British researchers now able to bid for funding as UK joins European supercomputing scheme

The UK joins the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU), partially funded by Horizon Europe, meaning British researchers, businesses and academics will have enhanced access to future supercomputer research funding, announces the government on 13/05/2024.

Membership means British researchers can now work with European colleagues. "The UK has secured enhanced access to the Horizon Europe-funded portion of the programme, worth over £770 M (€903 M) between 2021 and 2027."

Supercomputers are the fastest high-performance systems available, used primarily for scientific and engineering work requiring exceedingly high-speed computations.

"EuroHPC brings together supercomputing resources from across 35 countries, boasting eight supercomputers based in every corner of the continent, from Portugal to Finland", describes the UK government.

The country will have access to European supercomputing facilities, vital systems for discoveries that will benefit all, from new medical treatments to novel clean energy applications. "The partnership aims to boost world-class…