We are pleased to announce the opening of the Flexible Funding Call from the National Federated Compute Services NetworkPlus (NFCS) team.

We invite applications for the flexible funding call. The Flexible Funding call is designed to support projects that: (a) collect relevant evidence and documentation to contribute to the development of the federation roadmaps; (b) contribute to building the community around NFCS.

The flexible nature of the call will enable the selection of projects on various scales that span the three pillars of the NetworkPlus: Community, Technology, and Governance. The selection of projects will seek to achieve a balance across these pillars and between large and small projects. The Flexible Funding call is the principal mechanism through which the community can contribute to developing the insights needed for the roadmaps, and the project selection will look to ensure that a range of communities of different sizes and maturities with respect to large-scale computing and data services are engaged.

The call documents (application form, call guidance and draft collaboration agreement) can be found at:
https://www.archer2.ac.uk/community/nfcs/

To ensure prompt delivery of funds, please spend time reviewing the Draft collaboration agreement and share with the relevant team at your institution: Draft Collaboration Agreement (https://www.archer2.ac.uk/community/nfcs/NFCS_FF_CollaborationAgreement.pdf)

Deadline for applications for the call is noon on Friday 16 May 2025.

If you would like to be kept informed of the work of the NFCS NetworkPlus, please register for the National Federated Compute Services NetworkPlus mailing list

https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=NFCS-NETWORKPLUS-ANNOUNCE

The network are also looking to recruit a Technical Coordinator for the project. The job description can be found at https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMH951/research-programme-technical-coordinator and the deadline is 13th April 2025.