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Dear colleagues -

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HPC-Europa2 Call for Applicants: deadline 28 February 2010
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The deadline for applications is 28 February 2010, for visits starting from
April 2010. For more information and online application
form please visit: http://www.hpc-europa.eu/

HPC-Europa2 is an EC-funded programme of short (six weeks on average)
collaborative research visits with access to Europe's biggest supercomputers.
Researchers based in Europe are invited to apply to one of the associated
HPC Centres: BSC (Spain), CINECA (Italy), HLRS (Germany), SARA (The Netherlands),
GENCI (France), CSC (Finland).

Main features of the programme:

- Minimal paperwork and bureaucracy
- Access to some of the best high performance computing systems in Europe
- Technical support and consultancy
- Scientific collaboration with a host researcher
- Travel and living expenses
- Logistical and administrative support
- Open to researchers of postgraduate level and up, in all disciplines
- Open to scientists working in all EU and Associated States