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Research computing and systems

The University of ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½app offers Partner Share access to Australia’s fastest supercomputer, Gadi, as part of the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) Collaboration Agreement.

There are three schemes available to ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½app researchers (staff and HDR students).

  1. ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½app Partner Share. In conjunction with our partner, , ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½app is granted an annual allocation of compute time and storage on . This serves as the university’s computational cluster and is managed by the RSO on behalf of the HPC Steering Committee.

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½app researchers are also encouraged to apply for competitive time on NCI resources:

  1. . This is offered quarterly for a maximum of 200KSU per quarter.
  2. . This is offered once a year – deadline is generally at the beginning of October. There is a minimum of 1000KSU per year available.

Access the

Detailed information is found in the below knowledge base article (for ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½app staff and students only).

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Access and support

For new and existing projects

  • Applications are welcome, and are governed by the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½app HPC Steering Committee.
  • Requests for access are initially reviewed by the HPC Steering Committee Chair and the Research Services Office
  • They are endorsed by the full HPC Steering Committee at meetings throughout the year
  • Proposed projects must be led by an established academic staff member (post-doc equivalent or higher)

Getting Started on Gadi

Before getting started on the Gadi supercomputer, you must create an RDMP for your project on . (If you do not need to store any data, you may skip this step but note we will need to see your RDMP before you are allocated any storage in the future).

Once you have an RDMP, the next steps are:

  • or  (we will ask for the RedBox project number before approving your application).

Project roles and researcher eligibility

Upon registration, the following eligibility guidelines apply:

The roles detailed below should be read in conjunction with the role definitions listed at:

Lead CI

  • Must be fixed term or continuing staff member
  • Can only have one project (For academics supervising multiple HDR students, one project can be shared among them)
  • Should be the HDR supervisor of the HDR students listed in the roles of “Researcher”/”Delegated Lead CI”/”Chief Investigator”

Delegated Lead CI

  • Can be an HDR student or fixed term or continuing staff member
  • Make this the HDR student if the Lead CI does not access the project on Gadi regularly

Chief Investigator (CI) and Researcher 

  • Can be HDR student, fixed term or continuing staff member or honorary/visiting fellow or casual staff member

NCI provides some useful documentation about working in the Gadi environment – some links to note include:

  •  (noting the )
  •  (best option for Gadi-specific/compute jobs questions)

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½app Partner Share compute and storage requests

Q3 2026 - 25 June 2026
Q4 2026 - 25 September 2026
Q1 2027 - 15 January 2027
Q2 2027 - 25 March 2027

NCI NCMAS Scheme

NCMAS 2026 applications are now closed. Visit  to view the outcomes.

Important Dates

  • NCMAS 2027 applications expected to open early October 2026

Adapter 2026 Allocation Scheme

Restarting with revised guidelines in 2026.

Important Dates

  • 22 June 2026: Applications are schedules to reopen

Visit for more information.

Operational HPC support requests (e.g. queue issues, compilation failures, application/library installation requests etc.) are processed by our support partner, NCI.

  • - access to this portal requires an NCI account
  • For any questions not related to operational support, please email hpc_admin@uow.edu.au
  • Become familiar with the

With thanks to the artist

Artwork

Gadi

"to search for" in Ngunnawal language, January 2020 for NCI Gadi Supercomputer

Artist

Lynnice Letty Church

Tribes

Ngunnawal, Wiradjuri & Kamilaroi (ACT and NSW)

Contact the Research Services Office

(02) 4221 3386 research-services@uow.edu.au
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