Who is eligible to get an allocation on the wide range of services and resources provided by ACCESS?
These resources are available to U.S. researchers, educators, students, and international collaborators in accordance with NSF and ACCESS policies.
Who is eligible to be Principal Investigator (PI) of an ACCESS allocation?
ACCESS considers the allocation requester, the nature of the work to be conducted, the sources of support, and the type of research activity, in determining the eligibility of an allocation request.
ACCESS allocations are available to any researcher or educator at a U.S. academic, non-profit research, or educational institution. Postdoctoral researchers are eligible to be PIs.
Graduate students are eligible to lead certain project types under the guidance of their advisor. This policy allows faculty members to keep the work associated with their funded research activities separate from their students’ unfunded thesis or dissertation work. Advisors are responsible for helping ensure their student’s computational plans are scaled appropriately to the Credits available.
A researcher from a U.S. commercial organization may apply for an allocation as the PI. For further clarification on eligibility please see the Allocation Policies.
May a graduate student serve as PI of an ACCESS allocation?
Yes. Graduate Students are eligible to be the PI of an Explore ACCESS project. The advisor to the Graduate Student must be added as co-PI on the request. Advisors are responsible for helping ensure their student’s computational plans are scaled appropriately to the Credits available.
May a researcher located outside of the United States leverage ACCESS resources?
In support of international collaborations with substantive involvement by U.S.-based researchers, researchers located outside of the U.S. are welcome to participate on ACCESS-awarded projects and use ACCESS resources as a co-PI, Allocation Manager, or user. However, researchers located outside of the U.S. are not eligible to be the PI of an ACCESS allocation.
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Researchers from U.S. commercial organizations are also eligible for ACCESS allocations, provided they adhere to the appropriate allocations policies governing for-profit organizations.