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Resource allocation request procedure

Use of the Mésocentre resources requires acceptance of the Terms of Use, which all users must read carefully. The call for projects is permanent: requests can be submitted at any time of the year. For details on eligible project types and the review schedule, please see the Computing time page. Information on the financial terms of access to the Mésocentre computing resources is available here.

Procedure steps:

For additional hours or the conversion of a project A into a project B, there is no need to fill in the form again. The project coordinator can simply submit the request on this page.

For an initial project request:

The project coordinator, who must hold a permanent position in their institution, fills in and submits the form below for each project under their responsibility
An acknowledgement of receipt is sent by e-mail
The project is reviewed by the committees
The allocation decision is sent to the coordinator, who returns it signed

For any further information, please contact us.

Access form

Acronym and title of your project :
Access type :
Type A. All HPC resources are available. The number of CPU hours is fixed at 5,000. Duration, 6 months, non-renewable. Type B. All HPC resources are available. Proposals submitted before January 31, 2027, will be examined the February 15, 2027. Allocated resources must be used before the end of February 2028. Type C. Only for computing ressources in the cloud. Type E. For education projects only. You share the lab schedule, we’ll provide the computing resources for you.
Indicate the number of CPU hours :

Usage of the CPU hours will be assumed to be close to linear, and thus the system will expect users to use about 1/6th of their hours each month over the 6 months of their project.
Available images: Number of machines: Project duration:
Is it the follow-up to a type A project ? no yes

Name of the project A :

Coordinator

She/he will have the direct responsibility of how computational resources will be used. She/he must have a permanent position in France.
First name
Last name
Position
Lab / Institution
E-mail
Phone

Involved people

List of the names, positions and e-mails of people involved in the project. Coordinator might be included as well.

Number of students

Additional information

HPCboost motivation :
Indicate how the project is related to the HPC platform for "Risk, Safety, Security" numerical simulations (max 5 lines).
Project motivation:
Describe and motivate your project, including scientific or technological bottlenecks and expected achievements (max 10 lines)
Description of your research project :
Include discussion of the scientific questions that you are planning to address with the allocated computing time (max 15 lines)
Scientific fields : Few comma separated keywords
and thematic committee by GENCI Additional information can be found here

List of articles (min: 1, max:5, DOI number preferred) related to the project

Numerical methods and algorithms :
Description of the numerical methods and algorithms that you are planning to use, improve, or develop. Describe the code(Fortran, C, ...), packages or libraries (specify the version if necessary) that you need to run your project(max 5 lines).
Other computing resources :
Is your project currently using a Tier-0 or Tier-1 computing facilities (national or international computing centers)? Indicate how you plan to manage these different grants (max 5 lines).
Project management :
Describe how you plan to manage the allocated resources. Justify the requested computer resources. This may include information such as: run type, wallclock time per step, number of jobs per run type, the number of CPU cores and the total core hours per run type, memory needed. Describe your typical runs (number of nodes, walltime, memory needed) (max 10 lines).

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