Primary funder name: Science and Technology Facilities Council

Closing date: 04 Aug 21

Full text:  *** This opportunity will be available soon. The next call is expected to open in spring 2021. The following information is subject to change. *** The Science and Technology Facilities Council invites proposals for its Distributed Research utilising Advanced Computing (DiRAC) – computational resources call. This enables UK astronomy, cosmology, particle physics and nuclear physics communities to access computational resources on the high performance computing STFC DiRAC facility. The following categories of proposals are considered: •short projects – self-contained research problem typically lasting 3 to 6 months, up to one year, including proposals intended to develop exploratory studies by new users of DiRAC; •thematic projects – requirement of significant high performance computing resources between 12 and 36 months duration, with the expectation of making step changes in knowledge through the use of DiRAC by research teams or multiple institutions; •research software engineering support – improvement and development of software for the DiRAC community for a duration of three to 12 months. PIs must be academic members of staff, either resident in the UK or be employed by an eligible overseas organisation, including HEIs, research council institutes and independent research organisations.

Website: https://dirac.ac.uk/callforproposals/

Disciplines: Particle Physics; High Energy Astrophysics & Cosmic Rays; Software Engineering; Nuclear Physics