- Overview
- Eligibility & Requirement
- Account Creation
- Policy Updates
- Information and Instructions
- Guideline for Application Form
- Project Expiration
- Acknowledgement
- More Information
Summary:
Cycle | Application Period^ |
Notification of Application Results* | Resource Allocation Period | Project Status |
1st Call (Jul’23 Cycle) |
3 Apr – 2 May 2023 | 26-28 Jun 2023 | 1 Jul 2023 to 30 Jun 2024 | Ongoing |
2nd Call (Jan’24 Cycle) |
29 Sep – 30 Oct 2023 | 26 Dec 2023# | 1 Jan 2024 to Dec 2024 | Ongoing |
3rd Call (Jul’24 Cycle) |
April 2024 (tentative) |
end-Jun 2024 | 1 Jul 2024 to 30 Jun 2025 | – |
^Applications received after this period will only be taken into consideration for the next cycle.
#Projects from IHLs will follow a different timeline.
Table 1: Application and resource allocation period for project cycles.
1. Overview
The National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore will be allocating resources for ASPIRE 2A through the Call for Projects. You may apply for resources on ASPIRE 2A through the call.
Call for Projects | For Research | For Education |
Application Period | To be announced | To be announced |
Resource Validity Period | 1 year | 1 year |
Eligibility | NSCC Stakeholder Organisations – A*STAR, NTU, NUS, SUTD |
Institutes of Higher Learnings (IHLs) – SIT, SMU, SUSS, NP, NYP, RP, SP, TP |
Types of Projects Accepted | 1. National initiative 2. Government-funded 3. Industry collaboration 4. General project |
Education-related project |
How to Apply | NSCC Projects Portal (https://projects.nscc.sg/) | NSCC Projects Portal (https://projects.nscc.sg/) |
Learn more about the ASPIRE 2A system here.
2. Eligibility & Requirement
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Project Applicant – Applicants must be from a NSCC stakeholder organisation (A*STAR, NUS, NTU and SUTD) or IHL (SIT, SMU, SUSS, NP, NYP, RP, SP and TP) with a valid NSCC account.
If you belong to one of the above organisations and do not have an account yet, please apply for one.
Refer to More Information for Project Calls. - Principal Investigator – The applicant should be the Principal Investigator (PI) or the supervisor of the project. If required, the PI may authorise a team member to submit the application on their behalf.
- Responsibility – The applicant is responsible for the application and management of the project resources.
- Minimum Resource Requirement – Resources requested should be at least 50,000 Service Units (SU)^.
- Deliverables – Please take note that all approved projects must submit a deliverables report to NSCC at the end of their project cycle.
^Please fully utilise the resources in your personal account if you have not done so.
3. Notification of Award
- Details of the application result will be sent to the Project Applicant via email.
- Please refer to the Introductory Workshop Handbook for more information.
4. Policy Updates
- Submit an application via the NSCC Projects Portal (https://projects.nscc.sg/)
- Please note the following important changes from the September 2023 onwards.
S/N | Items | Past | New (current) |
1 | Project Selection Criteria | Projects will be evaluated based on the following criteria: · Scientific merits · Alignment with national agenda · Expected measurable outputs · Quality and completeness of application · Track record of applicant |
Projects will be evaluated based on the following criteria: · National Initiative o Part of a national programme endorsed by NRF o Funded by government, industry or institution. · Resource Requirement Complexity o E.g., Amount of resources requested, number of cores per job, etc. · Past Utilisation (for renewals) |
2 | Types of Projects | Projects can fall under either of the following categories: 1. Grant-supported 2. National initiative 3. Industry collaboration 4. General |
Projects must be supported by grants. 1. National initiative – to indicate if the project is part of a national programme endorsed by NRF. 2. Government-funded – funded by NRF, government organisations, institute. 3. Industry collaboration –funded by the industry. Projects not supported by grants will fall under the “General” category. 4. General – comprise of all PhD projects, non-stakeholder IHL (SIT, SMU, SIT, polytechnics) projects, and individual projects. |
3 | New Adjustment Policy | No policy. | 1. Project applicants can request for adjustment of resources allocated after project approval. 2. Adjustment requests must be made within the first 4 months, before the end of each 6-month period. a. E.g., For the allocation cycle 1 July to 30 June, the 6-month periods will be Jul-Dec and Jan-Jun, hence users must request for adjustment before end-October and end-April. 3. Project applicants can request for additional resources if the project has depleted the allocated resources, subject to approval. 4. Project applicants can return unutilised resources. |
4 | Renewal Projects’ Past Utilisation | For renewal, past project usage less than 70% may be subject to reduced approval. | For renewal, past project usage less than 50% will be rejected. Do submit an adjustment request if you are unable to fully utilise your resources. |
5. Information and Instructions
Please refer to the Call for Projects Information and Instructions before you apply.
6. Guideline for Application Form
Please refer to the Guideline for Application Form – Call for Project on ASPIRE 2A on how to apply. If you have any issues, please attend the Clinic for assistance.
7. Project Expiration
Projects that are not renewed will expire by the end of the 1-year project cycle. Renewal application should be submitted for project extending beyond a year.
- Project quota will be set to zero (0) hours and no jobs will be dispatched.
- All project data will remain in the system for 30 days.
- After 30 days, all project data will be archived.
- All archived data will be retained for 5 months from the date of archival.
- A charge of $0.022/GB will be imposed for retrieval of archived data.
Please plan your resource utilisation wisely and use your allocated resources as early as possible to avoid encountering resource bottlenecks towards the end of the project cycle.
Example 1:
Expiration of Project Allocation from Jul’23 Cycle (Project Cycle 1 July 2023 – 30 June 2024)
- All resources granted in the previous project cycle will expire by 30 June 2024.
- On 1st July 2024, all project quota will be set to zero (0) hours and you will not be able to dispatch any jobs. All project data will remain in the system for one month.
- On 1st August 2024, all project data will be archived.
- Charges will be incurred for retrieval of archived data from 1st August 2024.
- All archived data will be retained until 31 December 2024.
Example 2:
Expiration of Project Allocation from Jan’24 Cycle (Project Cycle 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024)
- All resources granted in the previous project cycle will expire by 31 December 2024.
- On 1st January 2025, all project quota will be set to zero (0) hours and you will not be able to dispatch any jobs. All project data will remain in the system for one month.
- On 1st February 2025, all project data will be archived.
- Charges will be incurred for retrieval of archived data from 1st February 2025.
- All archived data will be retained until 30 June 2025.
8. Acknowledgement
- The applicant will be notified of the project approval status before the start of the resource allocation period.
- Projects that have been granted resources are obliged to acknowledge NSCC in any published work. A sample of the text can be found in the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP); which details can be found below.
Citation: All academic journal or conference papers shall cite NSCC with the following:
“The computational work for this article was (fully/partially) performed on resources of the National Supercomputing Centre, Singapore (https://www.nscc.sg).”
- Users are required to update a brief report of deliverables achieved from utilising NSCC’s resources on the Projects Portal at the end of the project. For projects not submitted through the Projects Portal, submit your deliverables report through the Deliverables Report Submission Site.
9. More Information
Refer to More Information for Project Calls.
Updated 26 March 2024
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