Open Science Infrastructure
Open Science Infrastructure
Up to €1.5M
22/04/2025
Research Institution, Public Institution
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What is the Open Science Infrastructure Call?
Expected Outcomes
• Enable open access to and sharing of diverse research outputs (data, software, publications, hardware, creative works, replication studies).
• Embed and support open science workflows and practices (e.g. reproducibility, preregistration, open peer review, citizen science, societal engagement).
• Demonstrate clear plans for long-term sustainability, including governance, funding models and software maintenance.
• Are interoperable, FAIR-compliant and adhere to community standards.
• Foster cross-institutional and/or cross-domain collaboration to maximize impact and reusability of the developed infrastructure.
Scope Requirements
• Proposals may be domain-agnostic or restricted to one or more research domains.
• Two application types:
– Type 1 (Small): up to €250 000, max 2‐year duration, for improvements/extensions of existing infrastructure or pilots for new.
– Type 2 (Large): €250 000–€1 500 000, max 4‐year duration, for improvements/extensions of existing infrastructure.
• Detailed budget justification per cost category (see section 7.1 of the call).
• Applicants must use the official ISAAC forms (pre-proposal and full proposal forms, budget form, optional software management plan template, optional continuity guarantee).
Special Conditions
• Participant roles: main applicant, co-applicant(s), cooperation partner(s) (optional).
• In Type 1 applications co-applicants are optional; in Type 2 at least one co-applicant from a second eligible institution is mandatory.
• A main applicant may submit at most one Type 1 and one Type 2 proposal (max two total).
• Co-funding is not permitted.
• Applications must be submitted via the ISAAC system by the deadlines: pre-proposal by 5 Nov 2024, full proposal by 22 Apr 2025 (both 14:00 local time).
• Use provided templates; failure to comply may render proposals ineligible.
• Full proposals must include sustainability plans (including software sustainability if relevant).
Deadline:22/04/2025
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