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- The National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme (NCMAS) – The scheme operates annual allocation calls, which are open to the whole Australian research community and which provide substantial amounts of compute time for meritorious, computational-research projects.
- The Pawsey Partner Merit Allocation Scheme (Pawsey Partner) – Calls are open to researchers in Pawsey Partner institutions and provide significant amounts of compute time for meritorious, computational research projects. The Partner institutions are CSIRO, Curtin University, Edith Cowan University, Murdoch University and The University of Western Australia. This scheme operates annual calls, with an out-of-session application process for newly eligible project leaders.
- The Preparatory Access Scheme - Call is open all year round. The scheme is designed and intended for researchers who need to port and benchmark their codes and workflows before applying to one of the merit allocation schemes and/or generate scalability data to be included in the merit allocation schemes proposals.
- The Fast Track Access Scheme - This scheme is designed and intended for projects representing high impact and requiring flexible access to supercomputing resources. Submissions to the Fast Track Access Scheme must be recognised as high impactful and endorsed by organisations participating in the scheme. The Fast Track Access Scheme also supports time-critical access including response to natural hazards, public health and national security.
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 Figure 1. Flow chart explaining supercomputing access schemes |
The merit allocation schemes are summarized in table 1:
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- Setonix - Access to Setonix is primarily through competitive merit, via the NCMAS or Pawsey Partner schemes. Topaz - Any existing Pawsey users can request access via the Pawsey Service Desk, and this will include a discussion about GPU appropriateness.
- Garrawarla - Access is only for MWA radio-astronomy projects.
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