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Proposal Evaluation for Allocation of Supercomputing Time for the Study of Molecular Dynamics, Sixteenth Round

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This proposal review committee will evaluate submissions received in response to a Request for Proposals for biomolecular simulation time on Anton 3, a supercomputer specially designed and built by D.E. Shaw Research (DESRES). For several years, DESRES has made an Anton system housed at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center available to the non-commercial research community. The goal is to facilitate breakthrough research in the study of biomolecular systems by providing a massively parallel system specially designed for molecular dynamics simulations.

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At the request of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) and D.E. Shaw Research (DESRES), the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will appoint a sixteenth committee of experts to review proposals for allocations of time to conduct molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of biological molecules using an "Anton 3" computer housed at PSC. Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of selection criteria in the Request for Proposals including (a) scientific merit, (b) the capabilities, past accomplishments, and/or scientific promise of the applicant, (c) suitability of the targeted biochemical system for simulation on the PSC machine, (d) overall feasibility of the proposed studies, and (e) likely scientific impact. To the extent possible, the committee will target 25% of the total allotted time to be reserved for users who were not awarded simulation allotments in previous rounds (i.e., new Anton users). The committee will prepare a brief publication summarizing its evaluations and identifying proposals that best meet the selection criteria for the project.

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