The Ohio Supercomputer Center provides services to clients from a variety of types of organizations. The methods for gaining access to the systems are different between Ohio academic institutions and everyone else.
Primarily, our users are Ohio-based and academic, and the vast majority of our resources will continue to be consumed by Ohio-based academic users. See the "Ohio Academic Fee Model FAQ" section on our service costs webpage.
Other users (business, non-Ohio academic, nonprofit, hospital, etc.) interested in using Center resources may purchase services at a set rate available on our price list. Expert consulting support is also available.
For users interested in gaining access to larger resources, please contact OSC Help. We can assist you in applying for resources at an NSF or XSEDE site.
Once a project has been created, the PI can create accounts for users by adding them through the client portal. Existing users can also be added. More information can be found on the Project Menu documentation page.
If an academic PI wants a new project or to update the budget balance on an existing project(s), please see our creating projects and budget documentation.
We provide special classroom projects for this purpose and at no cost. You may use the client portal after creating an account. The request will need to include a syllabus or a similar document.
Please contact us in order to discuss options for using OSC resources.
The procedures described enable services to be available to approved projects conducted by eligible principal investigators (PIs) at Ohio academic institutions. An eligible PI must have a full-time appointment at a college, a university, or a research organization administered by an Ohio academic institution (i.e., be a full-time, permanent academic researcher or tenure-track faculty member or an emeritus professor at an Ohio college or unviersity). Students, post-doctoral fellows, visiting scientists, and others who wish to use the facilities may be authorized users on projects headed by an eligible PI. Once a PI has received an OSC Academic Account, he/she can log into the Client Portal (https://my.osc.edu) to add new authorized user(s) to a project.
OSC's online account application is part of an electronic system that leads you through the process step by step. Before you begin to fill in the application form, especially if you are new to the process, look at the Account Application Help pages.
If you need assistance, please contact OSC Help.
OSC will provide a letter of support users can include with their account proposals for outside funding, such as from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. This letter details OSC's commitment to supporting research efforts of its users and the facilities and platforms we provide our users. [Note: This letter does not waive the normal OSC account application process; it merely states that OSC is willing to support such application.] The information users must provide for the letter is:
If you need assistance, please contact OSC Help.
Researchers from commercial organizations who wish to use the OSC's resources, please contact OSC Sales.
Researchers requiring additional computing resources should consider applying for allocations at National Science Foundation Centers. For more information, please write to oschelp@osc.edu, and your inquiry will be directed to the appropriate staff member.:
The OSC requires acknowledgment in any publications or reports that result from projects supported by OSC accounts of resources.