Combined Application Form

Deadline 09/06/2023 at 17:00

By filling in this form you are applying for a time allocation on a UK supercomputer, we have combined access to all machines including ARCHER2 and the Tier2's into a single application form. PIs are allowed to submit two cases into this call but must they must each contain distinct science cases - these may not be placed on the same HPC machine.

Before proceeding with your application, there are a number of points below that you must agree to. There are also a number of preparatory steps that you will need to take before proceeding with the application, these are detailed below.

In this call, we will be assessing applications against the following HPC resources:

Remit

It is important that applications for UK HPC time via the HECBioSim consortium are solving problems strictly of a biological nature. We do encourage interdisciplinary applications, but such applicants should take special care in their justification document in highlighting the biological problems that are the focus of the project. Vague and/or tenuous connections to biological subject areas are certain to be rejected at the panel.

Justification Document

You will be expected to provide a 2 page (maximum) support case as part of this application, it is better to have this written before starting this form. We have advice on what it should contain along with guidelines on resource request sizes here.

We are combining access across all HPC facilities within this single call to simplify access. It is very important that you provide a detailed breakdown of the simulations you intend to run so that we can assess at the panel the best HPC resource and allocate the correct amount of resource (you will not be asked on the form about the resource allocation estimates any longer!). A good example would be to provide detail on the codes you wish to use, and then a table breakdown of system sizes, simulation run lengths and number of repeats.

Agreement

By applying for time on UK HPC via HECBioSim, you are agreeing that we can collect information for the purpose of submitting your application into our review process, this information will be held for the specific purpose to satisfy our reporting requirements to funding bodies.

You agree that if successful that your project allocation is governed by any policies or service agreements as set out by the relevant service partners that run the machine facility.

You agree that if successful, that your project allocation usage will be tracked by HECBioSim and if necessary your allocation will be re-profiled in cases where usage falls too low.

You agree that if successful the EPSRC and the UK High-End Computing Consortium for Biomolecular Simulation will be acknowledged in any publications/outputs arising from your time allocation and that you will be pro-active in helping us with reporting to funding bodies. To acknowledge HECBioSim in publications please use:

This project made use of time on UK HPC granted via the UK High-End Computing Consortium for Biomolecular Simulation, HECBioSim (www.hecbiosim.ac.uk), supported by EPSRC (grant no. EP/X035603/1)

Do you agree*

Principal Investigator Details

The details requested in this section should be those for the project PI. The PI must be a permanent member of academic staff affiliated to a UK institution, PhD students and PDRA's cannot act as project PI.

First name*

Surname*

Institution (must be in the UK)*

Institution Email*

Are you real?

Previous Applications

Please tell us about any previous applications access to HPC resources through HECBioSim.

Have you previously applied to this consortium?* Yes No

Have any previous applications been successful?* Yes No

Have you had any output or publications from this time?* Yes No

Would you be open to us contacting you to feature this work as a case study on our website? Yes No

Project Details

Please provide the following details about the project, further information for what is required in the technical case can be found in the guide.

Project title*

Which of the following themes does this project relate to?* Antimicrobial resistance
Biomolecular design for synthetic biology, future health care and industry
Simulation for drug discovery
Understanding the molecular origins of disease
Pushing the boundaries of biomolecular simulation
Multiscale modelling of biomolecular systems
Directed and self-assembly
None

Please provide a scientific case to justify the project (no more than 2 pages)*

Do you have a preference for a machine (panel reserves right to change this based on demand and suitability)*

Storage requirements (GB)*

Project User Details

Please provide details of any users that will require machine accounts creating for your project. Users can be of any nationality but they must be working/studying at a UK institution.

Details for user 1

First name* Surname* Status* Nationality* Institution*

Details for user 2