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Development Projects

These projects are meant for work on codes and algorithms.

Projects of more than 200’000 AUs are granted based on scientific merit and technical feasibility. Development Projects of less than 200’000 AUs  on a the Cray XE6 will be admitted based on technical evaluation only. 

Development Project Submission

If you wish to submit a Large Development Project Proposal you need to have (in pdf format): 

  1. your development project proposal including all the mandatory items listed below
  2. your curriculum vitae 
  3. 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" »

If you wish to submit a Small Development Project Proposal you do not need a form. Please just send your proposal together with the CV and the publication list in pdf format to 

projectoffice(at)cscs.ch

Small Development Project Proposal can also be submitted at any time and are not restricted by any deadline.

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) of the project. 

Project Proposal Format 

Small projects (< 200’000 AUs on the Cray XE6, up to 1 year; proposal up to 5 A4 pages) 

  1. Brief statement of your goals
  2. Brief description of research methods 
  3. Outline of development
    3.1. Current status of software, benchmarks and scaling 
    3.2. Algorithms and implementation 
    3.3. Programming and parallelization approach 
  4. Brief resource justification 
  5. Infrastructural requirements (type of hardware, debuggers, etc.) 

The allocations of small development projects on other CSCS systems are discussed case by case.

Large projects (> 200’000 AUs per year, up to 3 years; proposal up to 10 A4 pages) 

  1. Intended applications: Outline of background and significance 
  2. Intended applications: Scientific goals and objectives 
  3. Description of research methods 
  4. Outline of development 
    4.1. Current status of software, benchmarks and scaling 
    4.2. Algorithms and implementation 
    4.3. Programming and parallelization approach 
    4.4. Project plans: tasks and milestones 
  5.  Resource justification 
  6. Infrastructural requirements (type of hardware, debuggers, etc.) 
  7. Duration of the project (up to 3 years)

The allocation requested must be per year, that is you need to provide the total number of Allocation Units (AUs) » required for the first year of your project. 

Please note that lack of any of the mandatory parts may result in rejection of the proposal.

Review Process

Small development projects (< 200’000 AUs) 

  • Complete proposals will be assessed by technical evaluation. Technically reasonable proposals will be accepted.

Large development projects (> 200’000 AUs)

  • Complete proposals will be subjected to technical feasibility assessment.
  • Technically feasible proposals will be passed forward to scientific review, conducted by reviewers from an international pool
  • Based on technical and scientific reviews a panel committee of scientific experts will rate the proposals and make a final allocation recommendation