Four key factors represent key prerequisites for CLARA establishment and long-term operation:
Conceptual approach and strategic vision
Unifying scientific vision
The scientific challenge of CLARA is being addressed by the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, all three Research programs (RPs), and a pilot use case.
HR capacity building with a strong interdisciplinary focus
CLARA implemented innovative policies and measures (HR strategy, Career development plan, Tenure track policy) to ensure an attractive, fair, and transparent working environment comparable to world-leading research organizations.
CLARA Testbed
CLARA Testbed represents the very first distributed HPCQC infrastructure that will be enabled by the pilot integration of VSB (LUMI-Q/HPC Karolina) and BAdW-LRZ (Quantum/HPC systems as adequate) with a clear focus on brain research.
Partnership
CLARA benefits from a well-chosen and carefully structured consortium with intensely engaged partners advancing synergies across disciplines. CLARA represents a partnership of Czech, German, and French founding partners, who maximize the benefits of mutual collaboration, share the capacities built, and capitalize on the European human potential.
Access to complementary funding from other sources
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic supported CLARA project within the Johannes Amos Comenius Programme with approx. 29.4 mil. EUR.
Autonomy and sustainability of CLARA Center
As the new research center hosted at INDRC, CLARA Center is independent of other entities and has full autonomy in decision-making in legal, administrative, operational, personnel, and scientific matters.