Please see the Delta Allocations page on the Delta website for a general discussion of the opportunities and recommendations.
Allocation Type | Portion of Delta Allocated | Description |
ACCESS | 90% | Open continuously - See Get Started with ACCESS Allocations for more details. |
Illinois | 5% | A modest portion of the system is available for Illinois researchers who have not been able to make use of the national allocation process such as ACCESS. |
Innovative/Exploratory | 2% | Open continuously - allocations awarded at the PI's discretion |
Diversity | 1% | EPSCoR, MSI, and HBCUs |
Data Science | 1% | Data Science research projects |
Science Gateways | 1% | Delta Science Gateways projects in partnership with the Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI) |
90% of the Delta system is allocated through the ACCESS program.
To get started with ACCESS allocations, see the Get Started with ACCESS Allocations page.
ACCESS resources are allocated on an ongoing basis through Explore, Discover, and Accelerate allocations, and periodically through Maximize allocations.
A modest portion of the system is available for Illinois researchers who have not been able to make use of the national allocation process such as ACCESS and is available throughout the year.
To inquire about Illinois allocations, please email help@ncsa.illinois.edu
Start-up awards of up to 1,000 GPU hours and 50,000 CPU core hours may be requested for test runs and to determine full allocation request needs. Typical allocation awards scale up to 25,000 GPU hours or 690,000 CPU core hours.
Delta Illinois allocations generally require a brief proposal document including:
A small portion of the Delta system is awarded at the PI's discretion for innovative/exploratory research projects. Calls for proposals occur periodically at the PI's discretion.
To get started with Innovative/Exploratory, Diversity, and Data Science allocations please send an email to help@ncsa.illinois.edu.
1% of the Delta system is awarded for Delta Science Gateways projects in partnership with the Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI). Calls for proposals occur annually.
A Delta Science Gateways proposal (up to 2 pages, not including references) should describe:
To get started with Science Gateway allocations, follow the instructions for Requesting a "New" Delta Allocation, listed below.
If you do not already have an NCSA account, create an NCSA Kerberos account at this link. *Account creation may take up to 24 hours once requested, please plan accordingly.
Visit the NCSA XRAS proposal submission portal |
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Select the appropriate Delta opportunity for your request:
Complete your request by providing the data requested by the form:
Visit the NCSA XRAS proposal submission portal |
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