FWO
Tier-1 Compute Starting Grant
Up to 8 months
No set deadlines; applications accepted at any time
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Details
| Funder | FWO |
| Duration | Up to 8 months |
| Consortium | No |
| Application | Single stage |
| Frequency | Continuous |
| Eligible countries | BE |
Eligibility & scope
Free trial grant of up to 500k core hours and 1000 GPU hours for up to 8 months, to test software scalability on Tier-1 infrastructure before submitting a regular compute project application. Open to Flemish academic researchers; apply via compute@vscentrum.be.
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