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Pennsieve: A scalable and sustainable platform for scientific data integration and analysis

Award Number: OT3OD025347
ORGANIZATION: OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, NIH
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/21/2017
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 01/31/2026

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Pennsieve: A scalable and sustainable platform for scientific data integration and analysis - Scientific and medical data are growing exponentially, in terms of size, complexity, and sheer number of datasets. The challenge lies in how to best tap this plethora of data, to build explanatory and predictive models of living systems, and to discover the biomarkers that will lead to improved medical diagnoses and treatments. The critical bottleneck lies in software support for enabling discovery. The next generation software platform for scientific discovery will require a focus on sustainability, security, user-experience, and accessibility. The Blackfynn Platform directly addresses these needs, enabling team science for big data. Our platform provides a single seamless point of data access and management for multi-modal data. It enables rapid viewing and search, integration and linking of data across modalities, followed by analysis via custom or standardized tools. Our commitment to the SPARC program is focused on three main thrusts: - Develop a cloud-based scientific data management platform tailored to the needs of SPARC investigators. Blackfynn will expand its platform to support the specific needs of the SPARC investigators and develop infrastructure to integrate with deliverables from the SPARC SIM-CORE and MAP-CORE. - Drive collaborative efforts with the other SPARC cores and investigators and promote interoperability and seamless integration of systems. Blackfynn will develop processes and tools to support coordination within the SPARC program. We will create an open architecture and enhance our platform to foster collaboration and tool interoperability. - Develop a sustainable ecosystem for the neuroscience community outside and beyond the SPARC initiative. Efforts in this project will be lost without a clear strategy to expand use of the selected platform(s) beyond the SPARC effort. We will work with the SPARC team to develop solutions to guarantee sustainability and develop an open data exchange platform that can be used by anyone to find and access public data hosted on the Blackfynn platform at cost.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2024	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	2	7/21/2025	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $1,639,457 )
2024	2024	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	2	8/13/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$1,639,457
2024	2023	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	2	4/16/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
														Subtotal = $1,639,457

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $1,624,805 )
2023	2023	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	003	2	8/16/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$1,653,476
2023	2022	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	2	12/1/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2023	2020	BLACKFYNN INC.	1218 CHESTNUT ST., 8TH FLR	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19107	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	1	1/4/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	-$28,671
2023	2017	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	002	2	8/16/2023	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
														Subtotal = $1,624,805

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $1,468,639 )
2022	2022	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	2	9/13/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$1,389,719
2022	2022	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	003	2	9/21/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$78,920
2022	2017	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	2	9/12/2022	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2022	2017	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	002	2	9/20/2022	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
														Subtotal = $1,468,639

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $1,287,379 )
2021	2021	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	007	2	8/30/2021	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$1,287,379
2021	2020	BLACKFYNN INC.	1218 CHESTNUT ST., 8TH FLR	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19107	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	1	12/18/2020	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2021	2020	BLACKFYNN INC.	1218 CHESTNUT ST., 8TH FLR	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19107	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	003	1	4/26/2021	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	-$436,152
2021	2020	BLACKFYNN INC.	1218 CHESTNUT ST., 8TH FLR	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19107	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	1	4/19/2021	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2021	2017	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	005	2	6/24/2021	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2021	2017	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	004	2	4/27/2021	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$436,152
2021	2017	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	006	2	8/30/2021	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2021	2017	BLACKFYNN INC.	1218 CHESTNUT ST., 8TH FLR	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19107	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	002	1	4/26/2021	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $1,287,379

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $2,395,004 )
2018	2018	BLACKFYNN INC.	121 S BROAD STREET, SUITE 510	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19107	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	1	9/22/2018	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$2,395,004
														Subtotal = $2,395,004

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $2,392,968 )
2017	2017	BLACKFYNN INC.	121 S BROAD STREET, SUITE 510	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19107	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	1	9/21/2017	NEW	$2,392,968
														Subtotal = $2,392,968

Grand Total All Awards = $10,808,252

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Pennsieve: A scalable and sustainable platform for scientific data integration and analysis

Award Number: OT3OD025347

ORGANIZATION: OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, NIH

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/21/2017

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 01/31/2026

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