The Allocations group provides support for users who need help with their computer accounts. The Allocations staff is available to provide answers to questions and perform tasks in areas such as:
- Submitting a proposal to a peer-review board or an application of a start-up allocation.
- Adding users to an existing account
- Extending the expiration of an account
- Default password distribution
An Overview of Allocations and Accounts
Details on the various programs (including an educational course account and an REL/VR project) through which an eligible Principal Investigator (PI) can apply for time on the NCSA high-performance computers.
Get Started with Your Application
A quick-start guide on applying for a developmental allocation and a peer-reviewed allocation (MRAC or LRAC).
Proposal Deadlines and Review Board Meetings
A listing of the proposal deadlines and dates (on the TeraGrid Web site) of upcoming review board meetings.
Information for Established Users
Forms and information for users who are already computing at NCSA.
- TeraGrid Add/Remove User form — request that a user be added or removed from an active TeraGrid project
- NCSA Security recommendations and requirements
- Suggested wording for acknowledging NCSA support in any published papers
- NCSA Project Progress/Final Report











