ACCESS TO HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING – FUNDING

1. Title: ACCESS TO HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING – FUNDING2. Awarding Authority: EPSRC, GB Email: researchinfrastructure@epsrc.ukri.org. Web: 3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: This call is for researchers to apply for computational resource from EPSRC funded High Performance Computing (HPC) services to support research projects from across EPSRC’s remit. It is the successor to the ARCHER RAP and Tier-2 Open access calls which ran prior to 2020. Projects can run for up to one year (service dependent). On average, this call runs twice a year.The services available are ARCHER2, the upcoming Tier-1 national supercomputer accessible to EPSRC research communities, and most of EPSRC’s Tier-2 HPC services: Isambard, NI-HPC, JADE, Cirrus, NICE, CSD3 and HPC Midlands +.EPSRC’s final Tier-2 service, the Materials Modelling Hub, is not accessible through this call but can be accessed through EPSRC’s Materials Chemistry Consortium (MCC) and UK Car-Parrinello Consortium (UKCP).The ARCHER2 service provides the capability for researchers to run simulations and calculations which require large numbers of processing cores working in a highly parallelised fashion. The Tier-2 services form a bridge in compute capacity from the Tier-3 local university supercomputers to the Tier-1 ARCHER2 service, as well as providing a highly diverse range of compute architectures which are of limited availability elsewhere in the UK. The Tier-2 layer has been refreshed in 2020, increasing its capacity and further diversifying its hardware offering.Detailed information on each of these services, their capabilities, service specific restrictions/requirements on proposals and indicative amounts of resource available can be found in Appendix 1 of the call document, see below. Please note that some Tier-2 services only accept applications from specific research areas.5. CPV Code(s): 73000000, 73110000, 73100000, 72500000, 726110006. NUTS code(s): UKK, UKK1, UKK147. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: South West (England), Gloucestershire, Wiltshire And Bristol/Bath Area, Swindon.8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: Funding Available: Through this call you can apply for computational time on EPSRC’s High Performance Computing (HPC) services.10. Closing date: 4.9.2020 (16:00:00).11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit:12. Other information: Status: OpenTag: Invitation for proposalsKey Dates:Activity DateTechnical Assessment Deadline 7 August 2020 (4pm)Closing date for applications 4 September 2020 (4pm)HPC Triaging Committee: Pre-panel Meeting Approx 21 September 2020Panel meetings Week of 2 November 2020HPC Triaging Committee: Post-panel Meeting Approx 11 November 2020Expected project start dates From 18 November 2020 Please refer the website above for documentation# funding opportunity