2016
- Official start of SPPEXA 2.
2015
- 16 full proposals accepted for funding SPPEXA 2 (7 collaborations with Japan / 3 collaborations with France).
2014
- Call for proposals SPPEXA 2, incl. international partners (France, Japan)
2013
- Official start of SPPEXA 1.
2012
- 13 full proposals accepted for funding SPPEXA 1.
- Review of project sketches and full proposals.
2011
- Submission of the proposal, international reviewing, and formal acceptance.
2010
- Discussion with DFG's Executive Committee. Suggestion of a flexible, strategically initiated SPP.
- Initiative out of Germany HPC community, referring to increasing activities on HPC software elsewhere (USA: NSF, DOE; Japan; China; G8)
2006
- Discussion in the German Research Foundation (DFG) on the necessity of a funding initiative for HPC software.