Most important changes
- Submissions to NCMAS and Pawsey Partner Schemes can now include Setonix CPU and Setonix GPU requests.
- Minimum allocation request size is now 1M Service Units.
- New accounting model for Setonix now includes Service Units definition for both Setonix CPU and GPU partitions.
- There will be no Pawsey Partner top-up allocations starting from 2023 allocation round. Researchers can apply to both NCMAS and Pawsey Partner Scheme subject to the eligibility and conditions of these schemes.
- Pawsey has improved technical review process, scalability criteria is now covering both CPU and GPU parallel scalability as well as data workflows scalability.
- The new Preparatory Access Scheme is now available for researchers who need to port and benchmark their codes and workflows before applying to one of the merit allocation schemes.
For technical details about changes in supercomputing services for 2023 visit: Changes in Supercomputing Services for 2023
| Milestone | Pawsey Partner Scheme | NCMAS |
|---|---|---|
Call Open | 15th August 2022 - 3rd October 2022 (5pm AWST) | 15th August 2021 - 18th September 2022 (5pm AEDT) |
| Submissions Portal | https://ssl.linklings.net/organizations/pawsey/ | https://my.nci.org.au/mancini/ncmas/2023/ |
Committee Meetings | 1st half of December 2022 | 30 Nov, 1-2 December 2022 |
Applicants Notified | 22nd December 2022 | 12 December 2022 |
Available resources for 2023 allocations (Pawsey Supercomputing Centre)
Single application to National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme (NCMAS) and Pawsey Partner Merit Allocation Scheme schemes can now include Setonix-CPU and Setonix-GPU requests. Researchers can apply only for Setonix-CPU allocation, only for Setonix-GPU allocation or for both.
The minimum allocation request for National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme (NCMAS) and Pawsey Partner Merit Allocation Scheme is 1M Service Units.
Resources available in 2023 allocation round are presented in table 1.
Table 1. Resources available on Setonix for the 2023 allocation round
| Scheme | Request full year | |
|---|---|---|
National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme | Scheme total capacity | 455M Service Units Total:
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| Minimum request size | 1M Service Units | |
| Pawsey Partner Merit Allocation Scheme | Scheme total capacity | 540M Service Units
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| Minimum request size | 1M Service Units | |