Project Categories & Deadlines¶

Project Categories¶

NHR@KIT offers five categories of projects depending on compute resources needed which implies different call and review types.

Normal and Large Projects¶

Project category	Duration	Extendable	Min. Requested Resources	Max. Requested Resources	Review	Call
NHR Normal	1 year	Yes	2.000.000 CPUh / 30.000 GPUh	14.999.999 CPUh / 199.999 GPUh	2x Scientific	Rolling
NHR Large	1 year	Yes	15.000.000 CPUh / 200.000 GPUh	70.000.000 CPUh / 1.000.000 GPUh	2x Scientific + NHR Steering Committee	Quarterly

Test, Starter, and AI Fast Track Projects¶

Project category	Duration	Extendable	Effectively Granted Resources	Review	Call
NHR Test	6 months	No	500.000 CPUh / 5.000 GPUh	Technical	Rolling
NHR Starter	1 year	No	360.000 CPUh / 10.000 GPUh	Technical	Rolling
AI Fast Track	1 year	No	380.000 CPUh / 20.000 GPUh	None	Rolling

Note on effectively granted resources

We define the resources that you applied for in your application as "requested CPU" and "requested GPU". However, when we approve your application we grant you the so called "effectively granted CPU" and "effectively granted GPU". The effectively granted CPU = approved CPU + 19 * (approved GPU). So when you request resources in your application please be aware that you could sometimes be granted more. The reason for this is that every GPU is binded to 19 CPU.

Tip for estimating resources

It can be hard to estimate how many resources (CPU core hours / GPU hours) your project will need. The easiest way to find out is to apply for a NHR test project before handing in the proposal for a NHR normal or large project.

Resource calculation

Please keep in mind that individual compute nodes on HoreKa are always assigned to a single job exclusively. Please calculate your resource consumption with 76 CPU cores per node, and not 152 CPU threads per node (see the Project accounting page).

AI Fast Track currently suspended

Note: AI_FAST_TRACK types of project are suspended for the moment. Thus we don't accept any application of type AI_FAST_TRACK at the moment.

Recommendation for smaller categories

We recommend and encourage PIs to apply for Normal or Larger category of projects after they have submitted any project in the following categories: Test, Starter, or AI_FAST_TRACK.

Deadlines¶

NHR Normal projects¶

Application for normal projects can be done any time of the year (rolling call) and can be submitted on an ongoing basis. Allowed activities prior to the official project start can be found here (exceptions: NHR@Göttingen and NHR@ZIB - please note the deadlines for major projects for all projects).

NHR Large projects¶

Application for large projects can be only done quarterly and start time is scheduled 3 months after the submission deadline. The current deadline is displayed bold in the following table.

Call no.	Submission deadline	Deadline technical reviews	Deadline scientific reviews	NHR steering committee meeting	Project start
1	01.10.	15.10.	20.11.	Mid Dec	01.01.
2	01.01.	15.01.	20.02.	Mid Mar	01.04.
3	01.04.	15.04.	20.05.	Mid Jun	01.07.
4	01.07.	15.07.	20.08.	Mid Sep	01.10.

Templates for detailed project descriptions¶

During the application process you are required to upload a detailed project description, for which a template per project category is provided. The usage of the outlined structure given in the template is mandatory. Applications that do not use the required outlined structure given in the templates for the detailed project description might be rejected.

For category: normal and large project. If the project is funded (whitelisted), then please choose the whitelisted template.

For category: test project¶

Format	Download
PDF	Download
DOCX	Download
LaTeX	Download

For category: AI Fast Track project¶

In order to submit a project in this category, you download the template, fill it, then sign it and send it to us by email without applying in the JARDS portal.

Format	Download
PDF	Download
DOCX	Download
LaTeX	Download

Project Categories & Deadlines¶