Critical Resilient Interdependent

Infrastructure Systems and

Processes (CRISP 2.0)

Robert O’Connor (SBE)

Cynthia Chen (ENG)

Wenda Bauchspies (SBE)

Robbin Dillon-Merrill (ENG)

Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong (SBE)

Bruce Hamilton (ENG)

14 December 2017

Webinar

Solicitation: NSF 18-523

Outline

• Basics

• Critical Infrastructures

• What is New

• Tips

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CRISP 2.0

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• Anticipated Funding Amount (2018): $13.4 million

– Type 1 Awards: Projects will be of 2 years in duration with a

maximum total budget of $750,000

– Type 2 Awards: Projects will be of 3-4 years in duration with

a total budget ranging from $750,0001 to $2 million

• Project Personnel Requirements:

– at least one PI or co-PI who is an engineer

– at least one PI or co-PI who is a social, economic or

behavioral scientist

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Proposal Submission Due Date

• Due Date: March 7, 2018 (5:00 pm

proposer’s local time)

• “Late” means a Fastlane timestamp

after the 5:00 pm deadline, even 1 second

past the deadline. Late proposals will be

returned without review.

Key Requirements

• Integration across engineering and SBE domains.

• At least two PI’s

– An SBE scientist

– An Engineer

• Focus on resilience involving at least two interdependent critical infrastructures

• Project team document (for Type 1)

• Management and integration plan (for Type 2)

• Context statement (for both types)5

Questions and Answers

During Webinar, please email questions to

kwebster@nsf.gov

We’ll take questions at the conclusion of the webinar.

After Webinar, please email questions to any of the six

Program Directors listed in the solicitation.

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CRISP Program Goals

• Foster interdisciplinary research community;

• Enhance understanding/design of ICIs and processes under

disruptions from any cause;

• Develop integrative frameworks to understand

interdependencies

• Study socioeconomic, cultural, political, legal, psychological,

and other obstacles to improving ICIs and identify strategies

for overcoming obstacles

• Support creation, curation, and use of publicly accessible

data

Proposal Review Criteria

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• Intellectual Merit

• Broader Impacts

• Integrates by incorporating knowledge from

both engineering and SBE sciences

• Interdisciplinarity is reflected in the PI’s and

the research plan

• Advances integration in order to improve

design, operation, and maintenance of ICIs.

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Critical Infrastructures

A mainstay of national economy, security

and well-being.

• A collection of components (e.g. a fire house,

a human operator, an information display)…

• But also an ecosystem of those components--

interconnected and interdependent---

• Organized in processes that deliver services

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Critical Infrastructures are…

• Evolving, as new technologies come on-line;

• Often deteriorating, as physical components age;

• Often operating at or near design limits;

• Interdependent, in that they require each other’s

services or if the processes by which they deliver

services can be affected by each other;

• Subject to a variety of risks and hazards over various

spatial and temporal scales; and

• Producing and consuming an ever-broader range and

volume of data.

I. What is New in CRISP 2.0

• Two PI’s must be from SBE and ENG

– More than two PI’s is fine

– PI’s from outside ENG and SBE are fine

• Maximum award is $2.0M

• Type 1 awards are smaller-scale research

projects

• Context statement is required

– Name the two interdependent infrastructure

– Identify the SBE scientist and the engineer12

II: What is New in CRISP 2.0

• Broader definition of infrastructure

interdependency

• Changed eligibility eliminations:

– Cannot serve on more than one proposal in

senior role

– Cannot serve in a senior role if already have a

senior role on a CRISP or RIPS active award

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Interdependent infrastructures

Two or more infrastructures are said to be interdependent if they require each other’s services or if the processes by which they deliver services can be affected by each other.

Some examples:

• symmetric bi-directional dependence;

• asymmetric bi-directional dependence;

• service or process dependence coupled with longer-term feedback loops; and

• direct and indirect dependencies involving more than two infrastructures.

Tips

• Integrate

• Read the solicitation more than once

• Read the FAQs

• Email CRISP 2.0 management team

members with specific questions.

• Improving resilience may or may not involve a

disaster-specific perspective

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Robert O’Connor SBE roconnor@nsf.gov

Cynthia Chen ENG qchen@nsf.gov

Wenda Bauchspies SBE wbauchsp@nsf.gov

Robin Dillon-Merrill ENG rdillonm@nsf.gov

Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong

SBE kgyimahb@nsf.gov

Bruce Hamilton ENG bhamilto@nsf.gov

CRISP 2.0 Management Team

During Webinar, email questions to

kwebster@nsf.gov.