Proposal Submission
ALL PROJECT PROPOSALS CAN BE SUBMITTED AT ANY TIME
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- Preparatory Project Proposal »
- Production Project Proposal »
- Development Project Proposal »
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Your contact at CSCS: Dr. Maria-Grazia Giuffreda
I Call for Proposals 2013 - Allocation period starting on April 1, 2013
Total amount of resources available for production projects in this call: 552 Mio Allocation Units (AUs)
Production systems available:
Cray XE6, Monte Rosa: 137 Mio AUs
Cray XK7, Tödi: 65 Mio AUs
Cray CX30, Piz Daint: 350 Mio AUs
You may indicate your preferred production system (Monte Rosa, Tödi, Piz Daint) in the submission form. If your proposal is accepted then we shall try to accomodate you on the system of your choice if possible.
Project Proposal Submission
If you wish to submit a production and/or a large development project you need to have (in pdf format):
- your project proposal including all the mandatory items listed under Production Projects and Development Projects
- your curriculum vitae
- your list of publications
To submit your proposal go to our web portal » , if you need more information please go to "Submission Step-by-Step" »
Call for proposals
There are two allocation periods for Production Projects and Large Development Projects on CSCS HPC systems starting on:
April 1st and October 1st
Important dates
Fall Allocation Period: October 1st, 2013 | Spring Allocation Period: April 1st, 2014 | Fall Allocation Period October 1st, 2014 | |
Deadline for Submission of Proposals | May 11th, 2013 | October 11th, 2013 | May 11th, 2014 |
Feasibility and Technical Feedback | June 2nd, 2013 | November 3rd, 2013 | June 1st, 2014 |
Scientific Feedback | July 14th, 2013 | December 22nd, 2013 | July 13th, 2014 |
Panel Committee Meeting & Allocation Decision | September 2013 | March 2014 | September 2014 |
Official Letters to Proposers | Within the following two weeks | Within the following two weeks | Within the following 2-3 weeks |
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Who can apply?
Proposers must hold at least the position of post-doc within their institution.
PhD students CANNOT apply on their own, but instead must do so in consultation with, and under the auspices of their supervisor. In such cases the supervisor should be identified as the Principal Investigator (PI) for the project.
Obligations of the User
Once you have a project at CSCS, please be aware that:
Participation at the User Day in Fall is expected. At the User Day, users are expected to present their work in poster form, and they might be invited to give a presentation.
Users must quote and acknowledge the use of CSCS resources as follows: "This work was supported by a grant from the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) under project ID ###"