ACCESS homepage
Citation
ACCESS (Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services and Support), U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). “Access Home.” Website homepage, publication date unknown. https://access-ci.org/. Read 2026-10-15.
Bottom line
- This is a thin homepage of about 286 words. It is a pointer, not a source. It gives only the program’s purpose and three usage numbers.
- ACCESS is the national, no-cost allocation path for NSF advanced computing.
Background
ACCESS is the NSF program that allocates time on national advanced computing systems. The homepage links to pages for researchers, educators, graduate students, resource providers and the cyberinfrastructure (CI) community. It also links to science stories, news, a help desk and a newsletter form.
Key claims
- ACCESS “is a program established and funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation to help researchers and educators, with or without supporting grants, to utilize the nation’s advanced computing systems and services – at no cost to you.” (homepage, top section)
- “In a given month, more than 2.5 million jobs are run on average by more than 4,000 researchers representing more than 2,000 unique research projects.” (homepage)
- Two recent science stories name systems that ACCESS allocations use. They are at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) and the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC). (homepage, stories dated 10/7/2026 and 9/30/2026)
Evidence and method
The page states its numbers without a date range or a method. The “Our impact” page (/about/impact/) probably holds the method. It is not fetched.
Limits
- Thin homepage. It does not describe the allocation process, eligibility rules, review criteria or the resource provider terms.
- The usage numbers have no date and no source on the page.
They are ACCESS Allocations policy, ACCESS Project types, ACCESS Get your first project and ACCESS Our impact. The allocations policy covers eligibility, review and reporting, so a fifth page was not needed.