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Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX C PROPOSAL REVIEW CRITERIA." National Research Council. 2010. Report of the Committee on Proposal Evaluation for Allocation of Supercomputing Time for the Study of Molecular Dynamics. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13003.
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APPENDIX C
PROPOSAL REVIEW CRITERIA

The committee used the points below to help guide its review of the proposals. The reviewers were asked to comment on the strengths and weaknesses of the proposals by considering the following:


Level of scientific merit

  1. Potential to advance understanding of an important problem or question in the field; potential for breakthrough science resulting in new discoveries and understanding

  2. Impact that successful completion of the proposed research would have on the knowledge, methods, and current barriers in the field

  3. Project is scientifically and technologically feasible with clear, well-developed, and appropriate goals, objectives, and approach to the proposed studies

Justification for requested time allocation

  1. Clear and well-justified need for multi-microsecond simulation time Clear and convincing justification that the length and number of proposed simulation runs and node-hours requested are necessary and sufficient to achieve the scientific objectives

Investigator qualifications and past accomplishments

  1. Appropriate experience and training to successfully conduct the proposed studies

  2. Evidence of knowledge and prior experience with molecular simulations

  3. Past publications

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX C PROPOSAL REVIEW CRITERIA." National Research Council. 2010. Report of the Committee on Proposal Evaluation for Allocation of Supercomputing Time for the Study of Molecular Dynamics. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13003.
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This letter details the work and transmits the final report of the Committee on Proposal Evaluation for Allocation of Supercomputing Time for the Study of Molecular Dynamics. The committee evaluated submissions in response to a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Biomolecular Simulation Time on Anton, a specialized supercomputer designed and constructed by D.E. Shaw Research that allows for dramatically accelerated molecular dynamics simulations. D.E. Shaw is making time on a 512 node Anton machine available to the non-commercial research community without cost.

The goal of the RFP for Biomolecular Simulation Time on Anton is to facilitate breakthrough science in the study of biomolecular systems by providing access to a dedicated, massively parallel supercomputer that allows significantly faster simulations of biomolecular systems using periodic boundary conditions and explicit solvent models. Anton's capabilities allow questions to be addressed on multi-microsecond simulation timescales, so the program seeks to support projects addressing important and potentially high impact questions that would be most advanced by receiving time on this specialized machine.

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