NSF ACCESS Allocations
U.S. National Science Foundation (ACCESS) · Government HPC/GPU compute
VariesFree HPC/GPU allocations: Explore up to 400K, Discover 1.5M, Accelerate 3M ACCESS credits; Maximize larger
Free allocations on NSF-funded supercomputers and GPU systems for open science and classroom use; no NSF award needed.
Key terms
- Free of charge; supports open science regardless of funding source
- Graduate-student project leads need a signed advisor letter
- Institutional email matching your affiliation required (no Gmail/Yahoo)
- Maximize requests reviewed every 6 months with a 10-page proposal
Eligibility
- Where
- United States
- Stages
- idea, pre-seed, seed, series-a, growth
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- No
- AI focus required
- No
- Students / researchers
- Eligible
- Nonprofits
- Eligible
Also required
- Intended for researchers/educators at US institutions
How to apply
Create an ACCESS account and start with an Explore project (decision usually next business day), then upgrade as needed.
- Benefit
- in-kind
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- Explore: ~1 business day
- Credit validity
- 12 months or grant length
- Deadline
- Rolling (Maximize: every 6 months)
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-22 · source