• Access to the best high performance computing systems in Europe
• Technical support and consultancy
• Scientific collaboration with a host researcher
• Travel and living expenses
• Logistical and administrative support

What is HPC-Europa's Transnational Access activity?

Transnational Access is an inter-disciplinary research visit programme. It enables researchers working in any eligible country in Europe (see list below) to visit a participating research institute to carry out a collaborative visit of up to 3 months´ duration, and to gain access to some of the most powerful High Performance Computing (HPC) facilities in Europe.

Researchers may visit any institute associated with one of the following HPC centres: BSC (Barcelona), CINECA (Bologna), EPCC (Edinburgh), HLRS (Stuttgart), IDRIS (Paris) and SARA (Amsterdam).

Over the four-year lifespan of the project, some 800 European researchers are expected to benefit from HPC-Europa.

Who can benefit from Transnational Access?

Applications are welcome from researchers at any level, from postgraduate researchers to senior professors, who are working on non-proprietary research in any discipline which can benefit from High Performance Computing.

HPC-Europa can support projects in any field of computational science, including theoretical physics, condensed matter physics, material sciences, computational fluid dynamics, astrophysics, meteo-climatology, computer science, numerical methods in engineering, bio-engineering, computational chemistry, molecular modelling, genomics and proteomics, computational biology and life sciences.

HPC-Europa also welcomes applications from disciplines which are not traditionally associated with HPC, such as cultural heritage applications and virtual archaeology.

Users are expected to publish their results in open literature within a reasonable time. Visits will be motivated by two factors: potential for scientific collaboration, and the need to use High Performance Computing facilities. Note that previous experience of HPC is not necessarily a prerequisite.

Applicants should firstly identify a researcher with whom they wish to collaborate, at one of the participating HPC centres or (more often) at an associated research institute (click here for further information about possible "host" departments). Note that applications will be approved primarily on the strength of the potential scientific collaboration.

Applicants must also demonstrate that access to HPC facilities is essential for their research. Any applicant who cannot make a convincing case for access will not be offered a place on this programme.

Finally, note that researchers may NOT apply to visit a centre in the country in which they normally work.

What does HPC-Europa Transnational Access offer?

• Access to an unrivalled range of supercomputers
  • Users have access to appropriate HPC systems at the centre visited;
  • Where appropriate, access to machines at other participating centres may be granted;
  • Consultancy and support is provided by experienced staff.
  • Scientific support and collaboration
  • Visitors work closely with a "host" researcher who works in a similar field at the centre visited or in an near departement;
  • Visitors are allocated an office within their "host" department and should be fully integrated there.
• Travel and subsistence expenses and accommodation
  • HPC-Europa pays travel costs - up to a reasonable limit - plus a daily subsistence allowance.
  • Accommodation may vary between centres and may consist of a single study-bedroom in a self-catering flat, sharing with other Transnational Access visitors.

For more information please visit the webstie http://www.hpc-europa.org/.