More information and applications on the competition page: FCT website
Project typologies
Experimental Access (A0)
Preparatory Access or Development (A1)
Project or Regular Access (A2)
Each of these typologies has a maximum number of hours of use and project duration.
They are in competition millions of CPU core.hours or vCPU.hours on platforms National Advanced Computing Network (RNCA). Applications will be accepted in all scientific areas that use High Performance Computing (HPC) and/or scientific Cloud or Virtual Research Environments (VRE).
This competition aims 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 Infrastructure for Distributed Computing (INCD).
About the contest
The Advanced Computing Project Competition seeks to encourage the use of HPC and Scientific Cloud (VRE) computing resources to obtain new knowledge that enables scientific and technological advancement in all fields. These resources can be useful for simulations in areas as diverse as climate and 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 needs of collaboration between researchers from one or more organizations through cloud computing.