Deadline: 9-Mar-23
The European Commission (EC) is seeking proposals for the Preparation of Common Strategies for Future Development of RI Technologies.
Scope
- Proposals should analyse long-term scientific developments and trends in wide scientific domains, and how to enhance research capacities to support them. In the chosen domain, proposals should identify the future research infrastructure needs for technology or innovation, as well as service gaps in relation to key scientific challenges and policy priorities. 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.
- Actions under this topic should be carried out by thematic consortia of research infrastructures. Closer collaboration with and involvement of ESFRI clusters and related research infrastructures is needed to ensure appropriate thematic coverage of the RI landscape, foster a coordinated development of these common plans or roadmaps, reducing the risk of overlaps between future services, and improve the division of tasks among research infrastructures. Other partners needed to address the above mentioned objective can also be included in the consortia.
Funding Information
The check will normally be done for the coordinator if the requested grant amount is equal to or greater than EUR 500 000, except for:
- public bodies (entities established as a public body under national law, including local, regional or national authorities) or international organisations; and
- cases where the individual requested grant amount is not more than EUR 60 000 (lowvalue grant).
Expected Outcomes
Project results are expected to contribute to all the following outcomes:
- More comprehensive analysis of research infrastructure services available to European scientists;
- Analysis of technology needs and service gaps in European research infrastructures at strategic level;
- Common long-term strategies for development of technologies and services in pan-European Research Infrastructures;
- More effective RI landscape in Europe;
- Increased capacity of European RIs to respond to emerging needs;
- Better integration of the research infrastructure communities across the thematic areas.
Eligibility Criteria
- To become a beneficiary, legal entities must be eligible for funding.
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To be eligible for funding, applicants must be established in one of the following countries:
- the Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions,
- the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States,
- countries associated to Horizon Europe;
- the following low- and middle-income countries.
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