Welcome to the Frederick Research Computing Environment (FRCE). Frederick National Labs and the NCI support a high-performance computing cluster with the mission to advance the scientific initiatives of NCI and its cohorts. Any NCI researcher may access the system free of charge. With the quantity of scientific data generated on-site in Frederick, we provide a special emphasis on supporting customized large data and compute requirements. As part of its mission, FRCE regularly explores and evaluates emerging technologies and their impact on scientific workflows and high-performance computing needs to ensure the environment remains a leading-edge solution for scientific computing. A range of applications for cryoEM, genomic sequence analysis, molecular and structural biology, and image analysis are available for cluster use.

Anybody within NCI is eligible for a no-cost FRCE account. Please visit the account creation page for more information.

Pages listing the current hardware installed on the FRCE cluster and a visual diagram of the architecture of the cluster and associated systems are available.

The FRCE administrators can be reached through email or through a Service Now ticket. An email is preferred for short questions, otherwise a ticket is required.