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Basic Information

Name or title of project or accomplishment (12 words or less)

Briefly summarize the overall accomplishment that you made, including HPC-specific details, i.e. number of compute hours used (if known), any special software, etc. (using a maximum of 50 words).

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Please explain how this innovation or accomplishment advances the state of the art in your particular scientific or technology field, or how it helped your organization generate financial success (i.e. generated more sales, lower costs, made more profits), and why it’s important to the world. (using a maximum of 50 words).

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HPC INVESTMENTS

What was the total HPC Investment for the project?
(Note: only count or estimate the portion that was used for this project, and specifically for HPC resources — include only the direct system costs, e.g. hardware, software, applications, interconnects, and storage used to accomplish this achievement — If you used external HPC system resources, please include only the direct costs that you paid or the estimated value in order to accomplish this achievement).
SELECT ONE FROM DROP DOWN $1 to $100,000 $100,001 to $250,000 250,001 to $500,000 $500,001 to $750,000 $750,001 to $999,999 $1 million to $2.5 million $2.5 million to $5 million $5 million to $7.5 million $7.5 to $10 million $10 to $25 million $25 to $50 million $50 to $85 million $75 to $100 million $100 to $250 million $250 to $500 million $500 to $750 million $750 to $999 million $1 to $2.5 billion $2.5 to $5 billion $5 to $7.5 billion $7.5 to $10 billion $10 to $25 billion $25 to $50 billion $50 to $75 billion $75 to $99 billion Over $100 billion

Did this accomplishment generate financial ROI or Innovation or both?
SELECT ONE FROM DROP DOWN Financial ROI Innovation Both

List Primary Innovation / ROI Area
SELECT ONE FROM DROP DOWN Better products Cost savings Created New Approach Discovered Something New Helped Research Program Helped Society Major Breakthrough

For Projects that Created a Financial ROI

What are (or is expected to be) THE FINANCIAL RETURNS from this project/program/discovery:

What are (or will be) the TOTAL REVENUES?
SELECT ONE FROM DROP DOWN $1 to $100,000 $100,001 to $250,000 250,001 to $500,000 $500,001 to $750,000 $750,001 to $999,999 $1 million to $2.5 million $2.5 million to $5 million $5 million to $7.5 million $7.5 to $10 million $10 to $25 million $25 to $50 million $50 to $85 million $75 to $100 million $100 to $250 million $250 to $500 million $500 to $750 million $750 to $999 million $1 to $2.5 billion $2.5 to $5 billion $5 to $7.5 billion $7.5 to $10 billion $10 to $25 billion $25 to $50 billion $50 to $75 billion $75 to $99 billion Over $100 billion

What are (or will be) the TOTAL PROFITS?
SELECT ONE FROM DROP DOWN $1 to $100,000 $100,001 to $250,000 250,001 to $500,000 $500,001 to $750,000 $750,001 to $999,999 $1 million to $2.5 million $2.5 million to $5 million $5 million to $7.5 million $7.5 to $10 million $10 to $25 million $25 to $50 million $50 to $85 million $75 to $100 million $100 to $250 million $250 to $500 million $500 to $750 million $750 to $999 million $1 to $2.5 billion $2.5 to $5 billion $5 to $7.5 billion $7.5 to $10 billion $10 to $25 billion $25 to $50 billion $50 to $75 billion $75 to $99 billion Over $100 billion

What are (or will be) the TOTAL COST SAVINGS?
For non-revenue generating organizations including universities and government entities, cost savings may be the most relevant financial metric.
SELECT ONE FROM DROP DOWN $1 to $100,000 $100,001 to $250,000 250,001 to $500,000 $500,001 to $750,000 $750,001 to $999,999 $1 million to $2.5 million $2.5 million to $5 million $5 million to $7.5 million $7.5 to $10 million $10 to $25 million $25 to $50 million $50 to $85 million $75 to $100 million $100 to $250 million $250 to $500 million $500 to $750 million $750 to $999 million $1 to $2.5 billion $2.5 to $5 billion $5 to $7.5 billion $7.5 to $10 billion $10 to $25 billion $25 to $50 billion $50 to $75 billion $75 to $99 billion Over $100 billion

If this project/program/discovery CREATED NEW JOBS, about how many full-time equivalent jobs where created?
(number of jobs created or saved)

How many years from the start of research was it before the first returns started? (Years)
(Years)

For Projects that Created an Innovation

What was general category of the innovation?
PLEASE SELECT ONE FROM DROPDOWN Basic Research (including major discoveries and pioneering breakthroughs) Applied Research (including incremental innovations and process improvements )


How would you rate THE IMPORTANCE OF this innovation compared to all other innovations in this field over the last ten years, using a scale of 1 to 5:
PLEASE SELECT ONE FROM DROPDOWN (With 5 Being the Highest) 5 (One of the top 2 to 3 innovations in the last decade) 4 (One of the top 5 innovations in the last decade) 3 (One of the top 10 innovations in the last decade) 2 (One of the top 25 innovations in the last decade) 1 (One of the top 50 innovations in the last decade)

How would you rate THE IMPACT OF this innovation compared to all other innovations in this field over the last ten years, using a scale of 1 to 5:
PLEASE SELECT ONE FROM DROPDOWN (With 5 Being the Highest) 5 (It is useful to over 10 organizations) 4 (It is useful to 6 to 10 organizations) 3 (It is useful to5 to 10 organizations) 2 (It is only useful to 1 organization) 1 (It is recognized ONLY by experts in the field)

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