Large research access is intended for production use. Any proposal of this type is expected to have a major impact at the international level.
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Terms of Service
LRA is granted for a maximum of 12 months from the date of resource allocation, renewable for a maximum of 12 months on the basis of a report and an assessment of the project’s progress, with a maximum total duration of two years from the granting of access. Computing resources will be allocated in accordance with the SLING Task Allocation Standards; a specific set of resource usage rules may apply to certain systems.
Deadlines for applications: visit page.
Beneficiaries, review procedure and allocation
LRA applications must be submitted to a call for proposal. Applications will be evaluated by the members of the expert group on technical level and relevance and subject to scientific peer review. In the context of technical relevance, priority will be given to production applications where the available resources can significantly improve the results, e.g. highly parallel or well-scalable simulations, applications that can take advantage of a large number of computing nodes, that use highly scalable algorithms, high data throughput, large datasets, or have specific hardware requirements, e.g. the use of graphics accelerators. This will take into account the resources available within the SLING capacity. The results will be announced within 2 months after each submission deadline.
Support
SLING provides high-level technical support to each LRA, organised by the Support Team. In special cases, the applicant may request expert support at the time of application to solve specific problems or to ensure the optimisation required. Such support must be requested and justified by the applicant in the application.
Limitations
An applicant can only act as project leader in one approved LRA application at the same time.
Application
You can apply for access using the application form.
Instructions for application
Applications are subject to evaluation on technical level and relevance as well as a scientific review, so applications must include the following components, which you attach as files to the application form:
Proposal
Agreement on the processing of personal data (GDPR) and declaration on the use of resources
Report of work and extension or increase of resources
Report
At the end of access, the application leader must submit a final report (template on the button below).
Extending and/or increasing resources
When renewing access or applying for an extension, the leader may request a maximum of 50% of additional resources than were approved in the original allocation of resources. A time extension is also possible for a maximum of 6 months. You can apply for a project extension after submitting the report. Multiannual access leaders are required to submit a interim report after one year in order for access to be extended, on the basis of which the extension can be approved. Access will be suspended if the report is not submitted on time.
Requests for extensions, as well as all reports, can be submitted to support@sling.si.
HPC Leonardo
Calls for applications using the Slovenian share of resources on the Leonardo supercomputer will be made under the terms of the LRA. Application is required via the form and application templates, where the Leonardo Booster (GPU) or Leonardo DCGP (CPU) partition is selected. Apply here.
