Please submit the complete project proposal for a compute project at NHR@ZIB and NHR@Göttingen to the HLRN service portal 

A project proposal contains four parts.

1. meta data (fill out the online formular)  
2. main proposal (upload the pdf created by this template (LaTeX, Word )
3. public abstract (please use this template),  and
4. a signed letter (automatic e-mail will be sent to the PI ) 

After submission, the proposal is evaluated in a review process organized by the Scientific Board. Each reviewer obtains access to

• the project proposal,

• the history of previous projects,

• contact data of the HLRN consultant, and
• aggregated statistics for  usage of computung time on the HLRN systems.

Meta data

During the course of online submission, the project proposer needs to address metadata on the HLRN service portal. This includes information about

• the principal investigator (scientist holding a PhD),
• the person in charge of submitting the proposal,
• project partners,
• other evaluations and funding for the project
• usage of other compute resources,
• project lifetime,
• software requirements (please check availability with your consultant before),
• requirements in core hours, and
• storage requirements.

Main proposal

The main proposal

• needs to upload a prepared document in PDF format,
• is written in English or German. Usually about 10 pages,
• includes the main scientific content and has to address all relevant aspects like project description, computational facets and resource estimation,

• is written based on the template  (LaTeX, Word).

For the main proposal within the template one of the three types need to be chosen

1. initial proposal
   • scientific part
   • technical part
2. whitelist proposal (if already evaluated by BMBF, DFG, EU, NHR, or GCS)
   • proposal and acceptance of external funding institution
   • technical part
3. 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.

In case of questions, please contact your HLRN consultant.

Public abstract

All present HLRN projects that have been successfully reviewed by the Scientific Board are listed on the HLRN project list. Each proposal for a compute project needs to submit a public abstract in PDF format based on the HLRN abstract template.

The abstract is written in English or in German and should contain about 2 pages.

Signed letter (e-mail) 

By the end of the online submission, an email is created by the HLRN service portal. This also indicates that your application is successfully submitted. The project proposer is requested to print and sign the document and finally to send it to the Office of the Scientific Board.