2025 U.S. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE

WORKSHOP

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March 18 - 21

Los Angeles, California

Postponed Until Further Notice

Image Credit: The Aerospace Corporation, NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS, Gerald Eichstädt and Sean Doran, and Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology (JPL) by Gabrielle Perez

The 2025 Research Infrastructure Workshop is postponed until further notice. 

The 2025 Research Infrastructure Workshop, previously scheduled for March 18–21 in Los Angeles, has been postponed until further notice. All registrations will be refunded and reservations under the block of rooms canceled. It may take up to 2 weeks for the refund to appear in your account. If you have any questions concerning your refund, please contact RIO at RIOutreach@nsf.gov.

About RIW

The Research Infrastructure Workshop is designed to provide a collaborative forum for the Research Infrastructure community to share best practices and lessons learned, collect community input on new initiatives, and share project, operations, and business tools and techniques. 

Who Attends?

This workshop is designed for all Research Infrastructure professionals including facility and operations managers, program and project managers, and other business and operations professionals involved with managing and overseeing Major Facilities and Mid-scale Research Infrastructure. Attendance and participation from other federal agencies are welcomed.

Program Content

Workshop content caters to the following Research Infrastructure communities:  

  • Business, Award, Budget and Finance Management 
  • Communications, Education & Public Outreach and User Support 
  • Cybersecurity & Cyberinfrastructure 
  • Environmental, Safety & Health and Quality 
  • Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure 
  • Operations & Facilities Management 
  • Principal Investigators, Directors & Scientific Leadership 
  • Project & Risk Management 

Learn more about Communities of Interest. 

Poster Sessions

The workshop features poster sessions to promote knowledge sharing and networking. Posters from previous workshops are available on the NSF Research Infrastructure Knowledge Gateway.

Poster Sessions

This year’s workshop will feature in-person and virtual poster sessions designed to connect you with peers, foster collaboration, and spotlight your contributions to the Research Infrastructure community. Whether you’re attending in person or online, presenting a poster is a unique opportunity to get valuable feedback and build your network. If you are interested in presenting a poster at the workshop, please indicate this during the registration process.  

Posters will also be featured on the NSF Research Infrastructure Knowledge Gateway for future reference.   

For poster preparation guidance, visit the Workshop’s Poster Sessions page.

Venue & Hotel

All reservations made at the group hotel, the Sonesta Redondo Beach & Marina, under the group room block will be canceled.

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