Scheme Manager Update – April 2022

Wednesday 20 Apr 2022 (1:00-2:00pm AEDT)

Version: FINAL 20 Apr 2022

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The NCI Help Desk phone (02 6125 3437) remains non-accessible due to work from home and ANU phone configuration issues. Contact user support by email: help@nci.org.au and provide contact details if a phone or zoom discussion is required for a support matter.
Roger E on leave 28 Apr 2022 - 12 May 2022 . Support responses may be delayed during this time
Recruitments in Q2: 2x Staff Scientist (ANU7/ANU8)

Revised Adapter scheme schedule for 2022
1. Committee EOI call Q1-Q2 – IN PROGRESS
2. Call for applications in Q2 May-June (for allocations in Q3)
Adapter: new merit-based allocation scheme providing mix of Gadi compute, cloud compute, Gdata storage.
Quarterly call for applications, for 20 MSU/Quarter resource share.
Adapter project allocations are up to 500 KSU/Q, or 250 KSU/Q for two consecutive quarters.
Adapter SU request => user specified combination of Gadi, Gdata, Cloud resources.
Resource equivalence: (maximum combined request = 500 KSU)
1. Gadi: 1 SU = 0.5 core-hour
2. Gdata: 1 TB-quarter = 6.25 KSU
3. Cloud: 1 vcore-quarter = 2.8 KSU
Adapter proposals require a data management plan. Quarterly call schedule requires that data entitlements will expire at grant completion. Data expiry grace periods to be confirmed.
Adapter is well suited to projects with:
1. mixed compute and storage requirements,
2. seasonal or sporadic workloads,
3. data-dependent workloads,
4. single-cpu or single-node workflows.

Australasian Leadership Computing Grants: 2022 call for allocations FY 2022-2023.
150 MSU/year available to support successful proposals. Target: 2-4 projects.
ALCG call has two phases
1. Expressions of Interest – March 2022: 6 of 12 EOI's invited to submit full proposals; total compute request ~240 MSU.
2. Invited applications – April 2022: IN PROGRESS
Ambitious proposals are encouraged!