Large research projects are projects intended for production use, as well as for the development of software systems and algorithms, adaptation of existing software, or methodology testing of specific scientific prototypes, when large amounts of computing resources or data stores must be used for the process or due to the amount of data. Any project proposal of this type is expected to have a major impact at the international level. Any project proposal of this type is expected to have a major impact at the international level.
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Terms of Service
LRP projects are granted access 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.
Beneficiaries, review procedure and allocation
LRP projects 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 projects 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.
Renewal option
LRP projects are allocated for one year, renewable on the basis of an evaluation of the performance of the project work.
Project support
SLING provides high-level technical support to each LRP project, 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 by the project. Such support must be requested and justified by the applicant in the project application.
Limitations
An applicant can only act as project leader in one approved LRP project at the same time.
Project application
You can apply for a project using the application form, which is linked to each call for proposals.
Project application instructions
Project applications are subject to evalvation 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:
Project proposal
Declaration on the use of resources
Completed and signed personal data processing agreement
The agreement must be completed and signed by all members of the project team.
List of references, including previous applications and letters of support
List of applicants’ publications
CVs of all project participants
Extension and work report
Multiannual project leaders are required to submit a progress report after one year in order for the project to be extended, on the basis of which the extension can be approved. The project will be suspended if the report is not submitted on time.
Progress report
Project leaders are required to submit a progress report every six months after the resources are allocated.
Leaders of large research projects (LRP) t that anticipate a duration of more than a year must submit a progress report to the commission, together with justification of resource needs, at least one month before the end of the first year from the allocation of resources.
Progress reports and extension requests must include:
- list of project collaborators,
- the amount of scientific research hours of dedicated scientific work carried out by researchers on the project,
- any references and publications (published or under review),
- and information on the achievement of the objectives and project milestones in relation to the original project application (a blank template is available on the button).
At the end of the project, the project leader must submit a final report (template on the button below).
Extension
When renewing a project or applying for an extension, the project may request a maximum of 20% more resources than were approved in the original resource allocation.
Requests for project 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 LRP projects.
