To apply for computing time on the JARA Partition, please proceed as follows:

1. First write a detailed project description and please use the sample project description (pdf, word, LaTeX). The usage of the template is mandatory. Applications that do not use the required templates for the project description might be rejected. The project description must not exceed 18 pages (font 11pt). The project description will be uploaded to the web server as part of the electronic questionnaire in pdf (please do not include any other information in this file). Completeness and verifiability of these specifications will be considered during the assessment process. Missing information will lead to a reduction of granted computing time and possibly to the rejection of the proposal.
   If you wish to add supplementary information to your project description (e.g. articles that are not yet published), please compile it in another pdf file and upload it as part of the supplementary material.
   
   
2. Complete the electronic questionnaire and attach the project description as well as any additional documents to the questionnaire as pdf files.
   Please note that (besides the technical information regarding the planned simulations) all computing time applications that have been submitted to German computing centers within the last 3 years have to be listed in the electronic questionnaire, regardless of whether their content is similar to the current proposal or not.
   Computing time is provided on several supercomputers which can be requested within one computing time proposal. However, the effective computing power per core-hour differs for each system. Thus, computing time requirements for more than one system cannot be specified coherently by adding up core-hours over the individual resources. To take this into account, computing time requirements can be specified either in million core-hours (Mcore-h) or in 10¹⁸ FLOP per year (EFLOP) based on the resources' theoretical peak performance, except for the D-Wave Advantage™ System JUPSI where resource requests have to be specified in hours.  For further information, please see the fact sheet.
   
   
3. With the finalization of your project application a form is created. Please sign it and send it to the Coordination Office for the Allocation of Computing Time preferably by email. Additionally, sending it by regular mail is not necessary. 

To apply for project extensions on the JARA Partition, please proceed as follows:

1. Write a project description with focus on new research aspects which will be covered in the upcoming computing time period. Please use the provided sample project description (pdf, word, LaTeX). The project description must not exceed 18 pages (font 11pt). Additionally, write a status report which covers the results of the previous granting period of the project. Please use the provided sample status report (pdf, word, LaTeX). The usage of the template is mandatory. Applications that do not use the required templates for the project description and status report might be rejected. The status report must not exceed 10 pages (font 11pt). Please note that the project description and status report have to be separate documents, because these reports might be read independently of the application process. The project description and status report must be uploaded on the web server as part of the electronic questionnaire in pdf (please do not include any other information in these files). Completeness and verifiability of these specifications will be considered during the assessment process. Missing information will lead to a reduction of granted computing time and possibly to the rejection of the proposal. If you wish to add supplementary information to your project description (e.g. articles that are not yet published), please compile it in another pdf file and submit it as supplementary material with the electronic questionnaire.
   
   
2. Complete the electronic questionnaire and attach the project description and the status report as well as any additional documents to the questionnaire as pdf files. Please note that (besides the technical information regarding the planned simulations) all computing time applications that have been submitted to German Computing Centers within the last 3 years have to be listed in the electronic questionnaire, regardless of whether their content is similar to the current proposal or not.
   Computing time is provided on several supercomputers which can be requested within one computing time proposal. However, the effective computing power per core-hour differs for each system. Thus, computing time requirements for more than one system cannot be specified coherently by adding up core-hours over the individual resources. To take this into account, computing time requirements can be specified either in million core-hours (Mcore-h) or in 10¹⁸ FLOP per year (EFLOP) based on the resources' theoretical peak performance, except for the D-Wave Advantage™ System JUPSI where resource requests have to be specified in hours.  For further information, please see the fact sheet.
   
   
3. With the finalization of your project application a form is created. Please sign it and send it to the Coordination Office for the Allocation of Computing Time preferably by email. Additionally, sending it by regular mail is not necessary.

Once a project is completed, the applicant is obliged to submit a final report which is due four weeks after the end of the allocation period. Please use the sample documents (pdf, word, LaTeX). The final report must not exceed 18 pages (font 11pt). To upload the final report please login here, choose the corresponding project and upload the document via the button "Add report".

Papers, presentations, and other publications containing results obtained on the supercomputers that are part of the JARA Partition must include proper acknowledgements. The wording of the acknowledgement depends on the system used within the JARA Partition. Please choose the text appropriate from the list below.

JARA projects on CLAIX

The authors gratefully acknowledge the computing time granted by the JARA Vergabegremium and provided on the JARA Partition part of the supercomputer CLAIX at RWTH Aachen University.

Additionally, the affiliation of the PI with JARA should be included in the author list.

JARA projects on JURECA

The authors gratefully acknowledge the computing time granted by the JARA Vergabegremium and provided on the JARA Partition part of the supercomputer JURECA at Forschungszentrum Jülich.

Additionally, the affiliation of the PI with JARA should be included in the author list.

Furthermore, JURECA must be cited in the following way:
Jülich Supercomputing Centre. (2021). JURECA: Data Centric and Booster Modules implementing the Modular Supercomputing Architecture at Jülich Supercomputing Centre Journal of large-scale research facilities, 7, A182. http://dx.doi.org/10.17815/jlsrf-7-182

The reference style can be adapted according to the publication's citation rules.

JARA projects on the D-Wave Advantage™ System JUPSI
The authors gratefully acknowledge the Jülich Supercomputing Centre for funding this project by providing computing time on the D-Wave Advantage™ System JUPSI through the Jülich UNified Infrastructure for Quantum computing (JUNIQ).

JARA projects on JUQUEEN

The authors gratefully acknowledge the computing time granted by the JARA Vergabegremium and provided on the JARA Partition part of the supercomputer JUQUEEN at Forschungszentrum Jülich.

Additionally, the affiliation of the PI with JARA should be included in the author list.

Furthermore, JUQUEEN must be cited in all publications in the following way:
Jülich Supercomputing Centre. (2015). JUQUEEN: IBM Blue Gene/Q Supercomputer System at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre. Journal of large-scale research facilities, 1, A1. doi:10.17815/jlsrf-1-18
The reference style can be adapted according to the publication's citation rules.

The principal investigator of the project also confirms that he/she accepts the reporting obligations for JARA Projects as given on the JARA webpage. This includes a final report for a completed project which is due four weeks after the end of the allocation period and a status report for applications for project extensions (templates: pdf, word, LaTeX). Furthermore, the principal investigator of the project is obligated to provide contributions and information for the annual reports of the IT Center of the RWTH Aachen upon request. 

Letter from the „JARA Vergabegremium" to the PIs of the JARA computing time projects regarding reporting requirements.