SciDAC — Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing
Supports partnerships between national laboratories and universities to build advanced computing tools.
SciDAC, the Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing program, sits under DOE Office of Science ASCR and funds collaborative partnerships that use advanced computing to move scientific discovery forward. The program has been operating since 2001 and is now in its fourth and fifth cycle, with ASCR co-funding it alongside BES, BER, FES, HEP, NP, and the Office of Nuclear Energy. Its awards are organized as collaborative awards built for university and national laboratory teams, and the cadence is triennial with consortia required. Eligibility centers on U.S. universities and research organizations, and the topical range spans high-performance computing, applied mathematics, computational science, and domain science such as physics, energy, climate, and biology. SciDAC is a good fit for groups that already have cross-institution coordination and a specific computational bottleneck to solve. Winning proposals usually need to pair field science with software, algorithms, or infrastructure that can be maintained as a real collaboration rather than a one-off study.
No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Triennial.