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<div> Please note that the ASTAC call for 2021-A proposals has been updated with an extended deadline and an updated link for accessing the information sheet (in the earlier announcement the hyperlink took you to the sheet for the previous call).
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Astronomy Supercomputer Time Allocation Committee</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">CALL FOR PROPOSALS: ASTAC 2021-A</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">** The current call for proposals closes at
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">The Astronomy Supercomputer Time Allocation call for proposals for Q1-Q2 2021 is now open. The deadline for this call is 8pm Monday 23rd November 2020.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Within this call we have 6 million service units available to allocate to the astronomy community on national supercomputing facilities (including allocations for CPU-only and GPU-specific applications) and up to
500 virtual CPUs to allocate on OpenStack virtual machines on the NeCTAR network. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">The following resources are available:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Full details on ASTAC and the current call can be found at: </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/SFk5C71R2NTNxA0yI8KUv1?domain=astronomyaustralia.org.au" id="LPlnk646298" style="">http://www.astronomyaustralia.org.au/astac.html</a><br>
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or you can access the information sheet for the current call, including details on how to apply, directly via:
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<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/lQiMC81V0PTqZ6AQC1Z0lE?domain=astronomyaustralia.org.au" id="LPlnk280698">http://www.astronomyaustralia.org.au/uploads/4/8/2/5/48250739/astac-call-2021a.pdf</a>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">ASTAC is formed by Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL) and the ASTAC process is managed by Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS). </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Best regards,</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Jarrod Hurley (on behalf of ADACS and ASTAC)</span></p>
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