The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), through its unit FCCN, will open applications for the 4th edition of Computing Projects Calls Advanced on October 26. This competition aims to make Advanced Computing resources available for Research and Innovation and is a collaboration with the operational centers of the National Advanced Computing Network (RNCA), including the Advanced Computing Laboratory of the University of Coimbra (LCA-UC), High Performance Computing of the University of Évora (HPC-UÉ) and the National Distributed Computing Infrastructure (INCD).
This year sees the debut of two new platforms and the inauguration of the Larger Dimension (A3) typology, which will give access to the recently installed Deucalion and MareNostrum 5, the latter installed at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
More than 300 million CPU core.hours or vCPU.hours are available at Call and applications will be accepted in all scientific areas using High Performance Computing (HPC) and/or scientific Cloud or Virtual Research Environments (VRE ) in four different types:
- Experimental Access (A0) - 6-month projects for users with little or no previous experience. Several batches of applications between 26/10/2023 and 30/5/2024
- Development Access (A1) - projects of up to 12 months for testing and optimizing computational work. Several batches of applications between 26/10/2023 and 30/5/2024
- Regular Access (A2) - for research and innovation projects of up to 3 million CPU core.hours over 12 months. Applications between 26/10/2023 and 19/12/2023
- Larger Access (A3) - for large research and innovation projects up to 20 million CPU core.hours for 12 months in Deucalion and MareNostrum 5. Applications between 19/12/2023 and 8/2/2024.
The Advanced Computing Project Calls seek to encourage the use of HPC and Scientific Cloud or VRE computing resources to obtain new knowledge that will enable scientific and technological progress in all areas of knowledge. These resources can be useful for simulations in areas as diverse as climate or molecular modeling, artificial intelligence and the study of complex problems in the creation of new materials or the improvement of industrial production lines.
Previous editions have approved more than 350 projects and 110 million CPU core.hours in RNCA computing platforms.
To find out more, visit Call (constantly updated).
Applications on the myFCT Platform between October 26 and May 30.
Contact RNCA at rnca@fccn.pt
Take note! Online information session on Call on October 26, 2023, at 12 noon, for all candidates and interested parties. Sign up here!
