The ALCF Director’s Discretionary program provides “start up” awards to researchers working to achieve computational readiness for a major allocation award.
Molecular dynamics simulations based on machine learning help scientists learn about the movement of the boundary between ice grains (yellow/green/cyan) and the stacking disorder that occurs when hexagonal (orange) and cubic (blue) pieces of ice freeze together. Image: Henry Chan and Subramanian Sankaranarayanan, Argonne National Laboratory
The ALCF Director’s Discretionary (DD) program is dedicated to helping researchers prepare for a major allocation award through DOE's INCITE and ALCC programs. The DD program is also used allocations on the ALCF AI Testbed systems, and our community file sharing system Eagle.
DD projects allow users to improve application performance to maximize scientific application efficiency and productivity on the ALCF’s leadership computing platforms. Projects must demonstrate a need for leadership-class resources.
Open to researchers from industry, academia, and government agencies, DD awards are available year-round on a rolling basis and are usually between three and six months in duration. The size of the award varies based on the application and its readiness/ability to scale.
