Overview
The National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme is Australia's premiere grant scheme for access to high-performance computing (HPC) resources. Information for applicants, including important dates, FAQs, information for researchers and links to application forms can be found here .
Online Information sessions for Researchers
Zoom information session for researchers are held each Tueday at 1300 AEST/AEDT. Register for one of these sessions here.
High Performance Computing
Welcome to the Monash HPC service documentation. Please select from the options at the left to get started, or see below to learn more about HPC service options at Monash.
HPC Overview
A High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster is a system made up of thousands of CPUs (along with many GPUs) with very fast networking between them. This setup is ideal for workloads that can be parallelised, that is, jobs that can be split up into smaller chunks that can be run simultaneously. Parallelising such workloads can be dramatically faster than if you were to run that same workload on your personal computer.
HPC Facilities and Expertise in Data Processing, Modelling, Simulation & Visualisation
Monash researchers have access to a range of High-performance Computing (HPC) facilities to support complex data processing, modelling, simulation and visualisation tasks. These include the Monash HPC Cluster M3 (Previously MASSIVE), and Nectar Research Cloud.
In addition, Monash eResearch has partnered with Australia’s Tier 1 Supercomputing facilities — the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) and the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre — to provide streamlined HPC access for Monash researchers. These partnerships should be seen as a complement to the National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme (NCMAS) which supports very large compute requests.
Each facility has its own application process and independent deadlines, so we recommend reviewing the guidelines for the resource that best suits your research needs.