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Continue Your Access to the OSPool

Any U.S.-based researcher with an academic affiliation can use the OSPool indefinitely, with no allocation or cost to you. Your access to the OSPool is temporary—if you'd like to continue your access to the OSPool, follow the instructions below!

Option 1: Schedule a consultation at the School (preferred)

To continue using your account beyond the School, please schedule a consultation with one of the facilitators during the School! Information on how to schedule a consultation will be provided at the School or via Slack.

In this consultation, we'll chat with you one-on-one about your research and help set up a project to ensure you can use the OSPool for your research computing needs!

Option 2: Submit an application after the School

If you are unable to schedule a consultation during the School or decide to continue your access at a later date, complete the following steps.

Please complete the following steps by July 31:

  1. Go to this link: Project Creation Form

  2. Fill out the form.

    Tips for Filling Out the Form

    If the Project Name doesn't auto-populate, use OSG_School_2025. For your project description, please include a summary of what your lab works on. Include what the overarching research question is. For your Field of Science ID and Field of Science (Legacy) responses, please choose the entry that best fits your lab's research area.

    After completing the form, click "Submit manually":

  3. Send an email to [email protected] with the following:

    1. Include the text of the project creation form (see image below).

    Please email the YAML Output to the OSPool Team

    You do not need to go to GitHub and upload these yourself, the team will do this for you. Please email the outputted YAML file to [email protected] with the subject: OSG School 2025 - Account Conversion - <Your First and Last Name>.

    1. CC the PI of your research group, asking them to confirm your membership. in their group. If you are the PI, that should be indicated in the email.

  4. If you are not the PI of your research group, make sure your PI replies to your email to confirm that you are working with them!!

Once the project PI has confirmed your membership, OSG Facilitators will create a new project of the form Institution_PIName.

You will receive a notification when you are added to the new project, and a follow up email from the OSG facilitation team.