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First Calls in OSCARS
On March 15th, the Science Clusters launched the first OSCARS cascading-grant call for Open Science projects & services. Over 300 attendees across and beyond Europe joined the online launch event and had the opportunity to interact with the panellists via an open Q&A session.
OSTrails kick off meeting in Athens
On 5-6 February 2024 in Athens, Greece, and online we embarked on our Open Science Trails journey. OSTrails is a 3-year Horizon Europe project, coordinated by OpenAIRE, that aims to set the necessary foundations to streamline FAIR assessment and machine actionability in the European Open Science Cloud by enhancing and connecting the Planning, Tracking, Assessing phases of research. CESSDA will be a part of this journey!
Launch of EOSC-ENTRUST - driving European interoperability for sensitive data access and analysis
The EU-funded EOSC-ENTRUST project was launched on 1 March 2024, with the aim of enhancing European interoperability for sensitive data access and analysis. Led by ELIXIR and the EUDAT Collaborative Data Infrastructure (CDI), the project brings together partners from 15 European countries and will run for three years, with an EU contribution of €4.2M. CESSDA is proud to be a part of this endeavour!
The ERIC Forum
On the 27th and 28th of February 2024, representatives of 28 ERICs and projects on the ESFRI preparatory list met for the annual General Assembly in Brussels.
COORDINATE - 5th Transnational Access Visit call launched
COORDINATE is a Horizon 2020 project aimed at supporting longitudinal and cross-sectional research on child wellbeing across Europe! On 1 March 2024, we launched the fifth call for the COORDINATE Transnational Access Visits (TAVs).
Science Clusters Position statement on operational commitment to EOSC and Open Research
The ESFRI Science Clusters, operating as a cluster of clusters in projects like OSCARS and EVERSE, have released the Science Clusters Position Statement on operational commitment to EOSC and Open Research, which articulates the Science Clusters’ vision for the future towards the successful implementation of the EOSC, as the result of five years of collaborative efforts, including interactions with the European Commission, EOSC Association, ESFRI-EOSC task force, and e-Infrastructure Reflection Group (e-IRG).