Start a project

  1. Please apply for a User Account (which includes a Test Project) on Portal NHR@ZIB.
  2. Holding a User Account you can submit an application for a Compute Project.

For questions/requests, please contact the support crew support@nhr.zib.de.

Project types

Project typeSubtypeCompute time per quarter Review processCall datesMaximal duration

Test Project

Small75 kcore-h (up to 300k upon request)automatically created within a User Accountrolling3 quarters
(informal extension upon request)

Compute Project

Normal300k - 5M core-h

Scientific board of NHR@ZIB
(together with NHR@Göttingen)

rolling,
but quarterly schedule minimizes time from project proposal to its start

4 quarters
(plus one quarter automatic extension),
after this a follow-up proposal is needed

optional whitelist (details see Proposal Format):
- if related DFG/BMBF/NHR/GCS/EU exists
- simplifies application

Large-scale
("Großprojekt")

CPU system: more than 5M core-h
GPU system: more than 6.25 kGPU-h 

Scientific board of NHR@ZIB +
NHR-Nutzungsausschuss