Who is eligible to apply for a TeraGrid allocation?

To apply for a development or production grant on the TeraGrid, the principal investigator (PI) must be a researcher, educator, or postdoctoral researcher at a US academic or non-profit research institution. A qualified advisor may apply for an allocation for his or her class, but a high school or undergraduate student may not be a PI. However, PIs can later request that students be granted accounts to use the PI's allocation.

National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellows and Honorable Mentions can be PIs on development grants, but otherwise, graduate students are not eligible to be PIs and should apply via a qualified advisor.

In general, TeraGrid follows the guidelines outlined in the current NSF Grant Proposal Guide. However, investigators with support from any funding source, not just NSF, are encouraged to apply. If your institution is not a university or a two- or four-year college, special rules may apply.

To be eligible for a TeraGrid account at Indiana University, you must be a researcher or educator at IU. Undergraduate or graduate students cannot request accounts directly; a qualified advisor must serve in this capacity. Postdoctoral students are eligible to apply for an allocation.

For more information on development and production grants, see:

This document was developed with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant No. 0503697 to the University of Chicago and subcontracted to Indiana University. Additional support was provided by IU through its participation in the TeraGrid, which is supported by the NSF under Grants No. 0833618, SCI451237, SCI535258, and SCI504075. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.

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