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ESFRI, the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures, is a strategic instrument to develop the scientific integration of Europe and to strengthen its international outreach. The competitive and open access to high quality Research Infrastructures supports and benchmarks the quality of the activities of European scientists, and attracts the best researchers from around the world.
The mission of ESFRI is to support a coherent and strategy-led approach to policy-making on research infrastructures in Europe, and to facilitate multilateral initiatives leading to the better use and development of research infrastructures, at EU and international level.
ESFRI's delegates are nominated by the Research Ministers of the Member and Associate Countries, and include a representative of the Commission, working together to develop a joint vision and a common strategy. This strategy aims at overcoming the limits due to fragmentation of individual policies and provides Europe with the most up-to-date Research Infrastructures, responding to the rapidly evolving Science frontiers, advancing also the knowledge-based technologies and their extended use.
Since it was formed in 2002 at the behest of the European Council, ESFRI has witnessed significant advances towards unity and international impact in the field of research infrastructures. The publication of the first Roadmap for pan-European research infrastructures in 2006 was a key contributing factor, and several projects are now entering the realization phase. The Forum is determined to sustain the momentum in the implementation of the projects on the Roadmap, to expand the outreach to those scientific fields which are still evolving their conceptual approach in this direction, and to increase the involvement of all Countries by developing ad-hoc Regional policies. The first update of the ESFRI Roadmap is scheduled for release at the end of this year, in the Fifth European Conference on Research Infrastructures to be held in Paris on 9 and 10 December 2008.
To keep Europe at the rapidly evolving forefront of science and technology, and to increase the capacity to meet the needs of the EU and World scientific community, much remains to be done: ESFRI looks forward to the challenging times ahead.
Prof. Carlo Rizzuto
ESFRI Chair
Highlights
September 2009: ESFRI Roadmap: Call for new projects in the fields of Energy and Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Biotechnology
Deadline for submission of proposals has been extended by one month to 31 December 2009.
In the framework of the 2010 Update of the ESFRI Roadmap, proposals for new (or major upgrades of) research infrastructures of pan-European relevance are invited in the specific fields of Energy (Energy Thematic Working Group) and Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Biotechnology (incl. Systems biology) (Biological and Medical Sciences Thematic Working Group). Proposals should be submitted to ESFRI EXCLUSIVELY via at least one National ESFRI Delegation (updated list of ESFRI Delegates) and/or by a Council of an EIROForum member organization. The deadline for proposal submission is Monday 31 December 2009. Please consult the procedure and the template for submission.
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Last update on: 2009-11-17