Who Can Use Illinois Computes
Illinois Computes resources and support are currently available to all researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Researchers is inclusive of all faculty, research staff, and graduate students. Others such as undergrads may utilize resources and support obtained through a faculty member.
Illinois Computes’ resources are primarily intended to support research. Only the Campus Cluster currently has official support for instructional use (campus form requiring authentication). Illinois Computes’ leadership is aware of desire for more support for instruction and is exploring ways to accommodate this. Please contact us if you are interested in discussing.
Available Resources
Each resource lists a base amount available at no cost through Illinois Computes. Researchers needing resources and support beyond what is listed should contact us. Additional amounts are often available via consultation.
Other resources are also available to researchers via NSF’s ACCESS On-Ramps program.
Jupyter / R Studio PyTorch / VS Code
Illinois Computes Research Notebooks (ICRN)
- Interactive web-based access computing
- 100GB of persistent storage
- Immediately available
High Performance Computing (HPC)
- minimum 100,000 CPU hours
- minimum 1,000 GPU hours
- CPU & GPU batch-submission environment
Qualitative Data Analysis
- License provided to install MAXQDA software on your own system
- AI Assist feature also licensed
Regulated Data – Computation & Storage
- Approved for HIPAA data and CUI (CMMC Level 1)
- CMMC Level 2 compliance work in progress
- Available after consultation
Build Your Own Chatbot
- Chatbots running locally
- Control functions, content, and access
Active Storage
- 5 TB per year
Long Term Storage
- 50 TB for 1 year or
- 10 TB for 5 years
Virtual Machines (VMs)
- 1 Virtual Machine with the following
- 8 vCPUs
- 32GB RAM
- 100GB SSD
- 40GB non-SSD
- 1 public IP address
High Throughput Computing (HTC)
- No Preset Limits
Allocations & Duration
- Awarded allocations are typically for one year and most are renewable.
- Additional amounts are often available via consultation.
- Allocations listed on this page are valid as of July 1, 2026
- Alternative allocations available through ACCESS