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February 2009
Research Infrastructures (incl. e-infrastructures) are:
Facilities, resources, and related services usedby the scientific community for Conducting leading-edge research Knowledge transmission, knowledge exchanges
and knowledge preservation Today Research Infrastructures include
Major scientific equipment Scientific collections, archives, structured
information ICT-based infrastructures
Europe has a long-standing tradition of excellence
Growing use of the e-infrastructure:
the case of GÉANT
Some thoughts…
Information is NOT knowledge; knowledge creation involves a complex process… the knowledge triangle within which research infrastructures are key elements
ResearchResearch EducationEducation
InnovatioInnovationn
Research infrastructur
esKnowledg
e «industry
»
European RIs are faced with a wide spectrum of issues
Globally unique to Regionally distributed; Many stakeholders (from ministries to researchers); Lack of funding (public and private) to face increasing
cost / complexity of RIs; Need to improve the efficiency of research services;
Underlying and growing use of e-infrastructures;Integrating datasets and models;
Single countries do not have the critical mass: a need for cooperation;
Opportunities but difficulties of interaction between researchers and other stakeholders (e.g. statisticians?)
The case of Social Sciences &
Humanities
CESSDA & remote access to Official Statistics
DARIAH
SHARE
CLARIN
5 Pro
jects in
development
ESFRI European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures
CESSDA
www.nsd.uib.no/cessda
Council of European Social Science Data Archives
Distributed infrastructure providing efficient data services and facilitating access of researchers to high quality data
CESSDA includes 20 European social sciences data archives; exists since over thirty years; holds some 25,000 data collections
The CESSDA Preparatory Phase aims at enabling the transition of CESSDA from an informal grouping of data archives to a formally constituted European Research Infrastructure (ERI)
Next call for Proposals under FP7 (research)
Open to Integrating Activities (I3), i.e. networking, joint research and transnational access / research services;
Opening Sept 09 (closing early Dec 09) allowing first contracts by second half 2010; EC support for 3 to 4 years; up to 10 M€ funding;
Targeted approach: for example, two topics: European Social Science Data Archives and remote
access to Official Statistics; Experts recommend collaboration between CESSDA & Official Statistics;
Integrating datasets / models for analysis, design, development of economic, social & other policies.
For further information
ESFRI on CORDIS http://cordis.europa.eu/esfri/
FP7 and Capacities Specific Programme http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/capacities/
Research Infrastructures on CORDIS (FP6) http://cordis.europa.eu/infrastructures/
Research Infrastructures in Europa http://ec.europa.eu/research/infrastructures