IDE Awarded $1 Million Grant
Mooresville, North Carolina – March 31, 2025 – The Institute of Digital Engineering USA (IDE), a Mooresville-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, was recently awarded a new grant to provide high-performance computing resources to support groundbreaking computational research across the University of North Carolina (UNC System).
The IDE will provide cloud-based HPC services, including central processing units (CPUs), graphics processing units (GPUs), and large-scale, cloud-based data storage tailored to the diverse needs of qualifying academic institutions. The IDE will also provide technical support and evaluation to ensure efficiencies, strong data security policies, and code optimization across these research initiatives.
Brent Harvey, IDE Chairman, stated, “The mission of the IDE is to bring together academia, aerospace, defense, and advanced manufacturing industry leaders, creating a collaborative cluster for North Carolina to become a nationally acknowledged center of excellence for real-world digital engineering advancement.”
The award is a pilot program designed to assess overall high-performance computing needs in academic environments across both the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and other UNC System campuses. Qualified research projects were determined through a competitive RFP process. David Jerome, Executive Director of the IDE, stated, “We’re excited to partner with top research institutions and foster groundbreaking research in Mooresville.”
The goal of the collaborative effort is to bring together professors, students, and industry leaders in partnership to publish groundbreaking research and commercialize technologies developed in North Carolina, creating economic impact.
Contact Information:
Institute of Digital Engineering
(704)727-2944
info@ideusa.org
About the Institute of Digital Engineering
The IDE is North Carolina’s hub for digital engineering talent, powering a collaborative cluster committed to aerospace, defense, and advanced manufacturing growth.
