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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><img width=359 height=160 style='width:3.7395in;height:1.6666in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image001.png@01D71CB4.3F62A780" alt="A picture containing drawing
Description automatically generated"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#225B82;background:white'>Call for Proposals: ASTAC Large Programs </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F6062;background:white'>Submissions close Friday 30 April 2021, 11pm (AWST). </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>AAL is pleased to announce that ASTAC’s Call for Proposals for Large Programs is now open. The deadline for this call is <b>11pm (AWST) on 30 April 2021</b>. Submissions must be made via the <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/MvlGC5QPXJiZ0gYw2tzWvVn?domain=tac.adacs.org.au" target="_blank">ADACS website online proposal system</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>This call for supercomputing time proposals will include <b>10M CPU hours on NCI Gadi</b>, with resources available from <b>1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022</b>. The time is intended to be awarded in relatively large allocations running large-scale parallel computations. The minimum request for this call will be 2M CPU hours, and all projects that are awarded time are expected to be able to use at least 192 cores (4 Gadi nodes) in parallel.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Please see the attached PDF for more information regarding the required proposal elements and selection criteria.<br><br>For any enquiries regarding this competitive process, email submission, or other issues, please contact:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dr Robert Shen</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>, Director of eResearch: <a href="mailto:robert.shen@astronomyaustralia.org.au">robert.shen@astronomyaustralia.org.au</a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dr Bernhard Mueller</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>, Chair of ASTAC, Monash University: <a href="mailto:Bernhard.Mueller@monash.edu.au">Bernhard.Mueller@monash.edu.au</a></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>Applications close on Friday 30 April 2021, 11pm (AWST).</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Romy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Romy Pearse<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Communications Manager <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Astronomy Australia Ltd<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>T: 03 9214 8485<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>E: <a href="mailto:romy.pearse@astronomyaustralia.org.au"><span style='color:#0563C1'>romy.pearse@astronomyaustralia.org.au</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>W: <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/CCJeC6XQ4LfroVlZqi6Qerc?domain=astronomyaustralia.org.au"><span style='color:#0563C1'>astronomyaustralia.org.au</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>P: P.O. 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