Grant Support & Acknowledgement

Using Anunna can strengthen research proposals by providing access to high-performance computing (HPC) and AI infrastructure for computationally demanding research. This page provides guidance and standard text that can be used in grant proposals, research papers, theses and other publications.

Grant support

When applying for research funding, you can include Anunna as part of the computational infrastructure available to your project.

Depending on the requirements of the funding call, you may want to describe:

• the computational requirements of your project;
• the need for HPC and/or AI resources;
• the availability of Anunna at Wageningen University & Research;
• the expected computational workload and resources required;
• how access to Anunna will support the feasibility and impact of the proposed research.

Suggested text for grant proposals

The following text can be adapted for use in grant applications:

High-performance computing infrastructure

The computational work within this project will make use of Anunna, the High Performance Computing (HPC) facility of Wageningen University & Research (WUR). Anunna provides access to high-performance CPU, GPU, memory and storage resources and supports computationally intensive research and AI applications.

Access to Anunna will enable the project to efficiently process and analyse large datasets and/or run computationally demanding models and simulations. The required computing resources will be made available through the Anunna facility in accordance with the applicable access and usage arrangements.

For a proposal that specifically requires GPU or AI resources, the text can be extended to describe the expected workloads, such as machine learning model training, inference, large-scale data processing or other GPU-accelerated applications.

Planning your computing requirements

For larger grant applications, we recommend discussing your expected computational requirements with the Anunna team during the proposal preparation phase. This can help you estimate the required CPU, GPU, memory, storage and running time and determine whether Anunna is suitable for the proposed workload.

Please contact the Anunna team if you need support in describing the required infrastructure or estimating your computational needs.

Acknowledgement of Anunna

If you use Anunna resources for research that results in a publication, thesis, report or other research output, please acknowledge the facility.

Acknowledging the use of Anunna helps recognise the infrastructure and expertise that enabled the research and demonstrates the value and impact of the facility.

Suggested acknowledgement

We recommend using the following acknowledgement text:

The authors acknowledge the use of the Anunna High Performance Computing facility of Wageningen University & Research for providing computational resources for this research.

Where appropriate, you can also acknowledge the support provided by the HPC team:

The authors acknowledge the use of the Anunna High Performance Computing facility of Wageningen University & Research for providing computational resources and technical support for this research.

Please adapt the acknowledgement where specific individuals, projects or funding sources need to be recognised.

Citing Anunna

Anunna should normally be acknowledged rather than cited as a scientific publication. If a publication makes substantial use of a specific Anunna service, software component or technical contribution, additional citations may be appropriate.

If you are unsure whether a specific publication or technical contribution should be cited, please contact the Anunna team.

Reporting the use of Anunna

When reporting research supported by Anunna, it is useful to include information about the computational resources used. Depending on the publication or funding requirements, this may include:

• CPU or GPU resources used;
• approximate compute time;
• storage resources;
• relevant software or computational frameworks;
• significant technical support provided by the Anunna team.

This information helps demonstrate the contribution of research infrastructure to scientific output and supports the continued development of Anunna.

Questions or support

If you are preparing a grant proposal and expect to make significant use of Anunna, or if you are unsure how to acknowledge Anunna in a publication, please contact the Anunna team.

For questions about computational requirements, grant applications or acknowledgement, please contact the Product Owner:

alexander.vanittersum@wur.nl

See also

• Tariffs
• Cluster Architecture Overview
• Compute Hardware Overview
• How to Get Help