3rd edition of Call Advanced Computing Projects

The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), through its FCCN unit, will open applications for the 3rd edition Call Advanced Computing Call on October 25. This Call to consolidate and strengthen the national technological and scientific system through Advanced Computing resources for Research and Innovation in collaboration with four operational centers – Minho Advanced Computing Centre (MACC), Advanced Computing Laboratory of the University of Coimbra (LCA-UC), High Performance Computing of the University of Évora (HPC-UÉ), and National Distributed Computing Infrastructure (INCD).

Call million CPU core hours or vCPU hours Call on platforms belonging to the National Advanced Computing Network (RNCA). Applications will be accepted in all scientific areas using High Performance Computing (HPC) and/or scientific Cloud or Virtual Research Environments (VRE) in three different types: Experimental Access (A0), Preparatory or Development Access (A1), and Project or Regular Access (A2). Each of these types has a maximum number of hours of use and project duration.

For Project Access (A2), applications will be open until December 15, 2022. The remaining two accesses, A0 and A1, will be available in several batches of submissions until May 31, 2023, or until the available resources are exhausted.

The Call Advanced Computing Projects seeks to encourage the use of HPC and Scientific Cloud or VRE computational resources to obtain new knowledge that will enable scientific and technological advancement in all fields of knowledge. These resources may 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. This edition features a new access modality—Virtual Research Environments (VRE)—which aims to meet the collaboration needs of researchers from one or more organizations through cloud computing.

Previous editions have provided more than 70 million CPU core-hours or vCPU-hours on RNCA platforms to date. There are more than 30 scientific publications and 60 Master's or Doctoral theses associated with projects approved under these Calls.

All information about the Call types, deadlines, and application process—is available on the FCT website and on the RNCA website.

On November 3, 2022, at 11:30 a.m., there will be an online information session about the Call. You can register here.