Isambard-AI and Dawn AIRR supercomputers: Gateway route
The Isambard-AI and Dawn AIRR supercomputers: Gateway route by UK Research and Innovation offers GPU computing resources for innovative AI research and development across UK-based scientific fields.
Funder: UK Research and Innovation
Due Dates: Rolling (Open call, awards made at regular intervals)
Funding Amounts: Up to 10,000 GPU hours per project; no direct monetary funding; resources must be used within 3 months of project start.
Summary: Provides UK-based researchers with access to Isambard-AI and Dawn supercomputers for innovative AI research, experimentation, benchmarking, and development.
Key Information: No direct funding; compute resource only; open to academia, industry, charities, and non-profits.
Description
This opportunity provides UK-based researchers with flexible access to advanced computational resources—specifically, up to 10,000 GPU hours per project—on the Isambard-AI and Dawn AIRR supercomputers. The gateway route is intended to support a wide range of artificial intelligence (AI) research and development activities, including first-time supercomputing users, algorithm and workflow benchmarking, testing, and the development of innovative AI applications. The scheme is open to researchers across academia, industry, charities, and non-profit organisations, and is designed to foster experimentation, upskilling, and responsible AI innovation across sectors such as advanced manufacturing, creative industries, life sciences, clean energy, defence, and digital technologies.
No direct monetary funding is provided; the award consists solely of computational resources.
