An overview of access categories and access types to IT4Innovations supercomputing systems:
Access category | access type | duration of allocation and main deadlines |
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open access | IT4Innovations Open Access Grant Competition | 12, 24, or 36 months; call announced three times a year (February, June, and October); decision within 55 days following the application submission cut-off date |
Institutional and Community Access | 12, 24, or 36 months; decision within 55 days following the application submission cut-off date | |
Fast Track Access | max. 4 months; decision within seven working days following the application submission | |
ACCESS TO THEMATIC HPC RESOURCE UTILISATION | Important Societal Challenges | max. 12 months; submission at any time, decision within 30 days |
Teaching and Educational Activities | max. 12 months; submission at any time, decision within 30 days | |
In-house Infrastructure Research | max. 12 months; submission at any time, decision within 30 days | |
Rental of Computational Resources | for the period specified in the contract; submission at any time | |
Contract Research | for the period specified in the contract; submission at any time | |
LUMI SUPERCOMPUTER COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES | IT4Innovations Open Access Grant Competition and EuroHPC JU Grant Competitions | |
EUROHPC JU GRANT COMPETITIONS | Benchmark and Development Access Modes Calls | Regular Access Mode Calls | Extreme Scale Access Mode Calls |
A. Open Access
This category of access aims to allocate computational resources to the research community in the Czech Republic based on scientific excellence, computational competence and readiness, and anticipated benefits to society and the economy. Computing resources are distributed in an open access model, which aims to make HPC resources available for non-economic research and development activities.
A1) IT4Innovations Open Access Grant Competition
Support for excellent research, development, and innovation (R&D&I) activities of individuals and their co-implementation teams. The call is announced three times a year (February, June, and October).
Eligible applicants: Employee of a Czech research organisation
Duration of Allocation: 12, 24, or 36 months
Main deadlines: 40 working days following the Application submission. Decision within 55 days following the application submission cut-off date.
A2) Institutional and community access
Support for selected research organisations to implement (R&D&I) activities within a specific (field) focus. The call to be launched depends on current needs and possibilities.
Eligible applicants: Research organisation based in the Czech Republic
Duration of Allocation: 12, 24, or 36 months
Main deadlines: 90 days for application submission. Decision within 55 days following the application submission cut-off date.
A3) Fast TRACK access
For solving simpler, short-term computational tasks, testing concepts, debugging and developing applications, and for research, development, and innovation activities. The primary objective is preparation for the Open Access Grant Competition or Institutional and Community Access. Submission anytime.
Eligible applicants: Employee of a Czech research organisation
Duration of Allocation: max. 4 months
Main deadlines: Decision within seven working days following the application submission.
How to apply: The application form can be found here: DOCX or ODT. Please submit your completed application in English via the web portal.
B. Access for thematic HPC resource utilisation
Allocations for socially important tasks, teaching and educational activities, commercial activities (to a limited extent), and in-house infrastructure research.
B1) Important Societal Challenges
Implementation of educational, research, and innovation activities in the public interest. For public and research organisations in the Czech Republic.
Duration of Allocation: max. 12 months
Main deadlines: Submission at any time, decision within 30 days.
B2) Teaching and educational activities
Provision of computational resources for teaching, training, and educational events.
Duration of Allocation: max. 12 months
Main deadlines: Submission at any time, decision within 30 days.
B3) In-house infrastructure research
R&D&I activities aimed at developing, enhancing, and optimising the large research infrastructure (e.g., within the framework of projects supporting e-INFRA CZ) services.
Duration of Allocation: max. 12 months
Main deadlines: Submission at any time, decision within 30 days.
B4) Rental of computational resources
IT4Innovations offers companies the possibility of renting the computing capacity of its supercomputers. Those who are interested in this service, legal entities or natural persons, can choose one of the following options according to their preferences:
- Standard allocation arranged for a specific period with a pre-agreed quota
This is a lease in the form of shared access with other users with a pre-determined total number of units of computing time (standardised node hours) and standard user support.
- Customised allocation
This includes, for example, the exclusive ability to use a pre-agreed number of compute nodes in a pre-determined period of time, allowing instant access to compute capacity compared to a standard allocation (so-called static allocation).
Duration of Allocation: The Allocation Period shall commence upon signing the Contract and shall continue for the period specified in this Contract, only on HPC resources defined in this Contract.
Main deadlines: To find out more about how to apply, please click HERE.
B5) Contract research
Commercial provision of computational resources for contract research conducted at VSB-TUO and commissioned by an external partner. Access may be used only by employees of VSB-TUO when performing contract research for third parties.
Main deadlines: Submission at any time, decision within 30 days.
How to apply for B1), B2), B3) and B5): The application form can be found here: DOCX or ODT. Please submit your completed application in English via the web portal.
C. Transnational Access
C1) LUMI Supercomputer computational resources
The EuroHPC LUMI supercomputer, located in Kajaani, Finland, is one of the world’s fastest computing systems with a performance of over 550 PFlop/s. The LUMI supercomputer is procured jointly by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking and the LUMI consortium. IT4Innovations is one of the LUMI consortium members. LUMI is one of the world’s best-known scientific instruments for the lifespan of 2021–2026.
It is possible to apply for computing resources on the LUMI supercomputer within the framework of Open Access Competitions announced by IT4Innovations or within the framework of EuroHPC JU Grant Competitions.
Meet the winning projects for LUMI-C and 1st call for LUMI-G.
C2) EuroHPC JU grant competitions
European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) is a joint initiative between the EU, European countries, and private partners to develop a world-class European supercomputer ecosystem.
The Czech Republic is participating in this initiative. All EuroHPC supercomputers are available for users from the Czech Republic within these five types of access calls:
- EuroHPC Benchmark and Development Access Modes
The Calls for Proposals for EuroHPC JU Benchmark and Development Access Modes are continuously open calls. The submitted projects are evaluated monthly for all projects submitted by the cut-off date, which is on the 1st day of the given month. Access to resources can be obtained within two weeks from the cut-off date.
- EuroHPC Access for AI and Data-Intensive Applications
The call is designed to serve industry organisations, small to medium enterprises (SMEs), startups, and public sector entities, requiring access to supercomputing resources to perform artificial intelligence and data intensive activities.
- EuroHPC Regular and Extreme Scale Access Modes
These calls are announced continuously, with predetermined deadlines by which applications can be submitted.
Detailed information about EuroHPC Access Mode Calls can be found on the EuroHPC Access website.