INCITE — Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment

INCITE sits under the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science and awards large blocks of compute time on Aurora at Argonne Leadership Computing Facility and Frontier at Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility. It is a federal high-performance computing allocation program for compute-intensive, data-intensive, and time-sensitive science rather than a cash grant, and the current cycle is for calendar year 2027. Allocations are typically measured in 500,000 to 2 million node-hours, with up to 60 percent of allocatable time on Aurora and Frontier awarded each year. The program is open to U.S. and non-U.S. researchers and research organizations, including academia, national laboratories, industry, and federal agencies, regardless of funding source. An Early Career Track reserves 10 percent of allocatable time for researchers within 10 years of PhD, and previous INCITE principal investigators are not eligible for that track. Selection runs through a two-phase review that weighs scientific and technical merit, team qualifications, and the fit between the request and the requested resources, followed by technical assessment at the leadership computing centers. The strongest proposals pair a demanding science case with a realistic plan for using exascale systems over one to three years. Teams that need smaller access can look instead to ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge or director's discretionary allocations.

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.