Most important changes

From 2023 allocation round, 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.
Accounting model for Setonix now includes Service Units definition for both Setonix CPU and GPU partitions.
There is 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.
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.

Milestone	Pawsey Partner Scheme	NCMAS
Call Open	21st August 2023 - ~~3rd October 2023 (5pm AWST)~~ extended to 9th October 2023 (5pm AWST)	21st August 2023 - 3rd October 2023 (5pm AWST)
Submissions Portal	https://ssl.linklings.net/organizations/pawsey/	https://my.nci.org.au/mancini/ncmas/2024/
Committee Meetings	7th December 2023	4-5 December 2023
Applicants Notified	22nd December 2023	18 December 2023

Available resources for 2024 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 2024 allocation round are presented in table 1.

Table 1. Resources available on Setonix for the 2024 allocation round

Scheme		Request full year
National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme	Scheme total capacity	485M Service Units Total: 325M Service Units (core hours) on Setonix-CPU 160M Service Units on Setonix-GPU
National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme	Minimum request size	1M Service Units
Pawsey Partner Merit Allocation Scheme	Scheme total capacity	575M Service Units 385M Service Units (core hours) on Setonix-CPU 190M Service Units on Setonix-GPU
Pawsey Partner Merit Allocation Scheme	Minimum request size	1M Service Units

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