Open call for Pawsey Fast Track Scheme
How to Apply
Monash eResearch has established a new partnership with the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre through the Pawsey 2025 Champions Program.
This partnership opens up another avenue of HPC access for the entire Monash research community, providing them with access to a Tier-1 supercomputing facility in Australia without requiring an annual application through the National Merit Allocation Scheme. If you are an HDR Student interested in receiving a Fast Track Allocation, please discuss this with your supervisor and apply together.
Researchers can request a minimum of 250,000 Service Units (SUs) per quarter, equivalent to one Setonix CPU node or a single AMD MI250x (GPU) GCD. To learn more about the scheme, please visit the Pawset Fast Track Acess Scheme documentation here.
Terms and Conditions
- The minimum request per quarter is 250,000 Service Units (SUs).
- Allocations will be granted based on both demand and the nature of the application.
- Unused allocations will expire at the end of the term and cannot be automatically rolled over to the next term.
- Excessive unused allocation by the end of the term may reduce the likelihood of receiving a future allocation. Researchers are encouraged to plan their compute and data needs carefully.
- Excessive unused allocation mid-term may be reclaimed and returned to the resource pool unless valid assurance is provided that it will be used before the end of the term.
- Pawsey does not currently support sensitive data. Applications involving sensitive data will be automatically rejected. Please get in touch with Monash eResearch if you require resources for processing sensitive data.
- All applications must be endorsed by the Monash eResearch HPC Advisory Committee. Requests made directly to the Pawsey Help Desk will be rejected and may affect eligibility for future allocation
- If your application is endorsed, you will be notified by email. You must then complete a full application on the Pawsey website. Details of the full application process will be sent in the confirmation email.
- Calls for new applications and application deadline dates are shown here.
The link to the application form will be provided when each open call period is active.
Please contact the eResearch HPC Help Desk for any enquiries.
Pawsey Scheme Quarters and application open and close dates
2025
| 2025 Q1 | 2025 Q2 | 2025 Q3 | 2025 Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| eResearch Open call Deadline | N/A | N/A | 12 May 2025 20 May 2025 | 04 Aug 2025 15 Aug 2025 |
| Pawsey Submission Deadline | 20 Nov 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 | 30 May 2025 | 29 Aug 2025 |
| Allocation Period | Jan - Mar | Apr - Jun | Jul - Sep | Oct - Dec |
2026
| 2026 Q1 | 2026 Q2 | 2026 Q3 | 2026 Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| eResearch Open call Deadline | 10 Nov 2025 17 Nov 2025 | 09 Feb 2026 16 Feb 2026 | 11 May 2026 18 May 2026 | 10 Aug 2026 17 Aug 2026 |
| Pawsey Submission Deadline | 28 Nov 2025 | 27 Feb 2026 | 29 May 2026 | 28 Aug 2026 |
| Allocation Period | Jan - Mar | Apr - Jun | Jul - Sep | Oct - Dec |