Request Form for Large Panel Allocations

National Center for Atmospheric Research

Request for Computing Services - does not require CISL-HPC Panel review. First request maximum of 2000 GAUs for graduate students, postdocs and new faculty, and first request maximum of 2000 GAUs with an NSF award with and extension of 4000 GAUs without panel review.

Instructions: This web-based form constitutes an official request for computing services available through the Scientific Computing Division of the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Please fill in all of the fields on this form and, when finished, click on the "Submit Request" button at the bottom of this file. You may use these guidelines to help you complete your request.
IMPORTANT: If you submit a request for computing services you should get a response from CISL within a few days. If you do not, please contact the Database Services Group (303-497-1200, alloc@ucar.edu).

You may, at any time, correct or change the information you've provided but, you must do so before submitting the form.

A. Identification of the Requesting Scientist

A1. Name:

A2. Title of the person making the request (graduate student, research associate, etc):

Educational Status:

A3. Department/institution:

A4. Address (Please include complete address. This address is used to ship cryptocards which are shipped via FedEx. FedEx will not accept a PO Box, drop box or campus box.):

A5. Email:

A6. Telephone:

A7. FAX number:

A8. Brief summary of education of requesting scientist (including a summary of computing experience):

A9. Project title:

A10.

B. Research Sponsor

Unsponsored graduate students and postocs who are applying for the one-time NCAR computing grant may skip this section. All other applicants are required to complete this section as fully as possible.

B1. Name of research sponsor:

B2. Agency director/contract monitor:

B3. NSF Award number:

B4. Start date of award:

B5. Date of award expiration:

B6. Principal investigator for the award:

B7. Email address of P.I.:

B8. Address:

B9. Telephone:

C. Computing Requirements

C1. Computing resource needed: Requests should be submitted for the REGULAR Queue only.

TOTAL GAUs Requested Regular Queue:

C2. Proposed date of first machine use:

C3. Expected completion date:

C4. If you anticipate making a large demand on a particular resource (e.g.; memory, long run time of a single job), please explain:

D. Publications - NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS FORM

D. Programmers
Fill out the following for any programmers or assistants who will be working on this project.

D1. Name:

D2. Educational Status:

D3. Telephone:

D4. Email:

D5. Complete FedEx Mailing Address (No P.O. Boxes accepted; include city, state, zip) :

F. Proposal Summary

In the field below, please provide a brief, self-contained proposal describing your project. Requests of more than 300 gaus should give details on numerical experiments. (You may copy and paste any electronic document into this space. You do not need to type it in again.)

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Questions or comments about this form should be directed to: Michelle Smart
The National Center for Atmospheric Research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and managed by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.