The second edition of the Advanced Computing Project Competition for the A2 Project Access typology received 58 applications, with a total number of hours requested 391% higher than the available capacity.
The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), through the National Scientific Computing Unit (FCCN), released the results of the 2nd edition of the Advanced Computing Projects Competition for the A2 Access Project typology.
In total, they were collected 58 applications from different scientific fields. The areas of "Physics and Mathematics" and "Chemistry and Materials" received the largest number of projects. As in the first edition, applications were received from diverse fields such as Engineering and Technology, Life Sciences and Health, Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Social and Economic Sciences.
The list of candidate projects includes over 40 educational institutions, as well as a cooperative and an association. In total, approximately 80,000,000 core hours were requested, representing 391% of the capacity available for the competition.
Please note that the purpose of this competition is to provide access to the use of resources High Performance Computing and/or Scientific Cloud Computing. Therefore, it is recommended for scientific or innovation projects whose work team has some prior experience.
Applications remain open for categories A0 – Experimental access and A1 – Preparatory access., having to be submitted by April 28, 2022. Every 8 weeks, applications are grouped into batches and subjected to summary technical validation (A0) or technical evaluation (A1). Allocation to the platforms will continue until the respective quota limits are reached.
For more information, visit the competition information on the FCT website.
