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# Investment Program

## Intent
The investment program is for researchers or projects who want dedicated resources from ARC over some period of time:

* For long-term (1-5 year) project needs
* Reserved compute hardware via dedicated partition (with preemptable overlay)
* Expansion of Project or Work via quota increase
* Requestable through the [IT Service Catalog](https://vt4help.service-now.com/sp?id=sc_home) > Research Services & Technologies > [Advanced Research Computing](https://vt4help.service-now.com/sp?id=sc_cat_item&sys_id=4c7b8c4e0f712280d3254b9ce1050e3c): 

If you are less interested in _dedicated_ hardware and just want to use more resources than ARC provides for free -- for example, in bursts before conference deadlines -- you might instead consider the [Cost Center](costcenter).

## Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
An investment Memoradum Of Understanding (MOU) is available to formalize the agreement. For example investment MOUs, see below:
```{eval-rst}
* `Compute <../mou/mou_compute.pdf>`_
* `Storage <../mou/mou_storage.pdf>`_
```
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% * [Compute](../mou/mou_compute.pdf)
% * [Storage](../mou/mou_storage.pdf)

## To Invest
If you have interest in learning more about the Investment Computing Program, please submit a [consultation request](https://arc.vt.edu/help). ARC can provide a brief presentation on the Investment Computing program at department meetings or to research teams if desired.