The Advanced Computational Research Program, formerly known as the New Technologies Program, is a program supporting computational science by focusing on enabling technologies for high performance computing. The Program supports the range of technologies needed to advance the state of the art in high performance computing, and bring advanced computing and simulation capabilities to bear on fundamental problems throughout the sciences and engineering. As pointed out in many documents and reports, computer simulation has now joined theory and experimentation as a third path to scientific knowledge.
Simulation plays an increasingly critical role in all areas of science and engineering.
However, as the uses of simulation expand, the need for high performance computing of increasing power, flexibility, and utility grows proportionately. The Advanced Computational Research Program focuses on the full spectrum of research activities designed to fill this need. The Program makes two and three year grants to U.S. universities and other nonprofit research institutions for support of scientists and engineers. This one-time supplement would result in a total four year funding period that is in line with the new legislation. This is the third competition in an anticipated total of five competitions.