...
For the main proposal within the template one of the three types need to be chosen
- initial proposal
- scientific part
- technical part
- whitelist proposal (if already evaluated by BMBF, DFG, EU, NHR, or GCS)
- proposal and acceptance of external funding institution
- technical part
- follow-up proposal
- scientific part (brief update) and reference to the initial proposal
- technical part
To avoid:
- Imprecise or incomprehensible estimation of requested computational resources (especially core-hours); for example, missing arguments to justify a certain number of N runs instead of a smaller number. One page is our recommended minimum.
- No proof, that the software to be used is suitable and efficient for parallel execution (and parallel I/O) on our specific supercomputer. Recycling a scalability demo by a third party is meaningless, without showing that your planned production run is fully comparable to it (algorithm selection within the software, I/O pattern, machine architecture, problem size per core).
- The overall aim and/or motivation behind the project is unclear.
- The applicant lacks HPC/Unix skills and an experienced co-applicant is missing.
- Insufficiency of the applicant's local resources is not indicated.
- The HLRN was not mentioned in relevant publications.
- Cut & paste of previous proposals.
...