Apply for a Compute Project
Application Types
You can apply for two different types of projects, to a Test Project and to a Compute Project with the following properties.
| Application | Compute Time Grant | Compute time per quarter [coreh] | Review process | Call | link to application |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test Project | User account and enough compute time for smaller projects and/or preparation | <= 300k | Only a user account and a request to nhr-support@gwdg.de are required, cf. Application Process. N.B.: NHR Starter application preferred | rolling | User Account |
| Compute Project | Normal | 300k - 5M | Scientific board of NHR@ZIB, NHR@Göttingen or Whitelist (simplified review by Scientific board, DFG/BMBF/NHR/GCS/EU grant required) | quarterly | JARDS NHR Normal |
| Compute Project | Large-scale (“Großprojekt”) | >=5 Mcoreh (CPUs) / >=6.25 kGPUh (GPU) | Scientific board + NHR panel (“Nutzungsausschuss”) | quarterly | JARDS NHR Large |
NHR Starter
For getting started on the NHR system, it is recommended to submit a JARDS NHR Starter application (select NHR@Göttingen as the preferred site). You will get access under the same conditions as with a Test Project. However, the additional metadata, such as your field of research, short project description and required software will help us to better understand your requirements.
Application Process
Project proposals for a Compute Project have to be submitted via the portal JARDS.
- Our Guide to filling out offers assistance to go through JARDS.
- One significant point on JARDS is to upload the main proposal document. To prepare this main proposal document we suggest to use the Proposal Format which is used for NHR@ZIB and NHR-NORD@Göttingen since both centers collaborate for the technical and scientific evaluation of compute time projects.
- If you plan to use the NHR systems at both NHR centers (NHR@ZIB and NHR-Nord@Göttingen), it is recommended to submit two analogous proposals via JARDS. The technical review will then be done by each center and the scientific review is done jointly. Usually, the two proposals will then only have to differ in the amount of required resources and how they are mapped to the work packages. If you submit a pair of proposals like this, please make sure to state this under
Remarks, including the mutual project title, unless the projects are named identically anyway.
Deadlines and schedule
Compute project proposals can be submitted via JARDS at any time. The review process takes place in the quarter corresponding to the submission deadline: January 15 (23:59:59 CET), April 15 (23:59:59 CEST), July 15 (23:59:59 CEST), and October 15 (23:59:59 CEST). These dates apply to NHR-Nord@Göttingen and extend the default NHR deadlines.
Approved projects begin at the first day of the quarter following the review phase and are granted a duration of 12 months.