Deadline: 9-Mar-23
The European Commission (EC) is requesting proposals for its Consolidation of the RI landscape – Individual support for the evolution and long-term sustainability of pan-European research infrastructures.
Scope
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. Support can also be provided to the development of solutions helping the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic consequences on service provision, such as extension of remote and virtual access, or on the management of the infrastructure itself. Activities for reorientation or evolution should fill gaps in the RI landscape, enabling the RI to address new research or societal challenges and/or serve new user communities, increasing and improving service capacity and/or integrating new resources/facilities. Proposals should explain any synergies and complementarities with previous or current EU grants.
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 several of the following expected outcomes:
- better structured and strengthened European research infrastructure landscape;
- new services available to a wider user community, including participants in other parts of Horizon Europe, allowing to better tackle scientific and societal challenges;
- increased capacity to address EU policy priorities and/or support EU industry;
- reinforced global competitiveness of the European Research Area;
- reduction of environmental (including climate-related) impacts as well as optimisation of resource and energy consumption integrated through the full life cycle of research infrastructures;
- increased long-term sustainability of European research infrastructures.
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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