Future Engagement Model for the EOSC Federation

Code: 33970 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-EOSC-02-01 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 13/06/2024 | End submission calls: 19/09/2024

The work of this CSA should build on the (federation) services offered by the European Commission’s EOSC Core Platform and provide feedback and input for the evolution of the EOSC Core Services and the EOSC Exchange to ensure a wider uptake. In this context, the CSA will also assist with the update and promotion of the EOSC Interoperability Framework and assist in the set-up a process for its updates.

Assessing the state of research infrastructures in Ukraine

Code: 33968 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-DEV-02-01 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 13/06/2024 | End submission calls: 19/09/2024

This topic supports the assessment of the state of RIs in Ukraine, the identification of key needs and the development of an investment roadmap for RI reconstruction, closing the skills gap and facilitating well-connected R&I communities.

Long-term access and preservation infrastructure development for EOSC, including data quality aspects

Code: 32111 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-EOSC-01-04 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

In the digital and data driven paradigm promoted by Open Science, data is at the core of the scientific process and its production grows at ever increasing rates.
Coordination to harmonise practices and standards within and across the different scientific fields and adequate infrastructures are necessary to implement the level of curation and preservation needed and to offer the related services that differ in practice and effort per discipline ant type of data.

Considering that European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) aims at addressing many of the challenges faced when dealing with ensuring the long-term preservation of data along with the growing uptake of FAIR principles.

Innovative and customizable services for EOSC Exchange

Code: 32109 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-EOSC-01-05 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

The aim is to provide researchers with a set of highly innovative new services via the EOSC Exchange. These would exploit, in a structural way, the cloud-based EOSC Core technologies and horizontal European compute and data management capacities that are part of the Minimum Viable EOSC platform in production.

Development of tools, solutions, modules to enable R&I on the social aspects of the green transition

Code: 32107 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-TECH-01-02 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

The aim of this topic is to deliver innovative tools, solutions and modules to enable research infrastructures to support studies and assessment on the social aspects of the green transition, advancing the state-of-art of RIs in the EU and Associated Countries, and showing transformative potential in their operation in line with the ambition of the European Union. Social aspects of the green transition may include: energy poverty and transport poverty, green jobs and skills, gender and equality aspects of the green transition, or other aspects of the fair transition towards climate neutrality. Proposals should link new modules on green transition to the data collection of European surveys, also integrating and harmonising what already exists at national and EU level.

R&D for the next generation of scientific instrumentation, tools, methods, solutions for RI upgrade

Code: 32103 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-TECH-01-01 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

The aim of this topic is to deliver innovative scientific instrumentation, tools, methods and solutions which advance the state-of-art of RIs in the EU and Associated Countries, and show transformative potential in RIs operation.

Enabling a network of EOSC federated and trustworthy repositories and enhancing the framework of generic and discipline specific services for data and other research digital objects

Code: 32100 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-EOSC-01-03 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

Providing access to data is one of the key elements of Open Science that promotes sound, and reproducible scientific research. Implementation of FAIR data principles throughout the research data life cycle is a key goal of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and digital repositories are the first line of implementation of such principles.
EOSC aims at federating European trustworthy repositories to enhance access and use of research data.

Supporting the EOSC Partnership in further consolidating the coordination and sustainability of the EOSC ecosystem

Code: 32098 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-EOSC-01-02 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

Support the further implementation of an effective pan-European cooperation framework and a thriving EOSC ecosystem in which stakeholders from all parts of the European Research Area pull together in a strategic and coordinated manner to ensure the achievement of the EOSC Partnership objectives.
Proposals should support the EOSC community at large by reinforcing the coordination mechanisms that link the EOSC partnership.

FAIR and open data sharing in support of the mission adaptation to climate change

Code: 32095 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-EOSC-01-01 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

The overall objective of this topic is to accelerate research and innovation under the mission climate adaptation through better access, management, interoperability, reuse and citation of digital information, to be achieved by using and integrating EOSC resources ranging from EOSC federated infrastructures, services and data to guidelines, best practices, tools and metrics for the management of FAIR and open data, and to extend these resources to the relevant climate adaptation domains that are less familiar with EOSC.

Consolidation of the RI landscape – Individual support for evolution, long term sustainability and emerging needs of pan-European research infrastructures

Code: 32093 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-DEV-01-03 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

This topic targets the consolidation of the EU RI landscape through the support, together with member countries, to the strengthening, long-term sustainability, reorientation or evolution of ESFRI Landmarks or other European Research Infrastructure Consortia (ERICs). Its specific scope could however be further defined to address specific emerging needs identified and agreed at EU level.

Strengthen the bilateral cooperation on research infrastructures with Africa

Code: 32091 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-DEV-01-02 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

This topic aims at fostering EU-Africa cooperation in Research Infrastructures, sharing of good practices and experiences to facilitate the development of a strategic approach for structuring RI capacities at pan-African level.

Research infrastructure concept development

Code: 32088 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-DEV-01-01 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

This topic aims at supporting the development of new concepts for the next generation of research infrastructures of European interest, single/multi sited, distributed or virtual, that none or few countries might individually be able to implement.
All fields of research can be considered.

New digital twins for Destination Earth

Code: 31996 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-TECH-01-03 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

Destination Earth, for which the operational capacity building is funded from the Digital Europe Programme, aims to develop a high precision digital model of the Earth to model, monitor and simulate natural phenomena and related human activities.

The aim is to develop new digital twin infrastructures that the core simulation, data fusion and supporting software infrastructures for high-performance computing and data handling can be seamlessly integrated with the Destination Earth platform components.

AR/VR-empowered digital twins for modelling complex phenomena in new RI application areas

Code: 31994 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-TECH-01-04 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

The aim of this topic is to deliver digital twin solutions which advance the state-of-art of European RIs and show transformative potential in RI operations. The solutions should pave way for new ways to conduct experiments by the RIs through AR/VR (augmented reality/virtual reality) empowered digital twins. Mixed reality (XR) technologies can also be considered.

The focus is on newer application areas, such as healthcare, safety and security, to understand complex real-world systems, particularly in application areas constrained by specific physical limitations (like radiation, pressure or temperature).

Implementing digital services to empower neuroscience research for health and brain inspired technology via EBRAINS

Code: 29603 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2022-SERV-B-01-01 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/06/2023 | End submission calls: 07/09/2023

Building on the EBRAINS architecture and base facilities developed under Horizon 2020, the scope of this action is to:

• To implement a user-friendly service infrastructure along the principles of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) to widely serve the research communities in neurosciences, brain medicine and brain-inspired cognitive technologies.
• To develop, integrate in EBRAINS.

Development of community-based approaches for ensuring and improving the quality of scientific software and code

Code: 25827 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-EOSC-01-02 Grant | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

The overall objective of this topic is to improve the quality of software and code, as well as the quality of other digital objects based on code such as workflows, computational models, etc.

Consolidation of the RI landscape – Individual support for evolution and long-term sustainability of pan-European research infrastructures

Code: 25825 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-DEV-01-03 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

This topic targets the consolidation of the EU RI landscape through the support, together with member countries, to the strengthening, long-term sustainability, reorientation or evolution of ESFRI Landmarks or other European Research Infrastructure Consortia (ERICs). Activities aimed at ensuring long-term sustainability include enlargement of the membership or broadening the base of participating countries, international cooperation, revision of business/funding plan, development of managerial and technical skills for RI staff, and structuring and strengthening of national nodes.

Preparation of common strategies for future development of RI technologies and services within broad RI communities

Code: 25821 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-DEV-01-05 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

The objective is to define common plans or roadmaps for future RI technology and services, including their digitalisation when relevant, and their long-term development pathways, taking into account the current state of the art, the international landscape and their environmental (including climate-related) impact and energy consumption.

Concept development for a research infrastructure to manage, integrate and sustain large medical cohort studies

Code: 25817 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-DEV-01-01 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

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.

New technologies and solutions for reducing the environmental and climate footprint of RIs

Code: 25803 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-TECH-01-01 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

The aim of this topic is to deliver innovative technologies and solutions which reduce the environmental and climate footprint of RIs through the full life cycle of research infrastructures. Proposals should identify common methodologies, among the concerned RIs, to assess environmental impact and strategies to reduce it, as well as efficiency gains in the broader ecosystem.

Next generation services for operational and sustainable EOSC Core Infrastructure

Code: 25800 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-EOSC-01-04 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

The EOSC-Core and EOSC-Exchange provide the technological backbone of the federated EOSC ecosystem, supported by the EOSC Interoperability Framework and guidelines, allowing users to discover, share, and exploit resources on the EOSC platform. Data-driven user experience is a fundamental aspect for further development of the EOSC Core, allowing user feedback for the continuous improvement of the EOSC platform’s functionality in an open manner.

Research infrastructure services advancing frontier knowledge

Code: 25797 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-SERV-01-02 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

This topic aims at providing trans-national access (on-site or remote) and/or virtual access to integrated and customised RI services for curiosity-driven research in wide scientific domains, offered by a wide range of complementary and interdisciplinary top level research infrastructures.

EOSC Architecture and Interoperability Framework

Code: 25790 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-EOSC-01-05 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

The EOSC Architecture and Interoperability Framework coordination and governance seeks to ensure that interoperability is built, encouraged and maintained with structure, fairness and transparency.

Achieving interoperability is essential in order to federate services, integrate data and enable interoperation with applications or workflows for analysis, storage and processing. The EOSC Interoperability Framework (EOSC IF) provides the procedures and services required to support a flexible framework of standards and guidelines that facilitate the interoperability and composability of EOSC resources in the EOSC-Exchange via the EOSC-Core.

Research infrastructure services advancing frontier knowledge: co-fund pilots with pan-European RIs and/or national RIs

Code: 25784 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-SERV-01-03 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

This topic aims at piloting the co-funding, with Member States and Associated Countries, of programmes of access to research infrastructures at EU level. The programme should provide trans-national access (on-site or remote) and/or virtual access to services offered by a set of similar or complementary advanced national or pan-European research infrastructures, to enable curiosity-driven interdisciplinary research. Proposals can address all scientific domains.

Research infrastructure services to enable R&I addressing main challenges and EU priorities

Code: 25780 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-SERV-01-01 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

This topic aims at providing trans-national access (on-site or remote) and/or virtual access to integrated and customized RI services for challenge-driven research and innovation in each of the areas listed below, offered by a wide range of complementary and interdisciplinary top level research infrastructures.

Implementing digital services to empower neuroscience research for health and brain inspired technology via EBRAINS

Code: 18748 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2022-SERV-01-01 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 01/06/2022 | End submission calls: 21/09/2022

Building on the EBRAINS architecture the scope of this action is to:
To implement a user-friendly service infrastructure along the principles of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) to widely serve the research communities in neurosciences, brain medicine and brain-inspired cognitive technologies.
To develop, integrate in EBRAINS.

Services and tools to underpin a research assessment system that incentivises open science practices

Code: 17667 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2022-EOSC-01-01 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

This topic supports the development of EOSC-federated services and tools that allow the gathering and monitoring of information and data on the use and uptake of research outputs and of open science practices across borders and disciplines. Such tools and services are essential to collect the information to be used for next generation metrics, together with qualitative indicators, in an assessment system that valorises open science.
Proposals should also aim to promote the adoption of community-led curation and annotation systems to foster qualitative aspects of a new generation research assessment system.

Improving and coordinating technical infrastructure for institutional open access publishing across Europe

Code: 17664 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2022-EOSC-01-02 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

This topic aims to improve efficiency, coordination and technological alignment among the network of institutional open access publishing infrastructures and to develop and provide the technical specifications to ensure interoperability, interconnection and improved quality of services to researchers. Proposals shall build on already existing and operational publishing services across Europe and embed the open access publishing network into the EOSC ecosystem.

Research infrastructure concept development

Code: 17625 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2022-DEV-01-01 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

This topic aims at supporting the development of new concepts for the next generation of research infrastructures of European interest, single/multi sited, distributed or virtual, that none or few countries might individually be able to afford. All fields of research can be considered.

Support for initiatives helping to generate global standards, specifications and recommendations for open sharing of FAIR research data, publications and software

Code: 17618 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2022-EOSC-01-04 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Project results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes:

• Standards, recommendations and methodologies essential for putting FAIR principles into practice and supporting the development of the EOSC ecosystem are developed in alignment with international efforts and practices;
• Contribute to the Horizon Europe EOSC Partnership.

FAIR and open data sharing in support of healthy oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters

Code: 17607 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2022-EOSC-01-03 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

The overall objective of this topic is to accelerate research and innovation under this mission area through better access, management, interoperability, reuse and citation of digital information, to be achieved by using and integrating EOSC resources ranging from EOSC federated infrastructures, services and data to guidelines, best practices, tools and metrics for the management of FAIR and open data, and to extend these resources to the relevant marine and maritime domains that are less familiar with EOSC.

R&D for the next generation of scientific instrumentation, tools and methods

Code: 17604 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2022-TECH-01-01 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

The aim of this topic is to deliver innovative scientific instrumentation, tools and methods, which advance the state-of-art of European RIs, and show transformative potential in RIs operation. The related developments, which underpin the provision of improved and advanced services, should lead research infrastructures to support new areas of research and/or a wider community of users, including industrial users.

Cooperation, synergies and networking between research infrastructures and technology infrastructures

Code: 17599 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2022-DEV-01-02 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Research infrastructures and technology infrastructures are among the key elements in the successful establishment of innovation ecosystems. Ranging from exploratory research facilities to testing, validation, and upscaling platforms, they enable technology development and innovation, providing SMEs and industry with the essential services that are needed to accelerate the entry into the market of innovative solutions supporting the twin green and digital transition and other socio-economic challenges.

Preparatory phase of new ESFRI research infrastructure projects

Code: 13507 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-DEV-02-01 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/09/2021 | End submission calls: 20/01/2022

This topic supports the preparatory phase of new ESFRI research infrastructure projects identified in the 2021 update of the ESFRI Roadmap. These ESFRI projects have been selected for the excellence of their scientific case and for their strategic importance for the European Research Area and the structuring of the European research infrastructure ecosystem.

Consolidation of the research infrastructure landscape – Individual support for ESFRI projects

Code: 13504 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-DEV-02-02 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/09/2021 | End submission calls: 20/01/2022

This topic targets the research infrastructure projects maintained on the 2016 ESFRI roadmap, for the excellence of their scientific case and their strategic importance for the European Research Area and the structure of the European research infrastructure ecosystem.

Innovative and customizable services for EOSC

Code: 12466 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EOSC-01-04 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The aim is to provide researchers with a set of highly innovative new services that would exploit, in a structural way, cloud-based EOSC technologies and European compute and data management capacities.

Deploying EOSC-Core components for FAIR

Code: 12463 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EOSC-01-03 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This Call enables the enforcement and implementation of the EOSC Persistent Identifier (PID) policy by developing tools, processes and additional infrastructure required to support use of PIDs to a maximal extent, for both the management and analysis of data, and also the publication, curation and tracking of research outputs. This should include a PID ‘meta resolver’ for EOSC or tools to support the alignment of PID infrastructure with the EOSC PID Policy. Proposals under this topic should also cover other research outputs, such as software, developing services based on open standards and common practices adopted by the different disciplines.

Supporting the development and coordination of activities of the EOSC Partnership

Code: 12460 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EOSC-01-02 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Proposals aim to support the development of an effective pan-European cooperation framework and a thriving EOSC ecosystem in which stakeholders from all parts of the European Research Area pull together in a strategic and coordinated manner to ensure the achievement of the EOSC Partnership objectives. Proposals should support the EOSC community at large by engaging and interacting with a large number of users and stakeholder communities, to monitor the uptake and (re)use of EOSC resources.

Supporting an EOSC-ready digitally skilled workforce

Code: 12451 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EOSC-01-01 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Development of new support material, curricula and learning pathways for researchers, data curators, and data stewards and new types of professionals. To ensure an efficient uptake and exploitation of data by Public Authorities (e.g. for evidence-based policy making), policy makers should also become skilled in data acquisition, management and analysis.

FAIR and open data sharing in support of cancer research

Code: 12449 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EOSC-01-06 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The overall objective of this topic is to accelerate research and innovation under this mission area through better access, management, interoperability and reuse of digital information, to be achieved by using and integrating EOSC resources ranging from EOSC federated infrastructures, services and data to guidelines, best practices, tools and metrics for the management of FAIR and open data. This should be achieved through cross-domain, strategic use cases of direct relevance to the mission areas and the European Partnerships supporting this mission area on cancer.

Enabling discovery and interoperability of federated research objects across scientific communities

Code: 12441 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EOSC-01-05 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Projects under this Call should align and support the development and implementation of common EOSC methodologies, open standards and frameworks to ensure wide uptake and coherent implementation of the FAIR principles, to support the FAIRness of the research digital objects made accessible through EOSC.

Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) for Research and Education Networks

Code: 12282 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-NET-01-01-FPA | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Interdisciplinary digital twins for modelling and simulating complex phenomena at the service of research infrastructure communities

Code: 12278 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-TECH-01-01 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Actions should develop digital twins that provide advanced modelling, simulation and prediction capabilities to RIs and their research communities through a convergent use of advanced digital technologies such as high performance computing, software, AI methods and big data analytics.

Research infrastructures services advancing frontier knowledge

Code: 12267 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-SERV-01-07 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This topic aims at providing trans-national access and/or virtual access to integrated and customised RI services for curiosity-driven research in wide scientific domains, offered by a wide range of complementary and interdisciplinary top level research infrastructures. Such scientific domains are identified on the basis of a Multi-Annual Priority Setting (MAPS) exercise aiming at achieving a balanced coverage of scientific disciplines addressed under the INFRASERV destination, ongoing grants offering access provision. Within identified domains, emerging areas of research can also be served. The MAPS follows the taxonomy used in the ESFRI Roadmap.

Enabling research infrastructure services for better use of imaging data to address challenges in thematic research areas

Code: 12264 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-SERV-01-06 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This Call aims to improve acquisition, quality, interoperability and analysis of imaging data from different disciplines (e.g.: health & food, climate and environmental research, digital transformation) as well as to promote the wider use of image analysis services based on AI in different scientific areas.

Research infrastructures services for sustainable and inclusive Global Value Chain and Europe recovery from socio-economic crises

Code: 12262 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-SERV-01-05 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This Call has a goal of establishing scientific evidence for developing the European Recovery Plan and the design of European policies for trade, production, employment and investments in relation to Global Value Chain. Also, aims of strengthening EU position on the global market.

Research infrastructures services enabling the development of materials for a circular economy

Code: 12260 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-SERV-01-04 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This Call aims to enhance and increase society’s long-term and consistent problem-solving capacity and evidence-based policy making in areas of sustainable materials and green transition, through the provision of innovative, customised and efficient RI services. Also, it aims to achieve the development of a world-class European research and technology ecosystem underpinning the development of materials and materials processing and the related value chains in order to cross-fertilisation and a wider sharing of knowledge and technologies across the various disciplines that contribute to materials for a circular economy.

Research infrastructures services for responding to climate-related risks on the environment

Code: 12257 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-SERV-01-03 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This Call aims to enhance and increase society’s long-term and consistent problem-solving capacity and evidence-based policy making in areas of climate-related risks, risk management, health and green transition, including a better understanding of socio economic implications, through the provision of innovative, customised and efficient RI services. Also it aims to achieve harmonisation of data policies and management of IPRs.

Research infrastructures services to support research addressing cancer

Code: 12244 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-SERV-01-01 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Proposals under this topic aim at integrating at EU level and providing access to a wide and inclusive portfolio of complementary research infrastructure services, including data services, and customised workflows supporting R&I projects along the development pipeline from discovery research to personalised treatment of cancer.

Support to the e-Infrastructure Reflection Group (e-IRG)

Code: 12238 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-DEV-01-05 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The e-Infrastructure Reflection Group (e-IRG) brings together representatives from policy makers, funding bodies and the scientific community from the Member States and Associated Countries to provide advice on policy-making towards inclusive, federated, user-driven and resilient e-Infrastructures and connected services.

Support to National Contact Points (NCPs) for Research Infrastructures

Code: 12236 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-DEV-01-04 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Proposals should aim to facilitate trans-national co-operation between National Contact Points (NCPs) with a view to identifying and sharing good practices and raising the general standard of support to programme applicants.

Transition to digital/remote research infrastructure service provision: lessons learnt, needs and best practices

Code: 12229 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-DEV-01-03 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The provision of digital and remote research infrastructure services has proved its effectiveness during the COVID-19 emergency/lockdown. Such an approach would also contribute to a sustainable and effective ecosystem of research infrastructures, and, more in general, to a more sustainable society.

Strengthen the bilateral cooperation on research infrastructures with Africa: improving the knowledge base on climate change in Africa

Code: 12227 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-DEV-01-02 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This topic aims at fostering EU-Africa cooperation to enhance climate (including Green House Gas and Short Lived Climate Forcers – GHG and SLCF) observation capacity across Africa. EU-Africa cooperation in the field of GHG observation will also include sharing of good practices and experiences to facilitate the development of a strategic approach for structuring R&I capacities at pan-African level.

Support to the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures

Code: 12215 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-DEV-01-01 | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) brings together policy makers, funding bodies and the scientific community to identify joint investment priorities for pan-European research infrastructures as well as foster their implementation, sustainability and impact. A comprehensive and efficient support structure is essential for the effective execution of ESFRI tasks and activities.

Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) for Research and Education Networks

Code: 9734 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-NET-01-01-FPA | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 02/09/2021

The aim is to provide connectivity in the European Research Area (ERA) in multiples of 100 Gbps, paving the way for Terabit connectivity in certain areas where higher bandwidth is required for both disciplinary and interdisciplinary research collaboration amongst the researchers and scientists across Europe and beyond.

Research infrastructure services for rapid research responses to COVID-19 and other infectious disease epidemics

Code: 3685 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EMERGENCY-02   | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 13/04/2021 | End submission calls: 06/05/2021

Proposals under this action, will integrate research infrastructure services to form a comprehensive and inclusive portfolio to support research in response to infectious disease epidemics or underpinning respective forefront research in the field. As a first immediate challenge, the delivered services should support research targeting newly emerging SARS-Cov-2 variants and addressing the on-going COVID-19 pandemic.

FAIR and open data sharing in support to European preparedness for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases

Code: 3688 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EMERGENCY-01   | Programme name: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 13/04/2021 | End submission calls: 06/05/2021

This action responds to the need to enable researchers, health care professionals and society to share, access, analyse, link and process research data and other research digital objects across disciplines and national borders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as for future pandemic situations.