For Grad Students

Graduate Students are eligible to be PIs for entry-level awards with an advisor letter of collaboration; NSF Graduate Fellows are eligible PIs for small-scale awards. If you’re new to ACCESS, learn more.

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Learn More About ACCESS

What type of resources are available?

Projects types?
ACCESS offers two allocation types for Grad Students:

  • EXPLORE — Great for resource evaluation, graduate student projects, small classes and training events, benchmarking, code development and porting, and similar small-scale uses.

  • DISCOVER — Designed for research grants with modest resource needs, Campus Champions, large classes and training events, NSF graduate fellowships, benchmarking and code testing at scale, and gateway development.

Where can I find training and documentation?
ACCESS is a large ecosystem and can be overwhelming. We're here to help every step of the way.
Attend events and trainings
Get documentation
Explore the Knowledge Base

Are support services available?
Don't hesitate to seek help! The ACCESS Allocations team offers resources to guide you through the process, including:

Get Started With ACCESS

How do I begin using ACCESS?

To use ACCESS resources and manage your project, create an account.
Register for an ACCESS ID
ID Management FAQ

How do I prepare and request an allocation?
Be prepared to submit a proposal that includes:

  • Scientific background and justification for your research

  • Clearly defined research questions

  • A detailed resource usage plan outlining your computational needs

  • Justification for the amount of resources you're requesting

  • Information on any other computing resources you have access to

ACCESS Allocations: Prepare Requests

Are there tools available to run my project?
ACCESS is “self-serve.” You connect directly to the resource you need and run the software necessary to complete your task. For new users, ACCESS OnDemand is an easy-to-use web interface. Get remote access from any device. No client software installation required. For those who need workflows/pipelines or cross-site runs, Pegasus is an easy to use workflow management tool managed from within Jupyter Notebook.

Are reports and citations required by ACCESS?
Progress reports are required in order to receive the second half of your ACCESS credits. At this point you may request a one-time increase in credits and/or extension. Upon completion a final report must be submitted summarizing the work and acknowledging ACCESS. Publications can be added using the My Publications tool.
How to add a publication
How to acknowledge ACCESS

Grow With ACCESS

How do I track my project’s performance quality?
Use ACCESS XDMoD to improve your job and allocation-usage efficiency. Log in and click on the Job Viewer tab. Enter your job number and resource in the search box to see how efficiently your job is running.
Log in to ACCESS XDMoD

How do I manage and add other users to my account?
You’ll need to have the role of PI, co-PI, or Allocation Manager to request/manage your project and add users.

How-to add a user
Allocation management ???

How can I get involved in the ACCESS community?
There are many opportunities for Grad Students to get involved with the ACCESS community.
(Links per persona type)
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“The multiple-GPU setup via Delta made training significantly more efficient and enabled faster research iteration on our ideas. In just three months, we went from initial research formulation to implementation, resulting in work accepted at ICML, one of the top ML conferences worldwide.”

Rishub Tamirisa, student researcher, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign