4th Call Advanced Computing Projects

FCT announced the results of the 4th edition Call Advanced Computing Call , with a total of 163 projects approved out of 173 applications submitted, reaching an acceptance rate of 94%. These results set a new record for projects submitted and approved.

With a duration of between 6 and 12 months, the approved projects give more than 50 institutions and small national companies access to over 250 million CPU core hours and 230,000 GPU hours. The estimated value of these projects exceeds €3 million. The 163 approved projects are distributed as follows, by Call type: Experimental access – 43; A1, Development access – 63; A2, Regular access – 36; and A3, Greater Access – 21. In terms of representation by scientific field, the results are as follows: Physics and Mathematics – 31%; Engineering and Technology – 26%; Chemistry and Materials – 20%; Life and Health Sciences – 15%; and Earth and Environmental Sciences – 8%.

The novelty of this edition of Call the entry into operation of the Deucalion and MareNostrum 5 supercomputers, the Spanish supercomputer in which Portugal holds a stake, with support from the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR).

The approved projects will be implemented on the platforms of the National Advanced Computing Network (RNCA), namely: Navigator (Advanced Computing Laboratory of the University of Coimbra); Oblivion and Vision (HPC Center at the University of Évora); Cirrus and Stratus (National Distributed Computing Infrastructure), Deucalion (Azurém, Guimarães), and MareNostrum 5 (Barcelona Supercomputing Center).

The Call Advanced Computing Projects aims to promote scientific research and technological innovation by allocating advanced computing resources to national projects in a wide range of scientific fields.

For more information on Advanced Computing and its Calls, please visit the RNCA website and the FCT website.