Step 2: Find Right Pro­ject Type

Scientists can apply for HPC resources required for their research activities. The requested resources are managed as a compute time project with a default duration of one year, multi-year projects are also possible.

The following table gives an overview of the different project types, resource allowance and submission process. Depending on the purpose of your project and the resource needs you can identify the most suitable project type and the proceed to the next step in the application process.

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  Resources per Year Prerequisites  
Project Type

CPU-Core-hours

GPU- or FPGA-hours

 Location of applicant (Principal Investigator, PI) Project duration Extensions Possible? Call for Proposals
NHR-large Projects with large resource requirements
> 30 Mio. > 100,000 GPU-h or FPGA-h Germany one year or multi-year ✓

4x per year

Current Call
NHR-normal Medium size resource requirements (e.g. large scale GPU accelerated application)
> 4 Mio. and <= 30 Mio. <= 100,000 GPU-h or FPGA-h Germany one year or multi-year ✓

continuous submission
NHR-starter Intended for applicants that are new to high performance computing
depending on needs Germany one year ✕, usually followed up by a NHR-normal/large project continuous submission
small Projects with small resource requirements (e.g. FPGA or GPU accelerated application, courses, thesis, project groups)
<= 4 Mio. <= 10,000 GPU-h or FPGA-h UPB, NRW (only locations without local/Tier-3 resources) one year ✓ continuous submission
fpga Project with a special emphasis on FPGA acceleration of HPC codes (e.g. in scope of AMD/Xilinx HACC program)*
<= 4 Mio. <= 10,000 FPGA-h worldwide one year ✓ continuous submission
test Porting applications, scalability analysis
depending on purpose, by default 100,000 depending on purpose, by default 1,000 GPU-h Germany one month ✓ continuous submission

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  NHR small test
Project Type large normal starter small fpga-development teaching test
Purpose Projects with large resource requirements Medium size resource requirements (e.g. large scale GPU accelerated application) Intended for applicants that are new to high performance computing Projects with small resource requirements (e.g. FPGA or GPU accelerated application, PhD thesis) Project with a special emphasis on FPGA acceleration of HPC codes (e.g. in scope of AMD/Xilinx HACC program)* Teaching (courses, thesis, project groups)** Porting applications, scalability analysis
Systems
Noctua 1 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✕ ✓ ✓
Noctua 2 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✕ ✓
Otus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✕ ✓
Resources per Year

CPU-Core-hours

 > 30 Mio. > 4 Mio. and <= 30 Mio. depending on needs <= 4 Mio. <= 4 Mio. <= 100,000 depending on purpose, by default 100,000

GPU- or FPGA-hours

 > 100,000 GPU-h or FPGA-h <= 100,000 GPU-h or FPGA-h depending on needs <= 10,000 GPU-h or FPGA-h <= 10,000 FPGA-h - depending on purpose, by default 1,000 GPU-h
Prerequisites
Location of applicant (Principal Investigator, PI) Germany UPB, NRW (only locations without local/Tier-3 resources) worldwide UPB, NRW (only locations without local/Tier-3 resources) Germany
Project duration one year or multi-year one year or multi-year one year one year one year 3 - 6 months one month
Extensions Possible? ✓ ✓ ✕, usually followed up by a NHR-normal/large project ✓ ✓ ✕ ✓
Submission Process
Call for Proposals

4x per year

Current Call

continuous submission

 continuous submission continuous submission continuous submission continuous submission continuous submission


(*) Scientists of research and teaching institutions worldwide can be granted access to FPGA systems in the context of a research collaboration with PC2.
(**) Thesis with focus on FPGA-acceleration of HPC codes can be granted access to Noctua2.

worldwide = research and teaching institutions worldwide
Germany = universities in Germany (including universities of applied science)
NRW = research institutions located in North Rhine-Westphalia (State NRW)
UPB = Paderborn University

If you have identified the most suitable project type you can proceed to the next step in the application process.

Fol­low Next Steps in Ap­plic­a­tion Pro­cess

You can follow the next steps or go to the main system access page.

Step 1: Check the prerequisites if you meet the criteria for applying for resources

  • Formal regulations
  • List of FAQs

Step 2: Check your resource needs to find the right project type

  • Types of projects
  • Yearly resource budgets
  • Project prerequisites

Step 3: Apply for resources

  • Submission process
  • Guides to apply
  • Templates for detailed description
  • Examples for hypothetical projects

Step 4: The project proposal is reviewed

  • Technical and scientific review process

Step 5: After positive review, the project starts

  • Typical duration to project start
  • First steps for existing projects