EuroHPC Joint Undertaking

EuroHPC – European Partnership for High-Performance Computing

EuroHPC is an Institutionalized Partnership of Horizon Europe, implemented as a Joint Undertaking under Article 187 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Its members include 32 participating states (including Portugal), the European Union (represented by the European Commission), and three private associations: the European Technology Platform for High Performance Computing (ETP4HPC), the Big Data Value Association (BDVA), and the European Quantum Industry Consortium (QuIC).

Mission and objectives

EuroHPC aims to develop, deploy, scale, and maintain a federated, secure, and hyper-connected ecosystem of high-performance computing (HPC), quantum computing, service, and data infrastructure in the EU.

It also supports the development and promotion of an innovative and competitive European HPC ecosystem, geared towards user needs and based on a supply chain that ensures components, technologies, and knowledge that limit the risk of disruptions.

EuroHPC also has the mission of promoting the use of supercomputing infrastructure among a large number of public and private users, supporting the development of HPC skills essential for European science and industry.

EuroHPC is aligned with the twin green and digital transitions and contributes to the achievement of the digital goals for 2030, as set out in the "Digital Decade" vision.

Pillars of activity

To fulfill its mission and achieve the objectives set out in its Regulation, the EuroHPC JU carries out its activities in six pillars defined in the multiannual strategic plan (MASP 2021-27):

• Technology: development of technologies and supply chains associated with HPC infrastructures (e.g., processors, interconnects), aiming at Europe's strategic autonomy and energy-efficient technologies.
• Applications & Data: strengthening European leadership in HPC applications through innovation in co-design with users, exploiting synergies with technologies based on artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud computing. This includes Centers of Excellence for HPC applications.
• Use of supercomputers and skills: through the European network of competence centers (which includes the national EuroCC center) to encourage the use of HPC infrastructure by all types of entities and to support advanced skills training initiatives. This includes Calls access to EuroHPC supercomputers.
• HPC infrastructure: support for the acquisition and upgrade of supercomputers in different performance categories (mid-range, petascale, exascale) and, in the future, post-exascale and quantum computers, which collectively constitute the EuroHPC supercomputer network.
• Supercomputer federation and connectivity: communications networks ensuring high-speed connections between the various centers in the EuroHPC supercomputer network and with data infrastructures (e.g., European common data spaces and cloud infrastructures, notably GAIA-X).
• International cooperation: with countries such as Japan and India in regions of the globe outside Europe, in addition to the Participating States in the Partnership.

Co-financing from the European Union is provided through the Horizon Europe framework program for research and innovation activities in technology, applications, and international cooperation; through the Digital Europe Program for activities related to HPC infrastructure and skills; and through the CEF-Digital program for activities related to the federation of the European HPC network.

Calls access to EuroHPC supercomputers

Access to the Partnership's European supercomputers is managed by EuroHPC JU itself through frequent Calls . There are four main access modes:

• Benchmark Access Mode
• Development Access Mode
• Regular Access Mode
• Extreme Scale Access Mode

For more information on access methods, access policy, and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), please refer to this page.

EuroHPC Research and Innovation Calls

EuroHPC Calls and innovation (R&I) Calls are defined in the annual Work Programs and mainly cover the Technology, Applications & Data, and International Cooperation pillars of the Partnership. Up-to-date information on EuroHPC's Calls , including deadlines for submitting proposals and links to the application submission portal, can be found here.

The European Union's co-financing rates vary according to the objectives of the respective topics and the levels of technological readiness (TRL) to be developed, i.e., depending on whether it is a "Research and Innovation Action," "Innovation Action," "Coordination and Support Action," or others.

At this stage, no automatic national co-financing mechanism has been established to complement the European Union co-financing allocated through the EuroHPC JU. Any requests for co-financing will be examined on a case-by-case basis.