SCinet Contributors Program and Scholarship Fund

The SCinet Contributor Program is a formalization of technology contributions and donations for which SCinet and the SC Conference have practiced with industry and non-profit partners for several years. This program aims to increase the visibility of contributors that support the innovative and cutting-edge technologies displayed at SC each year. In turn, this will ensure the long-term viability of SCinet relationships with our contributors.

The SC15 Committee is also continuing the SCinet Scholarship Fund, offering sponsors a new way to participate in SCinet by donating funds to help support network engineers and IT professionals that wish to volunteer and contribute to the SCinet effort. Through this Scholarship Fund, awardees will be selected through a competitive SC application process and will receive grants for travel expenses to support and build SCinet. Selected IT professionals from around the globe will have the opportunity to volunteer their skills and expertise with other like-minded and top professionals to create the powerful SCinet architecture.

We are inviting new contributors and existing SCinet contributors to join or continue to participate in one or both of these programs. For new contributors or those interested in SCinet, we would like to invite you to join this community of professionals who are dedicated to building the fastest, most innovative platform in research and industry. For our existing contributors we offer our sincere thanks and we hope you will look forward to these new program opportunities to collaborate with the HPC community.

An outline of the Contributor’s rewards and levels are viewable below. Please feel free to contact us with any questions, contributions, or donations at your earliest convenience by emailing info@scinet.supercomputing.org.

View the online brochure.

Contributor Rewards

Reward	Platinum	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Free or Discounted network connection(s) for booth	FREE: 2x10Gb/s drop or Discounted 100Gb/s drop	FREE: 10Gb/s drop	FREE: 1Gb/s drop	Discounted network connection
Free Exhibitor staff badges	Qty 4	Qty 3	Qty 2	Qty 1
Logo on SCinet banner, hung over SCinet NOC on Exhibit floor	1^st Tier placement	2^nd Tier placement	3^rd Tier placement	4^th Tier Placement
Panel space signage on SCinet NOC or DNOC on Exhibit floor	1^st Tier placement	2^nd Tier placement	3^rd Tier placement	4^th Tier Placement
Logo on SCinet Contributors web page	1^st Tier placement	2^nd Tier placement	3^rd Tier placement	4^th Tier Placement
Logo displayed & verbal mention during SC General Chair’s keynote introduction remarks	1^st Tier placement	2^nd Tier placement	3^rd Tier placement	4^th Tier Placement
Logo on SCinet signage near Registration & potentially other high traffic areas	1^st Tier placement	2^nd Tier placement	3^rd Tier placement	4^th Tier Placement
Logo inclusion on “SCinet Contributors” Tech Program bag insert	1^st Tier placement	2^nd Tier placement	3^rd Tier placement	4^th Tier Placement
SCinet Interactive Kiosk: Company & Equipment included and displayed next to SCinet NOC on Exhibit floor	*	*	*	*
Press Release assistance: As they relate to the current conference year & company contribution(s)	*	*	*	*
Option to select booth space in close proximity to SCinet NOC during Space Selection for upcoming year’s conference	*	n/a	n/a	n/a
White Glove housing & meeting space service (Beginning in 2015)	*	n/a	n/a	n/a

Contribution Levels

Platinum Contributor Qualifications (must meet two)

Loaned Equipment	> $3M insured value in loaned equipment, including necessary level of personnel support as deemed by SCinet Management. This ensures proper setup, configuration, operation, and role of the loaned equipment within the SCinet architecture.
WAN services – Dark fiber, Bandwidth, Colocation services and Interconnects	> $800K in value, owned and/or operated by the contributing organization, verified via published rates/pricing for services.
FTE – Engineering or other Human support	> 2 FTEs allocated for supporting their organization’s equipment and/or loaned service during the current conference (minimum 2 weeks on-site during setup, show, and tear down). These individual’s travel expenses, hotel, and time must be fully funded and supported by the contributing organization.
SCinet Scholarhip Fund Donation	> $25K donation.

Gold Contributor Qualifications (must meet two)

Loaned Equipment	> $1M insured value in loaned equipment, including necessary level of personnel support as deemed by SCinet Management. This ensures proper setup, configuration, operation, and role of the loaned equipment within the SCinet architecture.
WAN services – Dark fiber, Bandwidth, Colocation services and Interconnects	> $500K in value, owned and/or operated by the contributing organization, verified via published rates/pricing for services.
FTE – Engineering or other Human support	> 2 FTEs allocated for supporting their organization’s equipment and/or loaned service during the current conference (minimum 2 weeks on-site during setup, show, and tear down). These individual’s travel expenses, hotel, and time must be fully funded and supported by the contributing organization.
SCinet Scholarhip Fund Donation	> $15K donation.

Silver Contributor Qualifications (must meet two)

Loaned Equipment	> $500K insured value in loaned equipment, including necessary level of personnel support as deemed by SCinet Management. This ensures proper setup, configuration, operation, and role of the loaned equipment within the SCinet architecture.
WAN services – Dark fiber, Bandwidth, Colocation services and Interconnects	> $200K invalue, owned and/or operated by the contributing organization, verified via published rates/pricing for services.
FTE – Engineering or other Human support	> 1 FTE allocated for supporting their organization’s equipment and/or loaned service during the current conference (minimum 2 weeks on-site during setup, show, and tear down). This individual’s travel expenses, hotel, and time must be fully funded and supported by the contributing organization.
SCinet Scholarhip Fund Donation	> $10K donation.

Bronze Contributor Qualifications (must meet two)

Loaned Equipment	> $10K insured value in loaned equipment, including regular access to personnel for support purposes to ensure proper use, configuration, and operation of loaned equipment.
WAN services – Dark fiber, Bandwidth, Colocation services and Interconnects	> $50K owned and/or operated by the contributing organization, verified via published rates/pricing for services.
FTE – Engineering or other Human support	> 1 FTE allocated for supporting their organization’s equipment and/or loaned service during the current conference (minimum 1 week during conference). This individual’s travel expenses, hotel, and time must be fully funded and supported by the contributing organization.
SCinet Scholarhip Fund Donation	> $5K donation.