EuroHPC Benchmark and Development Access

EuroHPC Joint Undertaking. Evidence checked 12 October 2026.

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Who can apply?

Researchers from academia and research institutes, public authorities and industry may apply, subject to the applicant-type conditions in the selected call. Country eligibility depends on which EU programme funded the requested system, so a country eligible for one machine is not automatically eligible for every machine.

How do I take the next step?

Choose Benchmark when the result is performance or feasibility evidence for a later access proposal; choose Development when the work is code, algorithm or workflow development. Select a participating system and submit the route's light technical request through the EuroHPC peer-review portal. EuroHPC checks eligibility, then the hosting entity assesses relevance and feasibility before an allocation is made.

Recorded deadline

Recorded deadline: At the call-page metadata check recorded in the note, both calls were marked Open and listed 1 December 2026 at 10:00 CET as the next future cut-off. Applications remain open between monthly cut-offs; recheck the chosen official call and system before submitting.

Check the official programme before applying. A recorded region is not a decision about your eligibility, and an allocation is not guaranteed.

Evidence and limits

• Benchmark is for code scalability, performance data or method tests, including AI application tests, that document feasibility for a later Extreme Scale or Regular Access proposal. Its allocation period may be up to three months. Source Suggest a correction
• Development is for code and algorithm development, workflows, HPC training and AI methods that need validation before a larger access request. The current call page records a one-year allocation period; the current Access Policy states up to 12 months with no extension. Source Suggest a correction
• At the 12 October 2026 source check, the pages listed the next monthly cut-off as 1 November 2026 at 10:00 CET. That recorded cut-off has passed. The detailed applicant documents put review and decision at up to two weeks and access start at up to two to three weeks after the cut-off. The live call pages instead describe access as up to two to three weeks after submission. This retained timing disagreement is supplemented by the separate, limited metadata check in the note; applicants should verify the actual start date for the chosen route. Source Suggest a correction
• The simplified review is an eligibility check followed by a hosting-entity technical assessment of relevance and feasibility. Requests that pass are allocated access, but a published call does not prove current capacity: participating systems and node hours vary by cut-off, and suitable proposals can be limited by the monthly resource quota. Source Suggest a correction
• An allocation decision is not yet an active account. Awardees must confirm that they are ready and available for the stated period before access is provided, and successful projects must submit a short outcome report after the allocation. Source Suggest a correction
• Public-research project leaders need an employment contract lasting at least three months beyond the allocation. Private-company applicants also need a qualifying head office or substantial research and development activity, the same employment-duration boundary and solely open research and development use. Source Suggest a correction

Route fit, applicant and system-dependent eligibility, current cut-offs, allocation duration, technical review and post-award activation were checked on 12 October 2026. The live pages count the stated access timing from submission while the detailed applicant documents count it from the cut-off, so the start date must be verified. Exact node-hour tables are deliberately not copied or totalled: systems and monthly quotas change, and an open call does not guarantee resources. Limited metadata check on 6 November 2026: both official call pages were marked Open and listed 1 December 2026 at 10:00 CET as the next future cut-off. The directory says two weeks after submission, the detailed call pages say two to three weeks after submission, and the applicant PDFs say two to three weeks after the cut-off. A positive allocation and the awardee's readiness confirmation are still needed before access is provided; no start date, active account or available compute is guaranteed. This limited check does not renew the 12 October eligibility, policy, cost or system evidence. The application destinations returned empty parsed portal shells, not a verified working application flow.

Linked European Union / EuroHPC Joint Undertaking sources: CC BY 4.0 for the selected EU-owned metadata; third-party and other rights retained. The limited 6 November 2026 status, cut-off, route and timing account is shortened and adapted by ComputeFinder from the linked EuroHPC originals under the Commission legal notice (https://commission.europa.eu/legal-notice_en). No endorsement or warranty. No source table, node-hour total, template, image, mark, third-party work or dataset is reproduced. This is not a blanket or recurring-use grant, or a refresh of the older eligibility and policy evidence.

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