Pre-announcement: RCF call to support international cooperation in high-performance computing coming in spring 2025

The Research Council of Finland (RCF) is planning to launch a call for applications related to international cooperation in high-performance computing. The call will be part of the RCF’s spring 2025 call.

The aim of the funding is to support the development of a versatile future computing ecosystem and the expansion of computing expertise at both national and international level. The funding is designed to promote scientific renewal and diversity, and strengthen the quality of research and scientific impact as well as impact beyond academia.

The funding will support international collaboration that makes use of European cooperation in using EuroHPC’s resources. The research to be funded under the call can also make use of the LUMI supercomputer with collaborators in the US states of Texas and/or Colorado and/or researchers from the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and/or research teams in Japan or the UK. The funding is not intended for coordination or planning of collaborations.

Funding will be granted for three years starting on 1 January 2026. Funding is available for individual research teams and consortia of two or more teams.

The details of the call will be announced in the call text to be published in March 2025.