How to Apply for ESM Computing Time
- Regular computing time projects
- Test and preparatory access
- Acknowledge ESM computing time projects
- Address of the coordination office
Eligible to apply for ESM resources are researches from all HGF institutions (Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) in the research field Earth and Environment together with their national cooperation partners outside the HGF.
Important note for users of HCP-Systems located at JSC: JSC introduced a new, user-centered model for using the supercomputing systems. Each user has only one account. Via this account all assigned projects can be accessed. In addition, data projects were introduced besides the known computing time projects. Computing time resources will continue to be requested through computing time projects and these projects continue to have access to a scratch file system (without backup) and a project file system (with backup). Access to the tape-based archive, however, is only possible via data projects. In addition, data projects provide access to various additional storage layers; however, they are not equipped with a computing time budget. For a fact sheet on data projects and to apply for data projects please see here. For further information see the JSC websites, contact the user support (sc@fz-juelich.de) or contact the coordination office for the allocation of computing time (coordination-office@fz-juelich.de).
Regular computing time projects
Calls for proposals
Calls for regular computing time applications are published twice a year. The corresponding computing time periods have a duration of one year. These periods begin on 1 May and 1 November of each year respectively. The next call for proposals will open on 13 January 2020. The deadline for the next call (period from 1 May 2020 to 30 April 2021) will be on 10 February 2020, 17.00 CET.
Apply here (open 13 January - 10 February 2020, 17:00 CET)
Guidelines for project applications for JUWELS
Please see the Fact Sheet for all relevant information concerning applications for ESM computing time projects at JSC.
Applications are accepted online only. Applications via email will not be accepted. The call deadlines are strict deadlines, requests for applying after the call deadline will be rejected. Applications should be submitted in English. Please structure the project application in the following way:
Detailed description of the project
- Outline of the scientific problem and your approach towards its solution (with references)
- Description of previous work in this field, exploratory studies including the experience and results obtained (with references)
- Statement of the scientific goals of the research project
- Description of the physical and mathematical methods employed in the project, including numerical algorithms
- Detailed schedule of the project (please give a clearly arranged work schedule using a table and/or Gantt chart), in the case of an extension of the project, please give details about any changes of your plans.
- Preliminary studies that show good scaling behaviour of the programs under production conditions (i.e. typical parameter sets and problem sizes of the planned project, including I/O).
- A detailed description of the I/O behaviour of the application (amount and size of files generated during typical runs, I/O strategy used (MPI I/O, netCDF, HDF5, SIONlib, etc.) and an estimate of the storage requirements during the project (scratch disk space needed, amount of data which needs to be transferred during the project to and from the system).
- In case this is a continuation of a previous project, we ask you to describe mainly the changes in the project from the previous year's application and to upload the previous application as supplementary material.
- Please follow the Template for a Project Description with respect to form, content and size. Applications that do not use the required templates for the project description might be rejected.
Templates for the project proposal
Template for the project proposal (PDF, 300 kB)
Template for the project proposal (docx, 239 kB)
Template for the project proposal (FileTypex-tar, 408 kB)
The project description has to be uploaded via the application link as PDF file, the description must not exceed 18 DIN A4 pages (font 12pt) and 60 MB. Please do not include any supporting material in the project description. If you wish to add supporting or supplemental material to the project description, please collect that in a separate PDF file.
Finally, please sign the application form and the PI agreement and send it preferably by e-mail or to the Coordination Office for the Allocation of Computing Time at JSC (address see below).
Reporting Obligations
On-going projects
Status report
This report must be submitted when applying for a continuation or extension of a project. The status report must not exceed 10 DIN A4 pages (font 12pt) and must be uploaded together with the application for a project extension/continuation as a separate file. For details about form and content of the report, please see below.
Completed projects
Final report
This report must not exceed 18 DIN A4 pages (font 12pt) and is due four weeks after the end of the last allocation period of the project. It should focus on the scientific and technical outcome of the project. Moreover, it should explain, how the granted computing time was spend within the project. The final report has to be uploaded here. For details about form and content of the report, please see below.
Form and content of reports
The reports should contain the following information:
- The concrete results which were obtained in the last computing period. For final reports please include a short summary of the most important findings and results obtained in the entire project.
- Statements about the use of the computer in your project with respect to performance, scaling behaviour, main storage requirements and disk storage requirements.
- Articles which were published in peer reviewed journals (no conference contributions or posters) containing results of the project and include the proper acknowledgement (see below).
- Ph.D. theses which were completed within the project (please give name of the author and the subject of the thesis).
- Attractive colour pictures which were created in your project to present your results and which can be interesting for a general public. We would like to ask your permission to use these pictures in publications in the context of GCS, NIC or JSC.
It is mandatory to use the templates for reports provided below. Not doing so might lead to delay or even rejection of proposals.
Templates for the status report/final report
Template for the Status/Final Report (PDF, 55 kB)
Template for the Status/Final Report (docx, 25 kB)
Template for the Status/Final Report as a Tex file (FileTypex-tar, 26 kB)
Test and preparatory access
Application for resources
Access to the ESM partition of JUWELS for testing and code porting purposes as well as for preparing applications for a regular computing time projects is possible at any time (rolling call). Please contact Prof. Dr. Stefan Kollet (s.kollet@fz-juelich.de) or the coordination office for computing time (coordination-office@fz-juelich.de) for further information about the application procedure.
Reporting obligations
Reports have to be provided at least once a year. Please use the templates for status/final reports for regular computing time projects and follow the hints concerning form and content (see above). Please send your reports to Prof. Dr. Stefan Kollet (s.kollet@fz-juelich.de).
Acknowledge ESM computing time projects
The authors gratefully acknowledge the Earth System Modelling Project (ESM) for funding this work by providing computing time on the ESM partition of the supercomputer JUWELS at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC).
Address of the coordination office
Coordination Office for the Allocation of Computing Time
Jülich Supercomputing Centre
Forschungszentrum Jülich
52425 Jülich
Germany
E-Mail: coordination-office@fz-juelich.de
