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Consolidation of the research infrastructure landscape – development of complementarities, synergies and/or integration between a set of pan-European research infrastructures

Funder
European Commission · Horizon Europe · Research Infrastructures
Award amount
€2,000,000 – €5,000,000
Deadline
June 15, 2027
Eligible countries
European Union, United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Israel, Global

Summary

Forthcoming EU call topic HORIZON-INFRA-2027-DEV-01-02 · HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions. Part of call HORIZON-INFRA-2027-01: Research Infrastructures 2027. Opens 2027-03-09; next deadline 2027-06-15. Topic page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-INFRA-2027-DEV-01-02

Expected Outcome: Project results are expected to contribute to several of the following expected outcomes: - better structured, integrated and strengthened European research infrastructure landscape; - solid concepts and/or comprehensive plans for the integrated research infrastructures, to support decision making at national and European level, leading to increased sustainability, operational and financial efficiency; - increased synergies between research infrastructures; - increased capacity to address EU policy priorities and/or support EU industry; - reinforced global competitiveness and attractiveness of the European Research Area.

Scope: This topic targets the consolidation and improved functioning of the EU RI landscape through the support to the development of complementarities, synergies and/or integration between a set (two or more) of ESFRI Landmarks and/or other European Research Infrastructure Consortia (ERICs) or, if duly justified, between one ESFRI Landmark or ERIC and other European research infrastructures of European interest[1]. Proposals could address either a tighter operational integration between infrastructures, or instead the feasibility and the planning of a merging between infrastructures, which could be targeted in future by a specific topic. The rationale and the potential benefits of the planned consolidation action should be clearly spelled out in the proposals. When addressing an operational integration, projects will develop complementarities and/or synergies between infrastructures, at thematic and/or cross-disciplinary level, to optimise the functioning of the RI landscape. The…

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