EPSRC: Investigate high-priority use cases for exascale software

24/02/2022

31/03/2022

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, through the exascale computing algorithms and infrastructures benefiting UK pesearch (ExCALIBUR) programme and the the strategic priorities fund, invites applications for its investigate high-priority use cases for exascale software call. This supports research which investigate high priority use cases for future supercomputers and research methodologies to redesign the use cases for supercomputers of the near future and beyond. The total budget is worth up to £3 million to fund up to four projects. Funding support projects at 80 per cent full economic cost. Costs covers include flexible funds for KE activities, researcher time, consumables, technical staff time and support staff.

Projects should capture the four pillars: •separation of concerns, which is separating the mathematical problem from the computer science implementation; •co-design, including holistic, collaborative system design by mathematicians, domain scientists and computer scientists; •data science, covering new workflows to manage and analyse vast volumes of simulation data; •investing in people, which is interdisciplinary research software engineer (RSE) career development driven by forward-looking scientific software design.

Applications are open to researchers from UK HEIs, research council institutes, UKRI-approved independent research organisations, eligible public sector research establishments and NHS bodies with a research capacity. Applicants must be resident in the UK and hold a fixed-term contract at their institution that extends beyond the duration of the proposed project, be employed at a level equivalent to lecturer or above, hold an EPSRC, Royal Society or Royal Academy of Engineering fellowship aimed at later career stages, or hold fellowships under other schemes. Holders of postdoctoral level fellowships are not eligible to apply.