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University instructors: Use NSF NCAR computing resources in your university courses

July 8, 2025

Do you teach a university class? Consider applying for a classroom allocation on Derecho. As part of NSF NCAR’s mission to support atmospheric science and education, faculty and instructors at any two- or four-year U.S. institution can use HPC and analysis resources from NSF NCAR in their courses in Earth systems science and related areas. Classroom allocations can also be used for shorter-t...

Don’t miss your chance to register for the Project Pythia Cook-off!

July 8, 2025

Registration closes soon—sign up by Sunday, July 20 to secure your spot! The 2025 Pythia Cook-off will take place at the NSF NCAR Mesa Lab in Boulder, CO, from Tuesday, August 5 to Friday, August 8. The Cook-off is a fully in-person hackathon dedicated to the development of Pythia Cookbooks. It offers a unique opportunity to enhance Python programming, communication, collaboration, and educ...

Reminder: Acknowledge NSF NCAR and CISL support in your publications

June 30, 2025

Acknowledge the support of NSF NCAR and CISL computing when you publish your research results—this helps ensure continued support from the U.S. National Science Foundation and other sources of funding for future high-performance computing systems. It is also one of the requirements of receiving an allocation, as was noted in your award letter. The reporting requirements and recommended wordin...

Register by 7/20 for the Pythia Cook-off hackathon in August

June 30, 2025

Don’t miss your chance to join the 2025 Pythia Cook-off, an in-person hackathon focused on developing Pythia Cookbooks. The event runs from Tuesday, August 5, to Friday, August 8, at the NSF NCAR Mesa Lab in Boulder, CO. This is a fantastic chance to sharpen your Python programming, communication, collaboration, and educational skills while contributing to valuable open-source resources for t...

Time-sensitive for July 9: Change to dataset identifiers for HPC/Casper users of the CISL Research Data Archive

June 26, 2025 Updated: June 27, 2025

CISL plans to remove the legacy dataset identifiers from Research Data Archive (https://rda.ucar.edu) directory paths on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. Users who have data analysis codes that point to directories which use the structure /glade/campaign/collections/rda/data/ds<NNN.X> should update their codes to use the new dataset identifier scheme, /glade/campaign/collections/rda/data/d<NNN>00<X>...

You’re invited to share your thoughts to improve the Research Data Archive (RDA)!

June 23, 2025 Updated: June 24, 2025

NSF NCAR's Research Data Archive (RDA) is seeking input from the community. As part of its "Pivot to an Integrated Research Data Commons" initiative, the RDA team aims to understand how to better support users in accessing and utilizing their data. Input is requested via a brief, two-minute survey. The survey is designed to gather thoughts on data and how to enhance the RDA, and participation i...