Illinois Allocation Proposal Submissions

Submitting Your Illinois Proposal

Create an account

Create an NCSA Kerberos account. Account creation may take up to 24 hours once requested, please plan accordingly.

Go to allocation request form

Once your NCSA Kerberos account is created, go to the allocation request form go to the XRAS submission portal and select the compute resource your need.

Fill Form to Complete your submission

  1. Select “New” request.
  2. Add a title and abstract for your submission.
  3. Select the relevant fields of science.
  4. One person must be designated as the Principal Investigator (PI) for the request.
    • Other individuals can be added as co-PIs or users (but they must have NCSA Kerberos accounts).
  5. Enter any supporting agency awards, as applicable.
  6. Under Available Resources
    • In the Documents section, select “Add Document” and upload any supporting documents (Note: Only PDF files can be accepted).
  7. At the bottom of the page, select “Submit.” If necessary, correct any errors and submit the request again.

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