The ALCG Call for Applications is currently closed.
The 2023 round of Australasian Leadership Computing Grants will be available to access NCI's high-performance computing system, Gadi.
The call for applications is designed to identify meritorious research projects with demonstrated ability to use HPC systems effectively at scale, and to provide these projects with larger allocations for extreme scale computational science.
All fields of research are eligible to apply. Allocations through ALCG2023 will be valid for a 12-month period from 1 July 2023 – 30 June 2024.
Eligible Australian researchers will soon be invited to submit an Expression of Interest to participate in the ALCG scheme.
You can read about the previous recipients of ALCG allocations from 2022, 2021 and 2020.
Application Procedure
Please read the Information for Applicants document in full.
The ALCG application is a two-stage process:
- Expression of Interest
- Full Application for Shortlisted Applicants
Information Session slides and recording are available to view.
1. Expression of Interest
NCI invites applicants to submit an Expression of Interest through the NCI registration system https://my.nci.org.au.
Expressions of Interest are shortlisted by the Allocation Committee. The Lead CIs of unsuccessful EOIs will be notified of this outcome as soon as possible following assessment and successful applications will be invited to submit a full application.
2. Full Application
The applicant (Lead CI) provides additional track record information in the NCI registration system, and submits an 9-page written application (PDF document) to help@nci.org.au
Note that a Full Application will be accepted only for EOIs which have been favourably assessed and shortlisted by the Allocation Committee.
| Date | Milestone |
|---|---|
| TBC | Call for Expressions of Interest |
| TBC | Information Session |
| TBC | Expressions of Interest deadline (5pm AEDT) |
| TBC | Shortlisted EOIs invited to submit a full application |
| TBC | Deadline for invited applications (5pm AEST) |
| TBC | Allocation Committee meeting |
| TBC | Allocations announced |
2022 Recipients
| Professor Igor Bray, Curtin University |
Electron-molecule collision modelling for fusion and astrophysical applications |
| Professor Richard Sandberg, University of Melbourne | Hydrogen co-firing for power generation: what happens in the turbine? |
| Evelyne Deplazes, University of Queensland |
Bacterial toxins as environmental friendly insecticides |
Read about the recipients and their science.
2021 Recipients
| Professor Ben Corry, The Australian National University | Predicting the next coronavirus outbreak |
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Professor Alan E Mark,The University of Queensland |
Understanding organic semiconductor morphology at an atomic level: Simulating the formation of realistic devices |
| Dr Bernhard Müller, Monash University | Understanding organic semiconductor morphology at an atomic level: Simulating the formation of realistic devices |
| Associate Professor Ekaterina Pas, Monash University | Design of Phase Change Materials of the Future |
| Professor Julio Soria, Monash University | High-fidelity direct numerical simulation of high Reynolds number turbulent thermal boundary layer flow with distributed high energy heat sources: An analogy for high-fidelity simulations of bushfires |
Read about the recipients and their science.
2020 Recipients
| Professor Evatt Hawkes, UNSW Sydney | Extreme scale simulations of combustion for low emissions gas turbines |
| Dr Simon Marsland, CSIRO | Global climate modelling with ACCESS |
| Dr Richard Matear, CSIRO | Global decadal climate forecasts |
| Associate Professor Chris Power ,International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research at The University of Western Australia Node | Modelling Supermassive Black Hole Jets in Galaxy Formation Simulations |
Read about the recipients and their science.
