Research Computing Vouchers

Basic Accounts can be requested with the Research Computing Billable Request Form.  Information on using a subsidized account include:

• Funds for this program are limited based on available budget.
• You will need to estimate your credits to be requested
  • For requests greater than 60,000 RCUs ($1,800)
• Subsidized accounts are meant to support:
  • Discovery, exploratory and limited computation (1-year)
  • Student-based research (1-year)
• The subsidized account period will follow the fiscal year calendar (July-June)

For the vHPC, there is a reduced priority for voucher-based accounts.  Voucher accounts are not preempted by accounts with a funding source, but a funded account job can jump the wait queue in front of a similar job from a voucher account.

Voucher based accounts also have a lower amount for concurrent resources that can be consumed by a user's running jobs.

• Maximum of 48 CPU cores and 4 GPUs for voucher accounts
• For funded accounts: 144 CPU cores and 12 GPUs

Note: Exceeding the user limit only means that additional jobs will be queued until resources are available to start them.

In order to request resources beyond the basic allowance (60,000 RCUs), we require a discussion meeting on the details of your project.

To request your own billable account funded with voucher credits, you must be a KSU faculty member.  Begin by completing the Research Computing Billable Account Request Form.  Once you have your new account ID, you will be able to request services and add users who you want to access those services.

Example: requesting vHPC with voucher credits  

• Complete the Billable Account Request form asking for a Basic voucher account.
• Receive your new Account ID by email.
• Request the vHPC service be added to your account.
• Request user accounts on the vHPC.
  • These users will be able to charge jobs against your account.
• Have each user you request, complete the UITS Docusign.

Please note: voucher credits can not be used to fund our REDCap or Secure Enclave services.

The rate to use for calculating the cost of using these services is dependent upon the owner of the account.  Rates are increased for academic projects outside of the USG and for other external projects.

Updated December 01, 2026

* Base cost.  The actual secure enclave cost is dependent upon project needs.