institutions funded via BIS, SFC, DFES Wales and DEL Northern Ireland.

With regard to bids from Scottish institutions, SFC has applied a significant budget cut to JISC in 2011-12 AY. Following consultation with Scottish institutions, SFC has requested that the impact of this budget cut falls on the number of innovation projects JISC is able to fund at Scottish institutions, rather than to cut or increase charges for national services, such as JANET, JISC Collections and JISC Advance. Whilst Scottish institutions therefore remain eligible to bid for project funding in response to this call, depending on the quality of the submissions, JISC may need to limit the number of projects awarded to Scottish institutions.

Proposals may be from single institutions or consortia unless indicated otherwise in the relevant call. Partnership arrangements may be developed outside the sector (for example with research council sites, publishers, commercial suppliers), but the lead partner must meet the criteria outlined above. Funds can only be allocated through the lead partner.