Project description DEENESFRITPL European centre of excellence for high-performing computing in life science research BioExcel is the leading European Centre of Excellence for Computational Biomolecular Research and a major innovation hub for scientific computing. Software development roadmaps incorporate feedback gathered from the thousands of worldwide users and ensure that highly desired functionality is given a priority. Comprehensive training programmes and engagement with industry help address the skills gap among Life Sciences researchers and supports global efforts towards global challenges such as pandemic preparedness. Since 2015, BioExcel has built an extensive partner network of related organisations, resource providers, hardware vendors, software developer teams, user communities and industry. The EU-funded BioExcel-3 project will capitalise on the centre’s former success and further develop the sustainable HPC community in Europe. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Life Science is turning into a data-driven and HPC dependent research field. BioTeam/Hyperion’s 2022 estimates show that 95% of Life Science projects are being dependent on HPC. The rapid response to Covid-19 showed how an EU collaboration between pharma industry, Life Science researchers and supercomputing centres resulted in several newly identified hits now undergoing clinical trials. Life Science is already delivering actual drug candidates within a year by using HPC in general, and BioExcel codes in particular (1000s of papers citing GROMACS or HADDOCK for SARS-CoV-2 simulations). The Centre of Excellence for Computational Biomolecular Research (BioExcel) was established in 2015, and funded again in 2018, to help accelerate this development. The BioExcel-3 strategy to achieve significant impact relies on (i) ensuring that the most widely used European codes provide high performance, efficiency, scaling, reliability and quality to meet academic and industrial needs; (ii) identifying user needs to prioritise development of features with high scientific impact & performance/porting requests for deployment on EuroHPC resources; (iii) providing state-of-the-art training program for next-generation EU workforce on exploitation of ensemble algorithms, AI approaches, and convergence of HPC, HTC and HPDA; (iv) being the preferred EU partner for international organisations; (v) providing sustainable business paths for companies that need commercial support or want to fund development of specific features; and (vi) operating under an open governance model that provides transparency for the community and EC to be confident BioExcel makes the right priorities based on user and HPC needs.BioExcel-3 will grow and sustain the Life Science HPC community in Europe. Our success will be measured by our ability to support codes and train scientists who produce almost 10,000 scientific papers and numerous industrial projects every year. Fields of science medical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacydrug discoverysocial sciencessociologygovernancemedical and health scienceshealth sciencesinfectious diseasesRNA virusescoronavirusessocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemploymentsocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy Keywords Biomolecular Life Science Drug Discovery Biotechnology Exascale HPC Automation and Data Integration Programme(s) HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space Main Programme Topic(s) HORIZON-EUROHPC-JU-2021-COE-01-02 - Centres of Excellence for supporting supercomputing applications for Science and Innovation Call for proposal HORIZON-EUROHPC-JU-2021-COE-01 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme HORIZON-JU-RIA - HORIZON JU Research and Innovation Actions Coordinator KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN Net EU contribution € 1 014 268,75 Address Brinellvagen 8 100 44 Stockholm Sweden See on map Region Östra Sverige Stockholm Stockholms län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 1 014 268,75 Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT Netherlands Net EU contribution € 504 000,00 Address Heidelberglaan 8 3584 CS Utrecht See on map Region West-Nederland Utrecht Utrecht Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 504 000,00 MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV Germany Net EU contribution € 372 750,00 Address Hofgartenstrasse 8 80539 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 372 750,00 FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE RECERCA BIOMEDICA (IRB BARCELONA) Spain Net EU contribution € 350 000,00 Address Carrer baldiri reixac 10-12 parc scientific de barcelona 08028 Barcelona See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 350 000,00 BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER CENTRO NACIONAL DE SUPERCOMPUTACION Spain Net EU contribution € 184 375,00 Address Calle jordi girona 31 08034 Barcelona See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 184 375,00 EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY Participation ended Germany Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Meyerhofstrasse 1 69117 Heidelberg See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 NOSTRUM BIODISCOVERY SL Spain Net EU contribution € 72 000,00 Address Avinguda josep tarradellas 8-10 3 08029 Barcelona See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 72 000,00 NORMAN RICHARD ALBERT Norway Net EU contribution € 78 289,13 Address See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 78 289,12 CSC-TIETEEN TIETOTEKNIIKAN KESKUS OY Finland Net EU contribution € 361 194,38 Address Keilaranta 14 02101 Espoo See on map Region Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 361 194,37
