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ACCESS Allocations (Explore, Discover, Accelerate, Maximize)

U.S. National Science Foundation (ACCESS program)

NontraditionalIn-kind resource

No-cost allocations of national advanced computing and storage for researchers and educators, in four tiers from a small starter project to a peer-reviewed large allocation.

Indicative award
Not a cash award (not a cash award)Awarded in ACCESS Credits, not dollars: Explore 400,000 credits, Discover 1,500,000, Accelerate 3,000,000, Maximize awarded directly in resource units. The program states allocations come at no cost to the researcher; no dollar equivalent is published on this page.
Timing
Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Explore, Discover and Accelerate accept requests continuously all year. Maximize runs on a semi-annual cycle, roughly every six months, generally one request per cycle.
Who can apply
Doctoral candidate, Postdoctoral, Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank, Master's / undergraduate
Eligibility
Requests are made by a project lead; graduate students may lead a project if they supply a signed advisor letter (or an NSF GRFP award letter). Explore and Discover are reviewed for eligibility and suitability only, while Accelerate and Maximize go to panel merit review.
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Topics
compute allocation · cyberinfrastructure · storage · large-scale data analysis
Apply at
https://allocations.access-ci.org/project-types
This entry
Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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