Fifth Medium Scale Scientific and Technological contest by FONDEQUIP of the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT)
Contest results N°6329, september 9th, 2016.
The National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research CONICYT, published the list of the 30 projects that will receive financing by the Fifth Medium Scale Scientific and Technological contest by FONDEQUIP. These are initiatives presented by 15 universities in the country , that will make available the use of paramount equipment to carry out research in the different areas of knowledge. The proposal presented by the National Laboratory for High Performance Computing (NLHPC) of the Centre for Mathematical Modelling (CMM) of Universidad de Chile has been adjudicated, obtaining as final score a 4,43; that corresponds to «very good» in the grading scale of CONICYT from 1 to 5.
During this call, that granted resources of almost 5.300 million CLP, the number of postulations increased, going from 124 to 173 admisible projects, evidences the great interest and the necessity of the institutions to access to new equipment, to renew obsolete equipment or to just broaden or improve the already existing capacities. In the specific case of the NLHPC, the 220 million awarded will be destined to the purchase of an advanced system of processing and supercompute services, which will help improve the existing capacities of the laboratory and as a result help users access more and highest quality resources.
For more information about the list of winning projects and the waiting list please check this link
Source: Conicyt.cl