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ForthcomingHorizon Europe

Consolidation of the research infrastructure landscape – individual support for evolution, long-term sustainability and emerging needs of pan-European research infrastructures

Project results are expected to contribute to several of the following expected outcomes: better structured and strengthened European research infrastructure landscape; new services available to a wider user community, including participants in other parts of Horizon Europe, allowing to better tackle scientific and societal challenges; increased capacity to address EU policy priorities and/or socio-economic…

Deadline 15 Jun 2027Opens 9 Mar 2027Budget €29.4MIndicative grants 8EU contribution per project €3M–€4.5MSingle stageHORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

Funding and competition

  • 8grants expected (official)
  • €3M–€4.5MEU contribution per project
  • €3.2Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
  • 100projects funded in earlier topics of this programme line

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.

OrganisationCountryTypeSimilar EU projectsAs coordinatorExamples (CORDIS)
Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique Cnrs
Paris
FranceResearch organisation212SOLARIZE, EMSO EVOLVE, ENVRINNOV
Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
Roma
ItalyResearch organisation181EMSO EVOLVE, ELIXIR-STEERS, MIRRI-FIRM
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
Madrid
SpainResearch organisation150ELIXIR-STEERS, ACTRIS NEXT, eLTER
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg
GermanyResearch organisation92ERIC Forum, ELIXIR-STEERS, EVOLVE
Integrated Carbon Observation System European Research Infrastructureconsortium
Helsinki
FinlandResearch organisation90ERIC Forum 2, RISCAPE, ERIC Forum
Masarykova univerzita
Brno
CzechiaUniversity92FUND-RI, ELIXIR-CONVERGE, IRISCC
The Cyprus Institute
Nicosia
CyprusUniversity81SOLARIZE, ENVRINNOV, ACTRIS NEXT
Forschungszentrum Julich Gmbh
Julich
GermanyResearch organisation90ENVRINNOV, FUND-RI, ACTRIS NEXT
Stichting Egi
Amsterdam
NetherlandsOther73RISCAPE, ENSURE, IRISCC
Institut National De Recherche Pour L'Agriculture, L'Alimentation Et L'Environnement
Paris
FranceResearch organisation72ELIXIR-STEERS, MIRRI-FIRM, ELIXIR-CONVERGE
Helsingin Yliopisto
Helsinki
FinlandUniversity91RISCAPE, ENVRINNOV, ACTRIS NEXT
Istituto Nazionale Di Geofisica E Vulcanologia
Roma
ItalyResearch organisation80ERIC Forum, EMSO EVOLVE, EPOS SP
Deutsches Zentrum Fur Luft - Und Raumfahrt Ev
Koln
GermanyResearch organisation80SOLARIZE, RICH Europe, RICH-2
Commissariat A L Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
Paris
FranceResearch organisation80ENVRINNOV, RICH-2, ACTRIS NEXT
European Multidisciplinary Seafloorand Water Column Observatory - European Research Infrastructure Consortium (Emso Eric)
Roma
ItalyResearch organisation52ERIC Forum 2, ERIC Forum, EMSO EVOLVE

Spanish organisations with experience in this field

The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.

OrganisationCountryTypeSimilar EU projectsAs coordinatorExamples (CORDIS)
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
Madrid
SpainResearch organisation150ELIXIR-STEERS, ACTRIS NEXT, eLTER
Universidad De Granada
Granada
SpainUniversity60ACTRIS NEXT, eLTER, IRISCC
Barcelona Supercomputing Center Centro Nacional De Supercomputacion
Barcelona
SpainResearch organisation40ELIXIR-STEERS, ACTRIS NEXT, ELIXIR-CONVERGE
E-Science European Infrastructure For Biodiversity And Ecosystem Research
Sevilla
SpainResearch organisation40ERIC Forum 2, ERIC Forum, RItrainPlus
Universitat Politecnica De Catalunya
Barcelona
SpainUniversity40EMSO EVOLVE, EMSO-Link, RAISEARTH
Consorcio Para El Diseno, Construccion, Equipamiento Y Explotacion De La Plataforma Oceanica De Canarias
Telde
SpainPublic body30EMSO EVOLVE, EMSO-Link, MARINERG-i_IMP
Instituto De Salud Carlos Iii
Madrid
SpainResearch organisation40RICH Europe, RICH-2, ELIXIR-CONVERGE
Universidad De Las Palmas De Gran Canaria
Las Palmas De Gran Canaria
SpainUniversity30MIRRI-FIRM, IRISCC, IS_MIRRI21

What a typical winning consortium looks like

  • 14partners (median)
  • 11countries (median)
  • 3%of partners are SMEs
Research organisation 55%University 33%Public body 5%Other 5%Company 3%

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.

  • EvolveBBMRI – Accelerating datafication for support of EU health priorities, greening of biobanks and integrated approach to “One Health” (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-INFRA-2023-DEV-01-03)
  • ERIC Forum 2 – Second implementation project for the ERIC Forum (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-INFRA-2023-ERIC-ART195-IBA)
  • RISCAPE – European Research Infrastructures in the International Landscape (H2020 · 2017 · INFRASUPP-01-2016)
  • ERINHA-Advance – Advancing European Research Infrastcuture on Highly Pathogenic Agents (H2020 · 2019 · INFRADEV-03-2018-2019)
  • SOLARIZE – Bringing EU-SOLARIS ERIC to its Zenith (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-INFRA-2023-DEV-01-03)
  • ERIC Forum – ERIC Forum Implementation project (H2020 · 2019 · INFRASUPP-01-2018-2019)

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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.