Funder’s Website
The funder’s website can be found HERE.
Overview
The Resource Allocation Competition (RAC) enables faculty members and their research groups to access compute, storage and cloud resources beyond what can be obtained via the Rapid Access Service (RAS).
Important: The resources available via the RAS will change on April 1, 2024; the minimum amount of resources required to apply for RAC has also changed. Please read the RAC Competition Guide carefully for more details.
If you are applying for the first time, we strongly encourage you to schedule a pre-submission consultation before October 31, 2023. To schedule a consultation, please send an email to allocations@tech.alliancecan.ca or contact your regional support team.
If you are not sure about which application process is best for your project, please email allocations@tech.alliancecan.ca.
You may also wish to consult our Frequently Asked Questions page and the Technical Glossary.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to submit an application to any of the Resource Allocation Competitions, Principal Investigators (PI) and Co-PIs must:
- be a faculty member at a Canadian academic institution, and
- have an active Alliance account with an Academic Principal Investigator role (Faculty, Adjunct Faculty or Librarian).
Important:
- You must apply with your primary, most up-to-date position. If you recently moved to a different institution and have not yet applied for a new faculty role in the CCDB, please do so before submitting your RAC application.
- If you have more than one active faculty role on the CCDB, please make sure that your most up-to-date position is set as your primary role. On the CCDB, go to the Home page to see which of your roles is currently set as primary and, if needed, click on the Make this role primary button next to the new role that you want to set as primary.
Failing to do any of the above could create problems if your application is successful.
Internal Contacts
Potential applicants are encouraged to discuss this funding opportunity with their Faculty Research Facilitator.
Deadlines
| Faculty Deadline | Consult your Faculty Research Facilitator. |
| OVPRI Deadline (Approval Form and Application) | October 31, 2023 |
| Pre-Submission Consultation | October 31, 2023 |
| Submission to Sponsor | November 7, 2023 |
Submitting Your Application
- Step 1) Submit an internal Carleton Approval Form
Submit an internal Approval Form through our central awards management database CUResearch:
https://ovpri.research.carleton.ca/Romeo.Researcher/Administrator/Default.aspx
For a user’s guide on submitting an Approval Form, click HERE. - Step 2) Submit an external application to the granting agency
Submit an external application to the corresponding grant or award agency. To navigate to the funder’s website, click HERE