Funder: UK Research and Innovation
Due Dates: Rolling (no closing date)
Funding Amounts: Up to 10,000 GPU hours per project, used within three months; no cash funding
Summary: Compute access for UK-based researchers to explore AI research, develop skills, and test algorithms and workflows.
Key Information: Project leads must hold an organisational contract lasting longer than the proposed project.
Description
UK Research and Innovation’s Gateway route provides flexible access to the Isambard-AI and Zenith AI Research Resource (AIRR) supercomputers, operated by the universities of Bristol and Cambridge. It supports UK-based researchers across academia, industry and other eligible organisations, including first-time supercomputing users. The route enables exploration of novel and developing AI research, upskilling, and testing or benchmarking before larger AIRR applications.
Supported work includes algorithms and software improving performance, scalability, reliability and responsible AI; AI-assisted experimental optimisation, simulations and hypothesis generation; and AI-driven data collection, curation and synthesis. Activities can span fundamental research, feasibility studies, industrial research and experimental development. UKRI particularly welcomes projects contributing to the government’s six missions and the modern Industrial Strategy’s eight sectors.
