PSC Allocation Eligibility

Funding from the NSF, the NIH, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania enables PSC to provide allocations of free supercomputing time to researchers and educators affiliated with institutions located within Pennsylvania and the United States. Projects must be nonproprietary and awardees are wholly responsible for conducting their research project activities and preparing results for publication.

PSC welcomes resource requests for allocations of supercomputing time from qualified scientists, engineers and science educators, and strongly encourages women, minorities, and persons with disabilities to participate fully in its research and research-related programs.

To apply, you must be a researcher or educator at a Pennsylvania or US academic or non-profit research institution. A principal investigator (PI) may not be a high school, undergraduate or graduate student; a qualified advisor must serve in this capacity. Postdocs are eligible to serve as PI.

If you are eligible to apply for an allocation under both the Pennsylvania and the NSF Cyberinfrastructure programs, we recommend that you apply under the NSF program. Applicants whose research is biomedical in nature should apply to the National Resource for Biomedical Supercomputing (NRBSC) at PSC. Educators who wish to use supercomputing as a tool in the classroom can apply for an Education allocation.