The OSG Consortium builds and operates the OSG. Consortium members contribute effort and resources to the common infrastructure, with the goal of giving scientists from many fields access to shared resources worldwide.
The Council governs the consortium ensuring that the OSG benefits the scientific mission of its stakeholders.
The Executive Team manages the OSG project, which is organized into technical team areas.
The OSG is made up of Member Organizations who register with the OSG Operations Center and works with many Partner Organizations.
Virtual Organizations
A Virtual Organization (VO) is a set of groups or individuals defined by some common cyber-infrastructure need. This can be a scientific experiment, a university campus or a distributed research effort. A VO represents all its members and their common needs in a grid environment. A VO also includes the group’s computing/storage resources and services. We typically use the terms site, computing element (CE), and/or storage element (SE) to refer to the resources owned and operated by a VO.
OSG brings together many VOs for contracted and/or opportunistic sharing of resources in a grid environment, allowing for more effective use of their collective resources. Use of resources at a site is determined by a combination of the site’s local policies and the user VO’s policies. VOs are responsible for contracting individually with each other for guaranteed access to resources.
Many VOs in the OSG address the specific requirements of their users with their own user support that provides more in-depth help than the OSG does. Additionally some VOs provide dedicated resources to the OSG that provide preferred access to their members. Some VOs provide a problem specific user interface to their members.
The OSG assumes that each user is preferably supported by their membership VO. Each VO is expected to register with the OSG and provide support for their members. OSG support is maintained through a VO representative for each VO rather than a member of a VO.
If you are not already part of a VO, you can join OSG via OSGConnect. OSGConnect welcomes any researcher affiliated with U.S. institutions and funded by U.S. funding agencies!
If you don’t know what VO you belong to or should belong to, please contact OSG Support for help.
List of Virtual Organizations
The table below contains all active VOs in the OSG, their fields of science, and support information.
| Virtual Organization | Fields of Science | Support |
|---|---|---|
| A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE) | Physics and astronomy, High Energy Physics | http://aliceinfo.cern.ch |
| A worldwide e-Infrastructure for NMR and structural biology (ENMR) | Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Medical Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular and Structural Biosciences, Biological Sciences | http://www.wenmr.eu |
| Accelerator Neutrino Neutron Interaction Experiment (annie) | High Energy Physics | http://www.fnal.gov/ |
| Advanced Computing Center for Research and Education (ACCRE) | High Energy Physics, Astronomy, Computational Biology | https://www.vanderbilt.edu/accre/support/helpdesk/ |
| Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) | Chemistry, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Earth Sciences, High Energy Physics, Multi-Science Community, Nuclear Physics, Physics and astronomy, National Laboratory | |
| Beocat Cluster At Kansas State University (Beocat) | Astrophysics, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Cellular Biology, Chemistry, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Earth Sciences, Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Education, Engineering, Geographic Information Science, Gravitational Physics, High Energy Physics, Information Theory, Logic, Materials Science, Mathematical Sciences, Medical Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular and Structural Biosciences, Nanoelectronics, Nuclear Physics, Physics and astronomy, Physiology, Statistics, Technology, Multi-Science Community | http://support.cis.ksu.edu/BeocatDocs |
| Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) | Biological Sciences, Chemistry, High Energy Physics, Multi-Science Community, Nuclear Physics, Physics and astronomy, National Laboratory | |
| CAlorimeter for the LInear Collider Experiment (CALICE) | Physics and astronomy, High Energy Physics | https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CALICE/WebHome |
| CAPTAIN-MINERvA (Captmnv) | Nuclear Physics, High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) | Physics and astronomy, Astrophysics | |
| Chicagoland Observatory for Underground Particle Physics (COUPP) | Astrophysics, High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) | Physics and astronomy, High Energy Physics | http://cdfcaf.fnal.gov |
| Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) | Physics and astronomy, High Energy Physics | http://helpdesk.fnal.gov |
| Computational Chemistry (CompChem) | Chemistry | http://indico.cern.ch/getFile.py/access?contribId=10&sessionId=4&resId=1&materialId=slides&confId=11905 |
| Computational Sciences at Indiana University (CSIU) | Astrophysics, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Cellular Biology, Chemistry, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Economics, Education, Medical Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular and Structural Biosciences, Physics and astronomy, Technology, Multi-Science Community | http://osggoc.blogspot.com/ |
| D0 Experiment at Fermilab (DZero) | Physics and astronomy, High Energy Physics | http://www-d0.fnal.gov/VO/DZero_VO_Instructions.html |
| Dark Energy Survey (DES) | High Energy Physics, Physics and astronomy, Astrophysics | https://www.darkenergysurvey.org/contact_us/ |
| Darkside (Darkside) | Astrophysics, High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) | Astrophysics, High Energy Physics | http://servicedesk.fnal.gov |
| Distributed Organization for Scientific and Academic Research (DOSAR) | Community Grid, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, High Energy Physics, Materials Science, Multi-Science Community | http://www.dosar.org/ |
| DTEAM (dteam) | Infrastructure Development | https://operations-portal.egi.eu/vo/view/voname/dteam |
| Dual Readout Method Calorimeter (DREAM) | High Energy Physics | http://www.hpcc.ttu.edu/php/Contacts.php |
| Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF) | ||
| Exploring the Great Pyramid (egp) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope (glast.org) | Physics and astronomy, Astrophysics | |
| Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) | High Energy Physics, Multi-Science Community, National Laboratory | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Fermilab Experiment 906 (SeaQuest) (SeaQuest) | Nuclear Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Fermilab/Accelerator (Accelerator) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Fermilab/Argoneut (Argoneut) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Fermilab/Cdms (Cdms) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Fermilab/Fgtest (FermiTest) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Fermilab/Gendetrd (Gendetrd) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Fermilab/gm2 (gm2) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Fermilab/Grid (FermiGrid) | Community Grid | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Fermilab/lar1nd (lar1nd) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Fermilab/Lariat (Lariat) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Fermilab/MicroBooNE (MicroBooNE) | Physics and astronomy, High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Fermilab/Minerva (Minerva) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Fermilab/Miniboone (Miniboone) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Fermilab/Minos (Minos) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Fermilab/Mipp (Mipp) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Fermilab/Mu2e (Mu2e) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Fermilab/Nova (Nova) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Fermilab/Numi (Numi) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Fermilab/Orka (Orka) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Fermilab/Patriot (Patriot) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Fermilab/Theory (Theory) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) | http://grid.dartmouth.edu | |
| FusionGrid (FusionGrid) | ||
| Geant4 Software Toolkit (geant4) | Medical Sciences, Physics and astronomy, Technology, High Energy Physics | http://geant4.cern.ch/support/index.shtml |
| Genome Analysis and Database Update (GADU) | http://compbio.mcs.anl.gov/gaduvo/gaduvo.cgi?page=support | |
| George E Brown Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) | Engineering | http://nees.org/ |
| Gluex experiment at Jefferson Lab (Gluex) | High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics | http://gryphn.phys.uconn.edu/UConn-OSG/support.html |
| Great Plains Network (GPN) | Community Grid | http://t2.unl.edu/documentation/gpn |
| Grid Colombia Education (GCEDU) | Education | http://wiki.gridcolombia.org |
| Grid Colombia VP (GCVO) | Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Community Grid | http://wiki.gridcolombia.org |
| Grid Laboratory of Wisconsin (GLOW) | Community Grid, Multi-Science Community | http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/glow/ |
| Holland Computing Center at the University of Nebraska. (HCC) | Bioinformatics, Community Grid, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Mathematical Sciences, Multi-Science Community | http://hcc.unl.edu/contact |
| IceCube Neutrino Telescope (IceCube) | Astrophysics, Education, Physics and astronomy, High Energy Physics | |
| Imaging Cosmic And Rare Underground Signals (icarus) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov |
| International Linear Collider (ILC) | Physics and astronomy, High Energy Physics | |
| International Virtual Data Grid Laboratory (iVDGL) | <Support URL missing!> | |
| Jefferson Lab (JLab) | Multi-Science Community, Nuclear Physics, National Laboratory | |
| Large Hadron Collider Beauty Experiment (LHCb) | Nuclear Physics, High Energy Physics | |
| Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) | Physics and astronomy, Astrophysics | http://www.lsst.org/lsst/ |
| Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) | Astrophysics, Physics, Physics and astronomy, Gravitational Physics | |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) | Multi-Science Community, National Laboratory | |
| Liquid Argon Software Collaboration (LArSoft) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) | Particle Physics | http://www.hep.wisc.edu/lz |
| MARS (mars) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| miniclean (miniclean) | ||
| Muon Acclerator Program (MAP) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| nanoHUB Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) (nanoHUB) | Chemistry, Engineering, Nanoelectronics, Physics and astronomy, Technology | http://nanohub.org/support |
| National Energy Research Scientific Computing (NERSC) | ||
| Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC (next) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) | Astrophysics, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Earth Sciences, Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Geographic Information Science, Gravitational Physics, High Energy Physics, Information Theory, Materials Science, Mathematical Sciences, Medical Sciences, Multi-Science Community, Nanoelectronics, Network Science, Nuclear Physics, Physics and astronomy, Statistics, National Laboratory | |
| Open Science Grid (OSG) | Multi-Science Community | http://www.opensciencegrid.org |
| OSG Monitoring Information System (MIS) | Technology, Computer and Information Science and Engineering | https://ticket.grid.iu.edu |
| Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) | Nuclear Physics, High Energy Physics | |
| Pierre Auger Observatory (auger) | Astrophysics | http://ggus.eu |
| Project8 (project8) | ||
| Short-Baseline Near Detector (SBND) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Short-Baseline Neutrino Program (SBN) | High Energy Physics | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ |
| Simons Center for Data Analysis (SCDA) | Molecular and Structural Biosciences, Biological Sciences | |
| SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC) | Astrophysics, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Chemistry, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Engineering, High Energy Physics, Materials Science, Medical Sciences, Multi-Science Community, Physics and astronomy, National Laboratory | |
| Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) | High Energy Physics, Physics and astronomy | http://www.sdss.org |
| SNO+ at SNOLAB (snoplus.snolab.ca) | Physics and astronomy, High Energy Physics | |
| Solenoidal Tracker at RHIC (STAR) | Physics and astronomy, Nuclear Physics | http://www.star.bnl.gov |
| South Pole Telescope (SPT) | Particle Physics, Physics, Astrophysics | |
| Stash Cache (Stash) | http://www.opensciencegrid.org | |
| Structural Biology Grid (SBGrid) | Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cellular Biology, Chemistry, Community Grid, Medical Sciences, Microbiology, Physiology, Molecular and Structural Biosciences | http://portal.sbgrid.org/contact/about |
| SuperCDMS (SuperCDMS) | Physics | |
| SURAgrid (SURAgrid) | Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Chemistry, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Earth Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Molecular and Structural Biosciences, Physics and astronomy, Plant Biology, Statistics, Community Grid | https://docs.uabgrid.uab.edu/suragrid/Welcome |
| São Paulo State University Grid (GridUNESP) | Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Cellular Biology, Chemistry, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Earth Sciences, Engineering, High Energy Physics, Materials Science, Medical Sciences, Molecular and Structural Biosciences, Nuclear Physics, Physics and astronomy, Multi-Science Community | https://www.ncc.unesp.br/its/ |
| Texas Internet Grid for Research and Education (TIGRE) | http://tigreportal.hipcat.net:80/gridsphere/gridsphere?cid=consulting | |
| The Belle Experiment at KEK (Belle) | High Energy Physics | http://www.ggus.org |
| Tokai-to-Kamioka (T2K) | High Energy Physics | http://www.t2k.org/ |
| United States ATLAS Collaboration (ATLAS) | Physics and astronomy, High Energy Physics | http://www.usatlas.bnl.gov/index.shtml |
| Virtual Laboratory for Planetary Material (VLab) | http://fermigrid.fnal.gov/ | |
| WLCG Operations Group (Ops) | Technology | https://lcg-voms.cern.ch:8443/vo/ops/vomrs?path=/RootNode&action=execute |
| Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (LCG) | High Energy Physics | |
| XENON Collaboration (XENON) | Astrophysics, Nuclear Physics, High Energy Physics |