CSAR Bulletin issued in May 2005

CSAR Application Deadline Approaches

It has recently been announced by the Research Councils with the exception of NERC, that grant proposals requesting time on the CSAR facility will not be accepted after 30th June 2005. All grant proposals currently in the system on or before 30th June 2005 will be treated in the normal way. NERC will continue its present practice of periodic allocation of resources for its consortia.

Provision will be made for all grants with outstanding HEC time on the CSAR service after the 30th June 2006 (when the CSAR contract ends). A number of options are currently being considered on how to provide this provision. Further details will be provided once known.

If you are considering submitting a CSAR application please contact us as soon as possible to discuss further.

Hardware Maintenance on Newton (Tuesday 7th June 2005)

There is to be a scheduled maintenance session on Newton which will take place on 7th June 2005. Newton will be unavailable from 8.00am for a period of 18 hours. This is due to remedial action to hardware following advice from the manufacturer.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.