Strengthening the potential of the EOSC for knowledge valorisation and industry-academia collaboration (EOSC Partnership)
Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes: Better overview of the identified opportunities and barriers of the EU’s current legal framework on intellectual property (patents, copyright, licenses etc.) for researchers to valorise knowledge resources provided and/or processed in the EOSC Federation. Organisations contributing resources to the EOSC Federation have improved capacity, stronger…
Funding and competition
- 2grants expected (official)
- €2.5M–€4MEU contribution per project
- €5.6Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
- 44projects funded in earlier topics of this programme line
Very few grants: expect strong competition. Only proposals well above threshold are funded, so a clearly differentiated idea and a complete consortium are essential.
Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.
Organisations with a track record in this topic
Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.
Spanish organisations with experience in this field
The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.
| Organisation | Country | Type | Similar EU projects | As coordinator | Examples (CORDIS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas Madrid | Spain | Research organisation | 16 | 3 | EOSC Mesh, EOSC-CONNECT, EOSCpilot |
| Universitat Politecnica De Valencia Valencia | Spain | University | 7 | 0 | EOSC Mesh, EOSC-synergy, EOSC Data Commons |
| Barcelona Supercomputing Center Centro Nacional De Supercomputacion Barcelona | Spain | Research organisation | 8 | 0 | EOSCpilot, EOSC-synergy, EOSC-hub |
| E-Science European Infrastructure For Biodiversity And Ecosystem Research Sevilla | Spain | Research organisation | 5 | 0 | EOSC Mesh, RenAI, EOSC Beyond |
| Instituto Aragones De Ciencias De La Salud Zaragoza | Spain | Research organisation | 3 | 0 | EOSC United, EOSC Mesh, BY-COVID |
| Atrineo Iberia, Sociedad Limitada Las Palmas De Gran Canaria | Spain | Company | 3 | 0 | CLIMATE-HUBS, Valleys, VALORAI |
| Splorotech Sl Pamplona | Spain | Company · SME | 2 | 1 | Skills4Valorisation, Valleys |
| Fundacio Centre De Regulacio Genomica Barcelona | Spain | Research organisation | 4 | 0 | EOSCpilot, BY-COVID, EOSC-ENTRUST |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 21partners (median)
- 9countries (median)
- 21%of partners are SMEs
Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.
Most similar funded projects
Read their CORDIS pages to see the full consortium, results and deliverables.
- EOSC United – Coordination and Support Action for the Future engagement model for the EOSC Federation (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-INFRA-2024-EOSC-02-01)
- EOSC Mesh – EOSC Mesh: Connecting Nodes to Advance the EOSC Federation (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-EOSC-01)
- EOSC Gravity – Supporting the EOSC Partnership in further consolidating the coordination and sustainability of the EOSC ecosystem (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-INFRA-2024-EOSC-01-02)
- EOSC-CONNECT – Connecting National Nodes to the EOSC Federation (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-EOSC-01)
- NI4OS-Europe – National Initiatives for Open Science in Europe (H2020 · 2019 · INFRAEOSC-05-2018-2019)
- CO-VALUE – Citizen-Oriented Valorisation for Advancement, Learning and Uptake in Europe (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-03)
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