Press Releases
(posted Tuesday December 15 2015, 10:25)
SHARCNET is updating its website. We will be refreshing the look, updating and reorganizing some of the content, and plan to make the site more user and mobile friendly. Please help us improve our website by completing a brief survey so you can share how you experience our website and provide suggestions for improvement. Those who complete the survey and provide their contact information will be included in our prize draw. |
(posted Friday November 20 2015, 09:17)
Compute Canada is offering two pairs of scholarships to Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) 2016. These will be awarded via a competition closing December 14, 2015. Submissions must include:
All of the above should fit on a single page using reasonable font sizes. Please submit a PDF to John Simpson at john.simpson@computecanada.ca before the end of December 14, 2015. More info |
(posted Thursday November 12 2015, 11:30)
SHARCNET is issuing a new call for proposals for Dedicated Programming Support. This programme provides support for computational projects of exceptional potential that will have lasting impact and value and that require significant support from SHARCNET to proceed. For Round VII, applications are encouraged that satisfy the programme objectives and priority will be given to proposals that:
Applications are submitted via SHARCNET’s webportal and are due by December 20, 2015. Note that users must have a SHARCNET webportal account in order to access the online form. For additional information, please refer to the application guidelines. Questions should be addressed to research-support@sharcnet.ca. |
(posted Thursday October 22 2015, 13:43)
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) is consulting with the broader community on their core funding programs (the Innovation Fund, the John R. Evans Leaders Fund, the College-Industry Innovation Fund, the Cyberinfrastructure Initiative and the Infrastructure Operating Fund). They also seek input on a few key strategic issues of relevance to the research community and other stakeholders. The purpose of the consultations are to:
Ontario meetings are planned for:
London: Nov. 3, 13:00-15:00, Western University A full listing is available on the CFI website. Written comments are also invited by November 30, 2015, email: consultation@innovation.ca For more information, including RSVP details, please refer to the CFI website. |
(posted Wednesday October 07 2015, 13:44)
The 30th anniversary of the HPCS conference will be held at the Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science (CCIS) on the University of Alberta campus in Edmonton, AB, June 19-22, 2016. The 2016 conference will combine two annual national conferences: CANHEIT, under the direction of CUCCIO, and the High Performance Computing Symposium (HPCS), under the direction of Compute Canada. Stay tuned for more details. |
(posted Wednesday September 09 2015, 14:10)
Any individual who is eligible to apply to national granting councils for funding is eligible to apply for a RAC allocation. The RAC is open to projects from all disciplines, from humanities to engineering. The allocation requests are peer-reviewed and awarded based on scientific merit, quality of the research team, and development of highly-qualified personnel (HQP). Please note, you DO NOT need to submit a letter of intent. The final deadline for all RAC submission is October 8, 2015. There will be no extensions this year. Interested parties should submit a full application via the CCDB with the information specified in the RAC 2016 Call for Proposals. For more information, please visit the Compute Canada website. Click here to login / register to the CCDB to submit your 2016 RAC application. |
(posted Thursday August 13 2015, 14:06)
The Resource Allocation Competition (RAC) is granted on a one-year basis and so applicants must re-apply for a new allocation every year. Any individual who is eligible to apply to national granting councils for funding is eligible to apply for an allocation. The RAC is open to projects from all disciplines, from humanities to engineering. The allocation requests are peer-reviewed and awarded based on scientific merit, quality of the research team, and development of highly-qualified personnel (HQP). Please note that people applying for RAC are NOT required to submit a letter of intent but just a full application with the information specified in the RAC 2016 Call for Proposals. More info
Important Dates: For more information on the RAC competition, please refer to the 2016 RAC Call for Proposals or visit the 2016 Resource Competitions page on the Compute Canada website. |
(posted Thursday July 30 2015, 13:00)
Waterloo, Ontario-July 30, 2015. Compute Canada and its regional partners ACENET, Calcul Quebec, Compute Ontario and WestGrid will receive close to $75 million to renew and consolidate the national platform for advanced research computing. Funds will be received through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Cyberinfrastructure Initiative competition launched in 2014. The federal investment of $30 million leverages an additional $45 million in provincial and institutional support. Today’s announcement by Peter Braid, Member of Parliament for Kitchener-Waterloo at an event at the University of Waterloo is a major step forward for Canada’s advanced research computing infrastructure – an important component of Canada’s digital research ecosystem. This essential infrastructure and expert support directly supports the Canadian economy and science excellence. More info |