Thanks Dave. I will put together a draft and email it to you in the next
day or two.

From one of my earlier proposals (from 2008 or so) I came across the
following information: "Research Computing
Support (RCS) group that reach out to a larger scientific comm
unity, including the Central State University
(CSU), a historically black university in Ohio 70 miles from
Miami University."

Do you still have contacts with CSU?

On Mon, 2013-07-01 at 13:41 -0400, Woods, David wrote:
> Hi DJ,
> 
> 
>   A letter of support should be possible - if you can draft something
> explaining specific ways the RCS group would support your work and
> send it to myself and Gail Campbell ([log in to unmask] ) - we can
> add details on the services and qualifications of the RCS group.
> 
> 
> For budget - the usual suggestion we have comes from OARS and is to
> add a line item that is 5 - 10% of the total grant budget for
> "Research Computing Support".  I'd expect the justification to be
> similar to what goes into the support letter. 
> 
> 
>  I'll also mention that John Karro's NSF Career award had a budget
> request for RCS support, so you might ask John for a copy of his
> proposal to see how he justified the funding.
> 
> 
> Dave
> 
> David Woods, PhD.
> Academic Liaison, IT Services
> 305 Laws Hall
> Miami University
> (513) 529-1857
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Dhananjai Rao <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>         Hello,
>         
>         I am currently planning on submitting a NSF CAREER proposal
>         (still work
>         in progress) that is due on July 22. I would like to solicit
>         support
>         from all of you for helping with my HPC research and teaching.
>         I am
>         wondering if I should be specifically requesting funding for
>         collaborating with your group. If so, could you please provide
>         me with a
>         budget amount. In addition, if you could provide a paragraph
>         that I can
>         include in the "Budget justification" section of the proposal,
>         that
>         would be great.
>         
>         More importantly, I would also like to request a letter of
>         support for
>         the research and teaching activities.
>         
>         thanks
>         
>         with regards
>         D. M. Rao
> 
>