Suggested Statement of Work -- PSC/MARC Liaison

*SCHOOL* and the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) will work together,
under the auspices of a MARC grant from NIGMS, to introduce a
Bioinformatics course at the *SCHOOL*. To assure that the *SCHOOL*
has appropriate resources, the NIGMS grant includes a subcontract for the 
*SCHOOL* to cover the expenses associated with a liaison to work with the 
appropriate PSC staff.

The liaison has a critical role in each of the three phases of the project,
including co-ordinating all interactions between the *SCHOOL* and the
PSC:
       First, the liaison will identify faculty from the *SCHOOL*
       to participate in the development of the bioinformatics course
       and will, along with some of these faculty, attend the two week 
       summer bioinformatics workshop to be held in Pittsburgh next
       summer. 

       Second, the liaison and appropriate PSC staff will co-teach the 
       on-site bioinformatics course at the *SCHOOL* and will participate 
       in the evaluation of the course and in selecting student participants 
       for the student internship at the PSC the following summer. This will 
       include making arrangements for suitable computer laboratory and 
       lecture facilities on-site. 

       Third, the liaisons will also attend the part of the following 
       summer's student internship that overlaps the bioinformatics 
       workshop and will assist in presenting their experiences from the 
       previous year to the participants in the current bioinformatics 
       workshop. During the second year the liaison will consult with 
       PSC staff as needed to present the on-site bioinformatics course 
       a second time.

The *SCHOOL* and PSC are dedicated towards developing a sustainable
bioinformatics program at the school and to work towards collaborations
between the two institutions.