GoldSim Academic and GoldSim Research

Because we feel GoldSim is such a powerful and flexible tool, and because some of our best feedback and suggestions for improving GoldSim come from students, researchers, and teachers, we provide GoldSim to teachers and students at no cost, and to academic researchers at a significantly reduced price (a 75% discount off the commercial license price).

To date, GoldSim is being used at over 200 academic institutions in nearly 40 countries worldwide.

The restrictions and terms of use for these two special versions of GoldSim are outlined to the right.

GoldSim Academic offers the same powerful features as GoldSim Pro except that models built using GoldSim Academic are limited to 500 elements or less (GoldSim Pro is unlimited). GoldSim Academic includes all the GoldSim modules (with the exception of the Dashboard Authoring Module). Academic users have access to the GoldSim Resource Center (GRC Online) containing a knowledge base, access to the model library, and other user resources. However, GoldSim Academic does not include technical support (although some support may be available via third parties through our User Forum). GoldSim Academic licenses have a limited duration (typically 1 year), but can be renewed.

If you are a student, teacher or professor, and you think you qualify for GoldSim Academic, fill out the GoldSim Academic Application Form.

GoldSim Research offers the same powerful features as GoldSim Pro with no feature limitations whatsover. Research users have access to the GoldSim Resource Center (GRC Online) containing a knowledge base, access to the model library, and other user resources. GoldSim Research also includes technical support. GoldSim Reseach licenses, like GoldSim Pro licenses, are permanent and do not expire.

Printed manuals are not provided for Research licenses. The manuals can be downloaded at no charge in pdf format, or print copies can be purchased for $100. Of course, all versions of GoldSim have a built-in Help system that fully documents the software.

If you are a reseacher and wish to evaluate GoldSim, you can request a fully functional evaluation version to see if it meets your needs.

• Academic licenses are intended to be used for teaching and "internally funded" graduate student research (i.e., student research funded at a low-level, typically using departmental funds) at non-profit academic institutions.
• Academic licenses are not intended for private or government research institutions or for "externally funded" research (i.e., sponsored research projects or research carried out by staff) at academic institutions. If you wish to use GoldSim on these types of research projects, you would need to purchase either a GoldSim Research or GoldSim Pro commercial license.
• Academic licenses cannot be used for consulting or other commercial purposes.
• If GoldSim Academic is used to generate results which are published, we request that the GoldSim Technology Group be acknowledged in the paper (and informed of the publication).
• If you are using GoldSim in a substantial manner after four months, then we request that you create a link to http://www.goldsim.com, anchored to the text phrase "simulation software".  By "substantial", we mean using GoldSim actively in your teaching or research.
• To renew an Academic license, we ask that you provide a brief description of how you have been using GoldSim, and maintain a link back to GoldSim from your website.
• GoldSim Academic does not include technical support (although some support may be available via third parties through our User Forum).

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Further information on GoldSim is available in the following formats:

• GoldSim features (1 page overview)
• GoldSim Quick Tour (15 minute guided tour)
• GoldSim User's Guide Excerpt (30 minutes, 1.5 Mb)

If you are new to simulation, check out an overview of basic simulation concepts.