Infrastructure and international cooperation in research and knowledge transfer: supporting access to key infrastructures and pan-European research − lessons learned

Concetta Fazio,Walter Ambrosini,Dario Manara,Arjan Plompen,Karl-Fredrik Nilsson,Rosa Lo Frano,Pedro Dieguez,Stéphane Bourg,Jean-Claude Bouchter,Andrea Bucalossi,Rik-Wouter Bosch,Leon Cizelj

doi:10.1051/epjn/2019019

Abstract

Access to research infrastructures has been supported by the European Commission under different financial schemes. During the 6th EURATOM Framework Programme the instrument introduced by the European Commission were the Integrated Infrastructure Initiatives (I-3). Moreover, funding schemes to support Education and Training for students and professional developments were defined also. The main difference between these two funding schemes is that I-3 are topic-driven projects with access to infrastructure components, while the Education and Training related projects have a mobility component that is applied for the different research topics. The outcome of projects as TALISMAN (I-3), EFNUDAT/NUDAME (I-3), GENTLE (mobility), ENEN-plus (mobility), NUGENIA-plus (mobility within TA of NUGENIA) and ESNII-plus (I-3 similar) will be shortly presented as well as the future European Commission plans in the field of access to research infrastructure.

Highlights

Pooling and integration of research infrastructures as well as their access had the objective to promote in Europe the development of networks with high quality research infrastructures and their optimum use on a European scale based on the needs expressed by the research community
Access to research infrastructures has been supported by the European Commission under different financial schemes
During the 6th EURATOM Framework Programme the instrument introduced by the European Commission were the Integrated Infrastructure Initiatives (I-3)

Summary

Introduction

Pooling and integration of research infrastructures as well as their access had the objective to promote in Europe the development of networks with high quality research infrastructures and their optimum use on a European scale based on the needs expressed by the research community. An overview of the above listed projects will be given and more in particular the outcome of the mobility grants implemented in the projects TALISMAN, GENTLE and NUGENIA-plus will be discussed in terms of organisation of the access to the infrastructures and achievements. This manuscript includes the recent initiative of the Joint Research Centre to grant access to its research infrastructures

Transnational access to research infrastructure

TALISMAN

NUGENIA-PLUS

GENTLE