NSF Grant Will Enhance UA Computing Facilities

The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville has been awarded a $1.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation to enhance research computing facilities and network connections. The grant is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

The grant will support improvements to existing computing infrastructure, which will allow the Arkansas High Performance Computing Center to increase data transfer rates on campus from 1 to 10 gigabits per second.

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