The Data Management in Scientific Computing (Damasc) proposal “Adding Data Management Services to Parallel File Systems” has been selected for funding by the DOE to the tune of $1m over three years. Congratulations to co-PIs Scott Brandt (lead PI), Maya Gokhale (PI, LLNL), Carlos Maltzahn, Alkis Polyzotis, Wang-Chiew Tan, and our collaborators Gary Grider (LANL) and Russ Rew (Unidata/UCAR).