
CoSeC drives collaborative computational research communities from across UK Research & Innovation. These domain-specific communities are independent and unique but share a common goal to maintain, develop, and curate the research software and data that make up the Digital Research Infrastructure they rely on.
Together our CCP and HEC communities have outlined a roadmap for UK computational research that aligns with UK government goals in key areas such as Net Zero, energy, security, health and advanced manufacturing. Each community-specific area in this report provides an exploration of the domain-specific and application-based drivers that underlie each Grand Challenge.
Download a copy of the CoSeC Grand Challenges Report by clicking on the image to the left or by following this link.

Community Descriptions & Documents
- Wave Structure Interaction (CCP-WSI): Offshore renewable energy solutions
- Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics (CCP-NTH): Next-generation nuclear reactor design
- Fluid Turbulence High-End Computing Consortium (UKTC): Complex fluid mechanics using supercomputers
- Fluid Turbulence (CCP-Turbulence): Reaching UK wind energy goals
- Particulate Solids (CCC-ParaSolS): Unlocking granular materials modelling
- Mesoscale High-End Computing Consortium (UKCOMES): Applying supercomputing to mesoscale challenges
- Wave Structure Interaction High-End Computing Consortium (HEC-WSI): Improving renewable energy using supercomputers
- Electronic Structure of Condensed Matter (CCP9): Understanding materials through Quantum Mechanics
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Crystallography (CCP-NC): Material discovery using NMR
- Simulation of Condensed Phases (CCP5): Next-generation materials
- Car-Parrinello High-End Computing Consortium (UKCP): Deploying supercomputers to model materials
- Materials Chemistry High-End Computing Consortium (MCC): Supercomputer enabled materials modelling
- Electron cryo-Microscopy (CCP-EM): Drug discovery through cryo-EM
- Macromolecular X-ray crystallography (CCP4): Understanding disease through X-ray crystallography
- – Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy (CCPN): Understanding biology through NMR
- Volume electron microscopy (CCP-volumeEM): Understanding disease through volume electron microscopy
- Biomolecular simulation (CCPBioSim): Enabling biomolecular research
- Biomolecular High-End Computing Consortium (HECBioSim): Using supercomputers in biological research and innovation