NERSC Initiative for Scientific Exploration (NISE) Request Form

NERSC allocates 10% of the total MPP hours on computational systems through the NERSC Initiative for Scientific Exploration (NISE) program. This year we expect to allocate about 100 million hours to a few large projects.

Users who want to explore a new research area that requires a large amount of computational resources are encouraged to apply.  We are particularly interested in large scale and/or data intensive proposals.

To apply, please fill out the form below and contact the NERSC consultants at consult@nersc.gov with any questions.  A short paragraph is sufficient for the questions below; your project description may be from one to four paragraphs.  The NISE award can last for one or two years.  Users granted NISE allocations will be expected to provide NERSC with a brief summary of results from their NISE project each year.

The deadline to apply for the NISE award is January 25, 2012.