FutureGrid Boosts Indiana in IT

The selection of Indiana University to lead the development of a new FutureGrid that will revolutionize the world of supercomputing has boosted the state of Indiana into the top tier of information technology and scientific research.

And the $15 million project, with $10.1 million from the National Science Foundation --"the Academy Award of supercomputing grants"-- and the balance coming from project partners, would never have been possible without the sustained commitment among the state, Lilly Endowment and university to make Indiana one of the nation's life sciences and IT leaders, according to university officials. Visit the IU News Room to continue reading.