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European Open Science Cloud - Expanding Capacities by building Capabilities

Project description

Furthering the vision of open science

As part of the Digital Agenda the EC invited Member States, Researchers and Industry to participate in the construction of EOSC. In this context, in order to support the implementation of EOSC-relevant national initiatives, the EU funded the project EOSC-synergy (INFRAEOSC-05(b)). In the upcoming 3 years EOSC-synergy will contribute to the EOSC implementation by expanding national e-infrastructures and building human capacities in EOSC. In practice this means more compute and storage available, more datasets and tools to expand avenues of research. The consortium includes relevant research infrastructures in Spain, Portugal, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Netherlands UK, and EGI.eu. EOSC-synergy will also acts as the bridge of EOSC towards South America by building on the IBERGRID links with this region.

Objective

EOSC-synergy extends the EOSC coordination to nine participating countries by harmonizing policies and federating relevant national research e-Infrastructures, scientific data and thematic services, bridging the gap between national initiatives and EOSC.

The project introduces new capabilities by opening national thematic services to European access, thus expanding the EOSC offer in the Environment, Climate Change, Earth Observation and Life Sciences. This will be supported by an expansion of the capacity through the federation of compute, storage and data resources aligned with the EOSC and FAIR policies and practices.

EOSC-synergy builds on the expertise of leading research organizations, infrastructure providers, NRENs and user communities from Spain, Portugal, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Netherlands, United Kingdom and France, all already committed to the EOSC vision and already involved in related activities at national and international level. Furthermore, we will expand EOSC’s global reach by integrating infrastructure and data providers beyond Europe, fostering international collaboration and open new resources to European researchers.

The project will push the EOSC state-of-the-art in software and services life-cycle through a quality-driven approach to services integration that will promote the convergence and alignment towards EOSC standards and best practices. This will be complemented by the expansion of the EOSC training and education capabilities through the introduction of an on-line platform aimed at boosting the development of EOSC skills and competences.

EOSC-synergy complements on-going activities in EOSC-hub and other related projects liaising national bodies and infrastructures with other upcoming governance, data and national coordination projects.

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RIA - Research and Innovation action

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Call for proposal

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(opens in new window) H2020-INFRAEOSC-2018-2020

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AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
Net EU contribution

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€ 547 250,00
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Total cost

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€ 1 186 750,00

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