NCMAS 2025
The National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme is Australia's premiere grant scheme for access to high-performance computing (HPC) resources. The two Tier-1 HPC facilities in Australia, the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) and the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre, together offer hundreds of millions of hours of computing time to meritorious researchers.
Important Dates
| Dates | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 8 October 2024 | Applications open |
| 31 October 2024 | Applications close (8:00pm AEDT/5:00pm AWST) |
| 5-6 December 2024 | Scientific Advisory Committee meeting for allocations |
| 6 January 2025 | Allocations announced |
Participating Facilities
The following facilities are making resources available in the NCMAS 2025 call.
Supporting Documentation
- Information for Applicants (updated 16/10/2024)
- Frequently Asked Questions
- ORCID User Guide
- Application Form - Quick View (Screenshots and descriptions)
Anonymisation Guides
- Anonymisation Guide
- Sample Proposal with A3P Comments
- Sample Computational Details with A3P Comments
Anonymisation
The NCMAS 2025 call for applications will use proposal anonymisation, as used in previous NCMAS calls from 2020 to 2024. Anonymisation is mandatory; applications found to blatantly disregard the proposal anonymisation guidelines will be considered noncompliant and be withdrawn from further consideration.
The Office of the Women in STEM Ambassador has completed assessment of data for NCMAS 2021 and 2022 as part of the National Trial of Anonymising Research Funding Proposals, in collaboration with Australian research organisations. The report from this assessment is available at https://www.unsw.edu.au/science/engage-with-us/women-stem-ambassador-program/making-research-applications-anonymous.
Online Information Sessions
Online Zoom information sessions will be held on Mondays and Thursdays each week in October
- Mondays at 3:00 pm AEDT (starting 14 October)
https://anu.zoom.us/j/86976584592?pwd=bhzcSFggZipmy2g4mci6VC3xsJuuwI.1 - Thursdays, at 11:00 am AEDT (starts 10 October)
https://anu.zoom.us/j/81886005569?pwd=N9JDaroKRgpL1XXbo6RvYRFJJb5uRX.1
The NCMAS Secretariat strongly encourages new NCMAS applicants to attend one of these sessions.
Online Information Course
Content from the Information Sessions, and video explainers about NCMAS anonymisation and application code performance and scalability are available through an online information course. Register for the course here – https://learning.hpc-australia.org.au/p/ncmas-2025
Getting Assistance
You can request help by sending an email to ncmas@nci.org.au.
