20th PRACE Call for Project Access: Now Open

The 20th Call for Proposal for PRACE Project Access is now open until 29 October 2019, 10:00 CEST. It is now possible to submit a proposal for PRACE under the defined guidelines, and apply for one of the supercomputers provided by 4 PRACE hosting members: BSC - Spain, CINECA - Italy (GPU Cluster), ETH/CSCS - Switzerland, and GENCI - France.
Proposals can be based on a 12-months schedule (Single-year Projects) or on a 24/36-months schedule (Multi-year Projects).

Scientists and researchers can apply for access to PRACE resources. 

Industrial users can apply if they have their head offices or substantial R&D activity in Europe.

Industry Access Pilot: Call 20 offers Principal Investigators from industry the possibility to apply to a special Industry Track which prioritises 10% of the total resources available.

The PRACE 20th Call for Proposals is intended for large-scale projects of excellent scientific merit and for which a significant European added-value and major impact at International level  is anticipated.

Access to PRACE resources is for open R&D research purposes and is free of charge. 

Do you want to submit a proposal on future GPU Cluster @ CINECA?

If you need of technical assistance, please send an email to: prace-tech at cineca.it

PRACE Project Access Call 20 - Important dates:

• Opening date: 20 September 2019
• Closing date: 29 October 2019 10:00 CET
• Applicants’ reply to scientific reviews: Mid-January 2020
• Communication of allocation decision: End of March 2020
• Allocation period for awarded proposals: 01 April 2020 – 31 March 2021

PRACE Project Access Call 21 Provisional Planning

• Opening: 3 March 2020 
• Closing: 28 April 2020

You can find more information on the PRACE website

About PRACE: The mission of PRACE is to enable high impact scientific discovery and engineering research and development across all disciplines to enhance European competitiveness for the benefit of society. PRACE seeks to achieve this mission by offering world class high performance computing (HPC), computing and data management resources and services for scientists and researchers from academia and industry in Europe through a peer review process.