External Computing Resources

If you need computing capabilities other than what is available to you locally at Yale, our research support team can work with you to recommend and connect you to national computing resources and cloud computing platforms.

We encourage you to explore the resources available on this page. Please contact us at research.computing@yale.edu to discuss the specific requirements of your research project so that we can assist you in finding the right computational resources to meet your needs.

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External Computing Resources

National Science Foundation ACCESS Program

ACCESS is a program established and funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation to help researchers and educators, with or without supporting grants, to utilize the nation’s advanced computing systems and services – at no cost to them. We encourage you to explore the available computing, data analysis, or storage resources available through the ACCESS program.  

To help with the application process, YCRC offers Accessing ACCESS training video. 

National AI Research Resource Pilot (NAIRR)

The NAIRR Pilot aims to connect U.S. researchers and educators to computational, data, and training resources needed to advance AI research and research that employs AI. Federal agencies are collaborating with government-supported and non-governmental partners to implement the Pilot as a preparatory step toward an eventual full NAIRR implementation.

The Requesting Resources via the National AI Research Resource Pilot webinar presents an overview of the process for requesting no-charge access to technology resources via the National AI Research Resources Pilot program. In addition to introducing the available, no-charge technology resources, the presentation prepares AI Researchers and Educators for the development of successful resource allocation requests.

The OSG Consortium Resources

The OSG Consortium, established in 2005, operates distributed High Throughput Computing services for the National Science & Engineering community through a collaborative network of research institutions. Their OSPool provides fair-share access to computing resources for any US researcher conducting open science, while the Open Science Data Federation (OSDF) enables efficient data file sharing with 500GB of default storage through OSG-Operated Access Points, collectively forming pools of shared computing and data capacity with the Open Science Pool specifically serving all US-associated open science initiatives.