Cyberinfrastructure Software Sustainability and Reusability Workshop

This paper describes our position about the sustainability and support required thereof for Cyber Infrastructure(CI) software with the perspective from the management of GridChem TeraGrid Science Gateway as a production quality cyber-environment currently in use. We present a case here to elaborate the national CI software policy also from the perspectives of developers of multiple components of domain engaging CI. In this process we also identify possible outlook for NSF to provide goal oriented support for the CI software sustainability with science and engineering research communities needs for the 21st century multi-disciplinary endeavors. Continual research community development, engagement and involvement in CI software development, deployment, usage is noted one of the critical components of CI software sustainability.