EuroHPC JU Call for Proposals for Benchmark Access

The purpose of the EuroHPC JU Benchmark Access calls is to support researchers and HPC application developers by giving them the opportunity to test or benchmark their applications on the upcoming/available EuroHPC Exascale, Pre-exascale and/or Petascale system prior to applying for an Extreme Scale and/or Regular Access. 

The EuroHPC Benchmark call is designed for code scalability tests or for test of AI applications and the outcome of which is to be included in the proposal in a future EuroHPC Extreme Scale and Regular Access call. Users receive a limited number of node hours; the maximum allocation period is three months.

EuroHPC Systems 

The supercomputer systems and their operations provided for the Benchmark Access call by EuroHPC JU Hosting Entities are:

(*The above EuroHPC systems are sorted in order to show the last available system that entered production. **The resources are displayed in node hours.)

For more technical details on our supercomputers, you can visit the documentation pages provided by Hosting Entities on the petascale systems Vega, Karolina, MeluXina, Discoverer, Deucalion, on the pre-exascale systems LUMI, Leonardo, MareNostrum 5, and on the exascale system JUPITER available for this call.

Call details

Opening: The calls for proposals for EuroHPC JU Benchmark Access are continuously open, with pre-defined cut-off dates fixed every month that will trigger the evaluation of the proposals submitted up to this date. 

Start date: The maximum time-to-resources-access is up to 2-3 weeks after the date of submission. 

Resources available: Various systems will be available in each cut-off for the Benchmark Access mode. The exact amount of available node hours is subject to the EuroHPC systems participating in each call. 

More information on call details, eligibility, assessment criteria and obligations for applicants and for awarded projects for Benchmark Access can be found in the Documents section below. 

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