Risk management, mitigation and contingency for ESFRI/ERIC and other world-class research infrastructures
Programme Category
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 pan-European research infrastructures such as ESFRI research infrastructures, ERICs and other world-class research infrastructures in Europe notably in the fields of climate, health and social sciences and aims at supporting these infrastructures in implementing mitigation and contingency plans for critical risks.
Pan-European research infrastructures such as those prioritised by ESFRI, ERICs, and other world-class research infrastructures in Europe often engage in international collaboration in areas where global coverage is essential for knowledge creation, like for example climate understanding and modelling or pandemic preparedness, or where a critical mass is needed.
Detailed Call Description
Proposals should involve research infrastructures that are sharing similar or related risks, which could be better addressed by common or coordinated implementation of mitigation and, where needed, contingency plans. Proposals should pay due attention to the importance of sustaining such plans beyond the project’s duration.
Proposed actions under this topic should
- Describe capacities at risk, be it due to shrinking geographical coverage or to loss or interruption of data, limited access or expansive access fees to data, to equipment, to facilities, supply challenges (see ESFRI work[3]) etc. and where relevant update risk management plans. Exchange best practices on risk-assessment and develop guidance.
- Describe where applicable the expected impact of realised risks beyond the research infrastructures concerned i.e. impact on related operational or deployment programme where relevant, on international agreements, on addressing EU priorities, on EU competitiveness, on EU strategic autonomy; in this context, identify which research infrastructures services could qualify as ‘critical R&I services’.
- Implement mitigation and, where applicable, contingency plans to address capacities at risk, in order to ensure the sustainability of the research infrastructure concerned as well as to preserve EU capacity and research freedom to address its policy, priorities and socio-economic challenges investments across Europe for trusted and secure storage, processing and sharing of critical data including through EOSC.
- Develop guidance and disseminate best practices on risk-assessment and research security, taking into account EU recommendations in the field of research security and foreign interference. Where relevant, links to initiatives such as the development of a European centre of expertise on research security should be explored.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
Expected EU contribution per project: between €1.00 million and €4.00 million.
Thematic Categories
- Environment and Climate Change
- Health
- Information and Communication Technologies
- Information Technology
- Public Administration
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Businesses
- Educational Institutions
- Large Enterprises
- Legal Entities
- Other Beneficiaries
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Eligibility For Participation Notes
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
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/