European UnionDeadline PassedNon-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution, Other
Data stewards, skills and training for Open Science and FAIR practices
HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-EOSC-04
Funding Amount
€5.0M - €8.0M
Deadline
18/09/2025
Eligible Organization Types
Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution, Other
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What is the Data stewards, skills and training for Open Science and FAIR practices Call?
Grant Description
This Coordination and Support Action aims to professionalise data steward roles and mainstream Open Science and FAIR data practices across Europe by defining consistent core curricula, enhancing data management skills for diverse research career stages, strengthening and expanding competence networks, and developing a sustainable European coordination model. It addresses gaps in recognition of data curation careers and promotes interoperability and trustworthiness in FAIR digital object manageme...
Required Results for Successful Funding
Expected Outcomes
• A harmonised set of core curricula for data stewards across Europe, promoting uniform adoption of Open Science and FAIR data principles.
• Tangible enhancement of data steward competencies, enabling effective management, curation and interpretation of complex research data.
• Broadened integration of Open Science education at all research career stages via standardised, modular open science training materials.
• Creation and standardisation of open science curricula tailored to diverse researcher profiles, facilitating cross-disciplinary collaboration and consistency in practice.
• Expansion and reinforcement of competence networks, extending their reach across countries and disciplines and improving preparedness to support EOSC uptake.
• Establishment of a sustainable, scalable coordination network model that fosters synergies, continued growth and the evolution of training curricula.
• Mainstreamed, transparent and interoperable Open Science workflows and FAIR digital object management that enhance research efficiency, trustworthiness and reuse potential.
• Tangible enhancement of data steward competencies, enabling effective management, curation and interpretation of complex research data.
• Broadened integration of Open Science education at all research career stages via standardised, modular open science training materials.
• Creation and standardisation of open science curricula tailored to diverse researcher profiles, facilitating cross-disciplinary collaboration and consistency in practice.
• Expansion and reinforcement of competence networks, extending their reach across countries and disciplines and improving preparedness to support EOSC uptake.
• Establishment of a sustainable, scalable coordination network model that fosters synergies, continued growth and the evolution of training curricula.
• Mainstreamed, transparent and interoperable Open Science workflows and FAIR digital object management that enhance research efficiency, trustworthiness and reuse potential.
Funded areas
Scope Requirements
• Professionalisation of data stewardship profiles at all career levels through the definition and roll-out of consistent core curricula across Europe.
• Embedding and mainstreaming Open Science and FAIR data management practices within researcher and support-staff training, ensuring adaptability to national, institutional and disciplinary contexts.
• Strengthening and expanding competence centres and networks by coordinating existing initiatives at national and European levels.
• Fostering recognition of data stewardship and Open Science skills in research assessment and career frameworks.
• Alignment with the European Competence Framework for Researchers (Research Comp) and the revised European Charter for Researchers.
• Synergies with the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment and the EOSC Partnership.
• Engagement with related projects (e.g. Skills 4 EOSC, FAIR-IMPACT) and cooperation with HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-EOSC-02 funded actions.
• Ensuring mechanisms for ongoing monitoring, quality assurance and evolution of curricula and training materials.
• Tailored support provisions for underrepresented countries, early-career cohorts and less-structured communities.
• Embedding and mainstreaming Open Science and FAIR data management practices within researcher and support-staff training, ensuring adaptability to national, institutional and disciplinary contexts.
• Strengthening and expanding competence centres and networks by coordinating existing initiatives at national and European levels.
• Fostering recognition of data stewardship and Open Science skills in research assessment and career frameworks.
• Alignment with the European Competence Framework for Researchers (Research Comp) and the revised European Charter for Researchers.
• Synergies with the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment and the EOSC Partnership.
• Engagement with related projects (e.g. Skills 4 EOSC, FAIR-IMPACT) and cooperation with HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-EOSC-02 funded actions.
• Ensuring mechanisms for ongoing monitoring, quality assurance and evolution of curricula and training materials.
• Tailored support provisions for underrepresented countries, early-career cohorts and less-structured communities.
Additional Conditions for Applicants
Special Conditions
• Action type: HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions (CSA) under a lump sum grant model (HORIZON-AG-LS).
• Eligible costs and reporting: lump sums as defined in the Simplified Costs Decision; detailed budget table required.
• Third-party grants: maximum EUR 60 000 per beneficiary, only in grant form.
• Data and results management: beneficiaries must deposit generated research data in an EOSC-federated trusted repository and grant royalty-free access to results to the EOSC Association for policy and strategy monitoring.
• Admissibility: comply with Horizon Europe Annexes A–G (page limits, layout, eligible countries, financial capacity, evaluation procedures).
• Evaluation criterion ‘Impact’ includes the quality and extent of coordination with relevant EOSC governance structures and other funded projects.
• Use of standard CSA application forms and adherence to model grant agreement provisions; legal entity validation and financial capacity assessment required.
• Coordination with EOSC Federation operators to align with federation policies on data interoperability standards, persistent identifiers and resource discovery.
• Eligible costs and reporting: lump sums as defined in the Simplified Costs Decision; detailed budget table required.
• Third-party grants: maximum EUR 60 000 per beneficiary, only in grant form.
• Data and results management: beneficiaries must deposit generated research data in an EOSC-federated trusted repository and grant royalty-free access to results to the EOSC Association for policy and strategy monitoring.
• Admissibility: comply with Horizon Europe Annexes A–G (page limits, layout, eligible countries, financial capacity, evaluation procedures).
• Evaluation criterion ‘Impact’ includes the quality and extent of coordination with relevant EOSC governance structures and other funded projects.
• Use of standard CSA application forms and adherence to model grant agreement provisions; legal entity validation and financial capacity assessment required.
• Coordination with EOSC Federation operators to align with federation policies on data interoperability standards, persistent identifiers and resource discovery.
Important dates
Open from: 06/05/2025
Deadline:18/09/2025
Application period has ended
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