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The National Federated Compute Services NetworkPlus initiative is engaging compute service users and providers who are focused on the three pillars of governance, technology, and community, to develop a roadmap for a national federation of compute services to support the UK’s digital research infrastructure.
National Federated Compute Services Network Plus Autumn Conference 2025
22–23 September
We are running a stimulating combination of expert plenaries and focussed experience sharing and problem-solving across a broad agenda including:
- Edge federation
- Data movement and management
- Inter/transnational collaboration
- The transition from laptop to cluster
- Identity and access management
- HPC for non-traditional users
- and more
The conference provides an opportunity for partnership building for the programme’s second call for DRI Roadmap projects.
Second flexible
funding call
Following a successful first call where 13 projects were funded, we are looking to support more projects that will further:
- Contribute to building the DRI community around NFCS.
- Data movement and management
This funding call is open until 5 October.
Projects can run from 1 December 2025 to 31 July 2026, and funds can be awarded to any UKRI eligible organisation to a maximum of £120K.
We are particularly interested in areas not yet covered by the projects funded in the first call. A summary of these – as well as the guidance document and application form – are available for download.