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RES resources are open to all types of researchers within the European Union and its associated states conducting open research:
HPC - Supercomputing
Access to CPU-based resources for simulation and conventional supercomputing.
Call for activities:
Every 4 months, test always open.
Next deadline: 16/09/2025
AI - Artificial Intelligence
Access to GPU-accelerated computing resources for AI and Deep Learning projects.
Call for activities:
Every 4 months, test always open.
Next deadline: 16/09/2025
QUANTUM - Quantum Computing
Access to RES quantum digital computers and emulators. Includes its own access guide.
Call for activities:
Every 4 months
Next deadline: 16/09/2025
DATA - Data Management
Access to resources for managing and exploiting large volumes of data
Call for activities:
Annually
Next deadline: ~18/02/2026
Explore all the frequently asked questions in our FAQs section
Yes, the RES resources are open to all scientists and technologists working in open research within the European Union and associated states. Therefore, the principal investigator of the team submitting the proposal can be from an institution in any of these countries. However, it is strongly recommended that at least one member of the research team work in a Spanish research center to promote collaboration with Spanish research groups.
The RES provides free access to supercomputing resources for open R&D through open competitive calls. The RES nodes allocate part of their computing capacity to RES calls and they manage the remaining part according to their own criteria. For further information about access possibilities besides RES calls, visit the websites of the different RES nodes.
There is not a strict minimum or maximum limit of requested time. However, those activities requesting more than 10 million hours should provide a justification (section 5a of the application form).
The amount of resources needed differs a lot depending on the research activity. Typically, RES applicants request between 50.000 and 2.000.000 hours, but smaller or larger projects are also accepted.
Yes, data projects must have a minimum of 200TB to use the data services of the RES.
As for an upper limit, there is no specified cap, but typically data projects do not exceed 1PB of data volume.
If you have any additional doubt, you can directly contact us writing to applications@bsc.es