According to Regulation No. 10/2022 of Advanced Computing Projects, the computing resources of the National Network for Advanced Computing (RNCA) are intended for the research, technology and innovation/industry communities. Both public and private institutions can apply for access.

Under the terms of Article 11 of the regulations, interested parties may apply for RNCA computing resources through a competitive bidding procedure, and applications may also be submitted on a continuous basis or by invitation.

Additionally, in accordance with Article 28 of the regulation, costs applicable to the beneficiaries may be defined. The call AI 4 COVID-19: Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in Public Administration, included a model for fulfilling computational requirements with indicative values, which do not constitute a tariff applicable to all cases. These values were 0.0123 €/core.hour, 0.18 €/GPU.hour, 6.5 €/TB_disk.month for HPC runs and 15 €/TB_disk.month for cloud disks.

The following form is for checking the availability of computing resources in the RNCA, with a view to the possible submission of an application on a continuous basis or by invitation, under the terms of article 11 of the regulations. In response to the completion of this form you should receive a contact from the FCT FCCN unit, manager of the RNCA, in order to collect additional information or to provide more specific information

The information indicated above does not dispense with consulting more detailed information, namely the regulations