Call updates

Jun 22, 2021 4:20:02 PM
The submission session is now available for: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EOSC-01-01(HORIZON-CSA), HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EOSC-01-06(HORIZON-RIA), HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EOSC-01-03(HORIZON-RIA), HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EOSC-01-05(HORIZON-CSA), HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EOSC-01-04(HORIZON-RIA), HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EOSC-01-02(HORIZON-CSA)

Supporting the development and coordination of activities of the EOSC Partnership
TOPIC ID: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EOSC-01-02

Programme: Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON)
Call: Enabling an operational, open and FAIR EOSC ecosystem (2021) (HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EOSC-01)
Type of action: HORIZON-CSA HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
Type of MGA: HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based [HORIZON-AG]
Deadline model: single-stage
Planned opening date: 22 June 2021
Deadline date: 23 September 2021 17:00:00 Brussels time

Topic description

ExpectedOutcome:

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

• EOSC has a consolidated and engaged community across the European Research Area with an increasing number of users and service providers able to offer and consume resources based on the EOSC rules of participation;
• well-coordinated activities underpinned by a consistent monitoring framework contribute to the achievement of the EOSC Partnership objectives;
• effective business models are defined to guarantee future sustainability and development of EOSC as a key element of open science;
• facilitated access to information to and from all EOSC stakeholders across countries, institutions, networks and initiatives.

Scope:

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.

Proposals are expected to cover the following activities:

• Further develop and update the Strategic Research and Innovation agenda (SRIA) for EOSC and corresponding detailed roadmaps in early consultation with the wider research community in Europe in full transparency and openness. The agenda should cover all aspects required for the development of the EOSC-Core, Minimum Viable EOSC and the future widening to the public and private sector as well as support the alignment of the contributions to EOSC at national, regional, institutional and scientific community level.
• Facilitate an effective cooperation between and organise the concertation of EOSC-relevant projects, monitoring their results and ensuring that relevant outcomes are identified and serve as a baseline for future developments. Beyond EOSC-relevant projects, proposals should engage with the community through the organisation of a Stakeholders forum targeting research communities across disciplines and countries, including the ESFRI clusters, national and regional infrastructures and the long tail of science.
• Based on the work already undertaken in the context of the EOSC Partnership and of the EOSC Landscape Working Group[1], consolidate, continuously update and monitor EOSC key performance indicators (KPI's), investments and FAIR data production and management, in order to assess the success of EOSC and its implementation at the different levels (national, regional, institutional and scientific community). The monitoring activities should also consider the results of the European Research Data Landscape study launched by the European Commission[2] in order to provide a living picture of the research data ecosystem in Europe.
• Develop a cooperation framework to implement the EOSC rules of participation.
• Effectively cooperate and establish links with other selected Horizon Europe Partnerships as well as with other relevant initiatives, including sectoral data spaces. Participate and represent EOSC Partnership stakeholders in international cooperation activities to foster global Open Science commons avoiding any overlap with existing efforts by the communities.
• Develop and test cost models and future business models for a lasting long-term sustainability framework, building on the work performed by the EOSC Sustainability Working Group[3] and the studies already conducted as well as on the findings in this area of EOSC related projects.

The selected project will be expected to align with the EOSC Partnership. Proposals should involve and be driven by one or more representatives of the relevant actors of the field, in particular those directly involved in the EOSC Partnership.

Cross-cutting Priorities:
EOSC and FAIR data
Co-programmed European Partnerships

[1]https://www.eoscsecretariat.eu/working-groups/landscape-working-group

[2]RTD/2020/SC/018 – “European research data landscape”, study procured via the Framework Contract 2018/RTD/A2/OP/PP-07001-2018 “Impact Assessments, Evaluations, foresight and Strategic Analyses of Research and Innovation policies and programmes”: https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=3490. Results of the study will be published openly in the first quarter of 2022 and interim reports will be shared with the EOSC Association.

[3]https://www.eoscsecretariat.eu/working-groups/sustainability-working-group