Sustaining and strengthening merit-based access at NCI

Australias National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) provides researchers in universities, science agencies andindustry with world-class, integrated high-performance computing/data services that enable high-impact researchin every field of science and technology. Today, NCI supports 191 programs funded by the ARC at $43M p.a.(centres of excellence, projects, fellowships), generating more than 740 publications p.a. This grant will ensureallocation of 30% of the capability of NCIs 2019 supercomputer - 10x the performance of the current system - tomerit-based access, thereby sustaining international research competitiveness and securing the ARCsinvestments in research that depends on leading-edge computing and data capabilities.