Consolidation of the Research Infrastructure landscape – Individual support for evolution, long term sustainability and emerging needs of pan-European research infrastructures
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Programme Name
Programme Description
Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
This topic targets the consolidation of the EU research infrastructures landscape through the support, together with the countries, that are members of the research infrastructures, to the strengthening, long-term sustainability, reorientation or evolution of ESFRI Landmarks or European Research Infrastructure Consortia (ERICs).
Detailed Call Description
Proposed action should justify the specific objectives and focus on activities that are critical for the sustainability and optimised use of the ESFRI Landmarks or ERICs, such as activities aiming at several of the following objectives:
- enlargement of the membership or broadening of the base of participating countries;
- reinforcing international cooperation;
- revision of business/funding plan;
- development of managerial and technical skills for RI staff;
- structuring and strengthening of national nodes;
- extension of remote and/or virtual access;
- management of research data according to the FAIR principles;
- reorientation or evolution of the RI scope;
- addressing critical aspects raised following an assessment or monitoring exercise, e.g. in the context of ESFRI activities;
- Development, update and or implementation of impact assessment of the RI.
In case of reorientation or evolution of the research infrastructure scope, activities should fill gaps in the research infrastructures landscape, enabling the research infrastructure to address new research or societal challenges and/or serve new user communities, increasing and improving service capacity and/or integrating new resources/facilities.
Due attention must be given to related EU initiatives and priorities and, when relevant, to complementarity and relevance to activities in other parts of Horizon Europe. Proposals should explain any synergies with previous or current EU grants.
Given the funding rate, proposals should ensure a minimum adequate backing by the beneficiaries, who should provide the remaining share for the activities covered by the Grant Agreement and foster the sustainability of the ESFRI Landmark or ERIC.
Specific attention should be given, where relevant, to the greening of technologies and methodologies used by the research infrastructure, to the interaction with industry/SMEs, to the fostering of the innovation potential of the infrastructures, and to their integration into local, regional and global innovation ecosystems.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
Expected EU contribution per project: between €3.00 & €4.00 million.
Thematic Categories
- Education and training
- Other Services
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- Legal Entities
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
Eligibility For Participation Notes
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:
Due to the scope of this topic, proposals must include at least one of the ESFRI Landmarks[[See the list of ESFRI ‘Landmarks’ in the 2021 ESFRI Roadmap on https://roadmap2021.esfri.eu/]] or European Research Infrastructures Consortia (ERICs)[[ European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) | European Commission (europa.eu)]] as beneficiary. Such research infrastructure(s), and the beneficiaries that own/operate them, must be explicitly identified in the proposal. For distributed ERIC the ERIC must be the beneficiary.
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
Address: 29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia, P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/