Concept development for a research infrastructure to manage, integrate and sustain large medical cohort studies
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 aims at supporting the development of new concepts for a research infrastructure at European level, to manage, integrate and sustain large medical cohort studies. The possibility to extend the scope of already existing infrastructures and/or integrate in a sustainable way existing pan-European and national capacities to cover this need and provide RI services for large medical cohort studies should be assessed as a first option, identifying what is missing and the necessary new developments. Such an infrastructure will also enable an appropriate exploitation of past investments by EU framework programmes or other European funders on the development of medical cohorts.
Detailed Call Description
Proposals should address all following aspects:
- demonstrate relevance in relation to ERA, including to the existing landscape, and the advancement with respect to the state-of-art of the new sustainable integrated service or infrastructure;
- highlight the research challenges the new sustainable integrated service or research infrastructure will make possible to address, including at global level;
- indicate the gaps in the research infrastructure landscape it will cover and the synergies with other existing infrastructures at European and global level, including those co-financed from other EU instruments (e.g.: Cohesion policy);
- indicate, when relevant, the potential impact of this research infrastructure at regional level.
Proposals should also convincingly demonstrate that the project will effectively:
- identify suitable IT technologies and the architecture (e.g. single site or distributed, …) for the research infrastructure;
- identify scientific user communities (and their related needs) that will benefit from access to RI services, including scientific data and instrumentation, and plan the research services to be offered to users;
- assess and identify suitable governance models and implement strategies for institutional/stakeholders’ commitment and engagement;
- develop initial financial plans for the implementation and operation of the infrastructure as well as preliminary ideas for long-term sustainability, including synergies with other funds and programmes (e.g.: ERDF);
- develop plans for an efficient data curation and preservation and for the provision of GDPR compliant access to data managed by the infrastructure, in line with the FAIR principles to the extent possible.
When relevant, environmental (including climate-related) impacts and the optimisation of resource and energy use, as well as the gender dimension of cohort studies, should be integrated in the concept development of the new research infrastructures.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
EU Contribution: between €1,00 and €3,00 million
Thematic Categories
- Health
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- Investment Funds
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Semi-governmental organisations
- State-owned Enterprises
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia
P.O.Box 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Phone Number: +357 22205000
Email Address: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Contact Persons:
Dr Charalambos Papatryfonos
Scientific Officer
Contact Phone: +357 22 205 016
Contact Email: cpapatryfonos@research.org.cy
Dr Ioannis Theodorou
Scientific Officer
Contact Phone: +357 22 205 038
Contact Email: itheodorou@research.org.cy
(Publish Date: 19/12/2022-for internal use only)
EU Contact Point
Contact the Research Enquiry Service (RES) for any general question on Horizon Europe:
https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/contact-us/research-enquiry-service_en