Pillar I: Facilitating development of institutional open access policies through the retention of intellectual property rights
Proposals will deliver on the impact “A more open, equitable and inclusive research and innovation ecosystem”, contributing to the ERA Structural Policy “Enabling open science via sharing and re-use of data, including through the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)”. Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: Increased number of EU research performing organisations (RPOs)…
Funding and competition
- 1grant expected (official)
- €2MEU contribution per project
- €2.3Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
- 124projects 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 | 11 | 0 | LeTSGEPs, REALISE, FIDELIS |
| Fundacion Espanola Para La Cienciay La Tecnologia, F.S.P., Fecyt Alcobendas | Spain | Other | 8 | 0 | AEGIS-OA, OpenAIRE2020, OpenAIRE-Advance |
| Consorcio Para El Diseno, Construccion, Equipamiento Y Explotacion De La Plataforma Oceanica De Canarias Telde | Spain | Public body | 1 | 1 | OPUS |
| Universitat Politecnica De Valencia Valencia | Spain | University | 2 | 0 | EOSC Beyond, EOSC Data Commons |
| Fundacio Centre De Regulacio Genomica Barcelona | Spain | Research organisation | 3 | 0 | EOSCpilot, TIME4CS, FOSTER Plus |
| Barcelona Supercomputing Center Centro Nacional De Supercomputacion Barcelona | Spain | Research organisation | 3 | 0 | EOSCpilot, ERA4CS, EOSC Future |
| E-Science European Infrastructure For Biodiversity And Ecosystem Research Sevilla | Spain | Research organisation | 2 | 0 | EOSC Future, EOSC Beyond |
| Agencia Estatal De Investigacion Madrid | Spain | Public body | 2 | 0 | GENDERACTIONplus2027, ERA4CS |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 18partners (median)
- 11countries (median)
- 13%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.
- PALOMERA – PALOMERA - Policy Alignment of Open access Monographs in the European Research Area (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-42)
- OPUS – Open Universal Science (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-45)
- AEGIS-OA – Activate European Guidance and Incentives for Sustainable Open Access publishing (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-06-ERA-02)
- OpenAIRE Nexus – OpenAIRE-Nexus Scholarly Communication Services for EOSC users (H2020 · 2021 · INFRAEOSC-07-2020)
- OpenAIRE2020 – Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe 2020 (H2020 · 2015 · EINFRA-2-2014)
- BE OPEN – European forum and oBsErvatory for OPEN science in transport (H2020 · 2019 · MG-4-2-2018)
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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.