PRACE: preparatory access call (continuous)

PRACE announces the opening of continuous preparatory access allowing researchers to apply for code scalability testing, support for code development and optimisation. These are rolling calls, researchers can apply for resources all year. There are no closing dates.

This call is aimed at researchers to optimise their codes before responding to project calls. Only runs for testing and development are allowed, no standard production runs will be allowed. The available HPC (High Performance Computing) systems available to researchers through PRACE are the IBM BlueGene/P – JUGENE – hosted by the Gauss Centre member site in Jülich, Germany and the BULL Bullx cluster – CURIE – hosted by CEA (funded by GENCI) in Bruyères-Le-Châtel, France.

There are three types of preparatory access, depending on the effort required both from the applicant side and the experts from PRACE site.

All proposals must be submitted via the PRACE website at www.prace-ri.eu/hpc-access.