Second call to Member States to submit further applications on behalf of their candidate laboratories for designation of EURLs
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8 abril, 2025To support the research communities to take up open science and foster the involvement of scientists in EOSC, OSCARS has launched two Open Calls (in total worth about 16 million Euro) to select third-parties for the development of new, innovative Open Science projects or services, that together will drive the uptake of FAIR-data-intensive research throughout the European Research Area (ERA). Projects can be proposed in the field of any of the Science Clusters and beyond, by any researcher or group of researchers. Selected projects will be funded through a cascading grant mechanism. The first Open Call was launched on the 15th of March 2024.
Who is eligible?
Research Infrastructures, Universities, Institutes, SMEs and large companies, consortia as well as individual researchers.
Individual researchers, or a group of researchers, in different countries of the EU, Associated Countries and beyond can apply with their own affiliation (a university or a research institute). A Science Cluster by itself cannot apply.
Eligibility to access EU funding will be assessed. Note that third parties receiving financial support are not subject to the rules on eligibility for funding provided in Article 23 of the HE Regulation. At the same time, we draw your attention to 13. General Annexes to the Work Programme 2023-2024, p. 8, which excludes entities subject to EU restrictive measures as well as legal entities established in Russia, Belarus, or in non-government controlled territories of Ukraine from receiving financial support to third parties.
Proposals will be evaluated by an Independent Evaluation Committee (IEC), that will be composed of top scientists, experts in FAIR data science and representatives of the European research communities. The IEC will evaluate all eligible proposals that have been submitted and produce a ranking list together with funding recommendations.
The IEC’s ranking list and funding recommendation will be forwarded to the Project Management Board – PMB, who will verify and confirm that the evaluation process has been carried out in full transparency and in accordance with EC rules. The final selection of projects to be funded will be confirmed by the Science Clusters Board (SCB). We are keen to maximize the impact of our funding by supporting a diverse range of innovative projects from different communities and organisations. High quality applications by organisations that have not received funding in the 1st OSCARS Open Call, for subjects distinct from those previously supported, will therefore be prioritised in the 2nd Open Call.
Funding is then provided after successful conclusion of a Third-Party Project Agreement (TPPA).
Deadline: May 14, 2025.