NCMAS Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)

Call for Expressions of Interest

  • Deadline: 05:00pm AEST, Friday, 05 September 2025
  • Expected outcomes: 03 October 2025
  • More information

NCMAS 2026 Call for Applications

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
08 October 2025 Applications open
31 October 2025 Applications close (08:00pm AEDT / 05:00pm AWST)
November 2025 Technical and merit assessment
11-12 December 2025 Scientific Advisory Committee meeting for allocations
January 2026 Allocations announced

Participating Facilities

The following facilities are making resources available in the NCMAS 2026 call.

Supporting Documentation

Online Information Sessions

Online Zoom information sessions will be held on every Tuesday at 01:00 pm (AEST/AEDT) since 23 September 2025 until the end of the application period. Register at:

https://anu.zoom.us/meeting/register/TrkbMT_VSReHwLWJdyTZmA

The NCMAS Secretariat strongly encourages new NCMAS applicants to attend one of these sessions.

Getting Assistance

You can request help by sending an email to ncmas@nci.org.au.