Subject to the conditions of use any staff member of a QCIF member or partner institution may apply to the Merit Allocation Scheme. Students should apply through their supervisors. Successful applicants and their project team members are eligible to use the allocations awarded by the QCIF CEO Advisory Committee.

Non-UQ staff and students need to apply for a UQ login first and then complete the online form. A template version of the form is available by emailing hpc@its.uq.edu.au.

Staff and students of UQ will get a HPC account with the same authentication as their myUQ login. Research Postgraduate students, please use your UQ staff account details instead of your student account details if you have a staff account.

Student supervisors need to register to become a Principal Investigator by filling out the online PI Registration form.

• The PI will be notified by email if their registration has been approved.
• If the PI indicates on the form that they requires an account on the HPC facilities, then they will be sent an email with a URL to an account request form which needs to be printed, signed and returned.

The PI must complete the Q-MAS Project Application form and fill out the details for each researcher or student that requires an account on the HPC facilities. Each researcher or student will be sent an email with a URL to an account request form which needs to be printed, signed and returned.

If additional researchers or students require an account, then the PI is required to fill out the requests additional accounts form.