Calls and Deadlines

Important

Next submission deadline for academic research proposals – 30 November 2026

Applications for computing resources can be submitted according to the calls detailed below. Please select the appropriate category when submitting your proposal on the HPC Portal

Call Types and Submission Schedule

Call Type

Target Audience

Submission Frequency

Next Deadline

Project Start (if approved)

Academic preparatory / educational

universities,

research institutes

continuous

—

within 1 week

Academic research

universities,

research institutes

quarterly

31 August 2026 (expired)

by 30 September 2026

30 November 2026

by 31 December 2026

28 February 2027

by 31 March 2027

Test Before Invest (pilot access)

industry, companies, SMEs,

public sector

on demand

—

by agreement

Production project

industry, companies, SMEs,

public sector

on demand

—

by agreement

Annual Reporting

Important

Reporting is mandatory for all academic HPC projects!

Project leaders must submit a short written progress report:

  • for all academic (preparatory/pilot and research/normal) projects

    • upon project completion

    • once per year for projects lasting longer than one year

The report should briefly describe the project status, progress and achieved results. A short status update is requred even if no progress has been made (for whatever reason). For ongoing projects that receive an extension, the report must also include a task plan for the next period.

Report submission is possible at any time through the HPC Portal, but once a year a formal deadline is set (tipically end of January) for all due reports. Failure to submit the required report(s) may result in restrictions on HPC resource usage.

The report must be uploaded by the project leader via the HPC Portal (> Annual Project Report)

Project Extension and Lifecycle

Note

Projects remain active until the last day of the month specified by their expiration date.

You can check your project’s current expiration date on the HPC Portal under the “Projects” menu point.

Project Lifecycle Timeline

  1. Active State:

    • Full access to HPC resources, job submission, and stored data until the last day of the expiration month.

  2. Suspension (1st Month after Expiration):

    • Job submission to the HPC is disabled.

    • Project members retain unrestricted access to project and user data for one month.

  3. Closure and Archival (2nd Month after Expiration):

    • The project is closed, and member access to project/user data is revoked.

    • Project data is moved to archives and retained for one month.

    • After this archival period, long-term data preservation is not guaranteed.

Requesting a Project Extension

Projects can be extended before closure for up to one year at a time.

  • How to Request: Send an email request to hpc-support@dkf.hu.

  • Prerequisites: Upload both the progress report and the work plan (for the planned extension period) as separate documents via the HPC Portal (> Annual Project Report) report form.

  • Additional Resources: During an extension request, additional computing resources (CPUh, GPUh) can be requested aligned with the submitted work plan.

Resource Allocation Adjustment

Note

Independent of the project extension process, project leaders can request a re-estimation and modification of their allocated resource limits once per year.

  • How to Request: Send an email request to hpc-support@dkf.hu.

  • Required Information:

    • A brief justification explaining why the resource modification is necessary.

    • Details of the requested quota adjustment (e.g., requested CPUh, GPUh).

  • Evaluation: Requests are evaluated based on current available HPC capacity and the justification provided.