DECI-12 call for PRACE Tier-1 resources

Dear Users,

here below you can find informations about the new DECI call. 

Regards,

HPC-User Support @ CINECA

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The DECI-12 call for PRACE Tier-1 resources is now open

         http://www.prace-ri.eu/DECI-12-Call

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Opening date: 18th December 2013, 12:00 CET
Closing date: 20th January 2014, 17:00 CET 
Allocation start date: 1st May, 2014
Allocation period: 1 year for Project Access
Type of access: DECI (Tier-1)

Tier-1 machines available: Cray XE/XC, and a range of large clusters including GPU
 resources made available from Cyprus, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, 
Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom
 and Turkey.

DECI provides single project cross-national access to European Tier-1 resources (national
 systems). Access will be awarded for a period of 12 months, beginning 1st May 2014.
 Resources are available on the following architectures: Cray XE6, Cray XC30, IBM
 Blue Gene/Q, Intel clusters (various processor and memory configurations) and hybrid
 systems (clusters with GPGPU accelerators). Applicants need not specify a particular
 machine or architecture, but if they do, we will endeavour to take these preferences
 into account.

Scope of the Tier-1 call and criteria for access
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DECI enables European researchers to obtain access to the most powerful national 
(Tier-1) computing resources in Europe regardless of their country of origin or employment
 and to enhance the impact of European science and technology at the highest level.
 Proposals must deal with complex, demanding, innovative simulations that would not
 be possible without Tier-1 access. Please note that, in addition to offering access
 to computing resources, applications-enabling and porting, assistance from experts
 at the leading European HPC centres is offered (on request and depending on availability)
 to enable projects to be run on the most appropriate Tier-1 platforms in PRACE. 
Note that after the end of the PRACE-3IP project limited support will be provided
 on a best effort basis from parties of the Tier-1 resource exchange MoU.

Eligibility for Tier-1
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Proposals from academia and industry are eligible, as long as the project leader 
is undertaking non-proprietary research in a European country (European Union, candidates,
 associated countries and PRACE member countries). Project leaders will typically
 be employed in research organisations (academic or industrial). Individual HPC centres
 may have further restrictions on who is eligible to use the machines, e.g. due to
 US export rules. Further information is available on request.

How to apply to DECI-12
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Applicants should apply to DECI via our submission tool at 

http://deci-peer-review.cines.fr/

The DECI support team is available to answer questions by email while the call is
 open and applicants are encouraged to contact us if they have any questions. Late
 applications cannot be accepted. In the case of technical difficulties, the decision
 of the DECI Peer Review Team as to whether an application can be accepted is final.
 Applicants are advised to submit as early as possible before the deadline. The deadline
 for submission of proposals for Tier-1 systems is 20th January, 2014, at 17:00 CET.

Process details and deadlines for Tier-1 DECI proposals
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The call will close at 17:00 CET on the 20th January 2014. The DECI Peer Review Team
 will perform an administrative validation check. In case of administrative inaccuracies
 the applicant will receive an email asking for administrative details. The deadline
 for the applicant to provide such details is 27th January 2014 at 17:00 CET. Anything
 received after 27th January 2014 at 17:00 CET will NOT be accepted nor considered
 in the review process. Between 20th January 2014 and 27th January 2014 the DECI 
Peer Review Team will accept modified proposals ONLY when these supply further details
 in reply to requests from PRACE. Several submissions of the same proposal before
 the submission deadline are permitted, but only the last one will be considered.
 By 17:00 CET on 27th January 2014, all applicants will receive confirmation that
 their proposals have been correctly submitted and that they meet the eligibility
 criteria. From 27th January the projects will be technically and scientifically 
peer reviewed. The DECI proposals will be peer-reviewed by national peer-review panels.
 The applicants will be informed of the review results in early April 2014.

Timetable for DECI 12th Call for Project Access proposals
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 o Opening date: 18th December, 2013, 12:00
 o Closing date: 20th January, 2014, 17:00 CET
 o Anticipated allocation decisions: Early April 2014
 o Allocation start date of awarded proposals: 1st May 2014
 o Allocation end date of award: 30th April 2015 

Contacts
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For any queries related to applications or eligibility please contact: deci-support@prace-ri.eu
 

About PRACE
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The Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) is an international non-profit
 association with its seat in Brussels. The PRACE Research Infrastructure provides
 a persistent world-class high performance computing service for scientists and researchers
 from academia and industry in Europe. The computer systems and their operations 
accessible through PRACE are provided by 4 PRACE members (BSC representing Spain,
 CINECA representing Italy, GCS representing Germany and GENCI representing France).
 The Implementation Phase of PRACE receives funding from the EU’s Seventh Framework
 Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreements RI-261557, RI-283493 and RI-312763.
 For more information, see: www.prace-ri.eu