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BrightnESS: Building a research infrastructure and synergies for highest scientific impact on ESS Thermal neutrons are one of the most powerful probes that look directly at the structure and dynamics of materials from the macro- to the microscopic scale and from nano-seconds to seconds. 17 European Partner Countries have joined together to construct the world’s most powerful neutron source, the European Spallation Source (ESS). Simply constructing the ESS will not, by itself, ensure the maximum scientific or technological impact. What is needed is an integrated program that ensures that key challenges are met in order to build an ESS that can deliver high impact scientific and technological knowledge. With a timeline of 36 months, BrightnESS will ensure that (A) the extensive knowledge and skills of European companies, and institutes, are best deployed in the form of In-Kind Contributions to ESS for its construction and operation, (B) that technology transfer both to, and from, the ESS to European institutions and companies is optimised and, (C) that the maximum technical performance is obtained from the ESS target, moderators and detectors in order to deliver world class science and insights for materials technology and innovation. |
Coordinator: ESS, Sweden Scientist in Charge from CERN: Full costs of the project: 20 M€ EU funding: 20 M€ EU funding for CERN: 715 k€ 1 September 2015 - 31 August 2018 COMPLETED |
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CompactLight (XLS): X-band Light Source XLS aims to facilitate the widespread development of X-ray FEL facilities across Europe and beyond, by making them more affordable to construct and operate through an optimum combination of emerging and innovative accelerator technologies. Diverse advances including high-gradient linac technology, advanced undulators, low-emittance electron sources, and advanced beam dynamics tools and developments will be brought together to achieve the XLS objectives. |
Coordinator: Elettra, Italy Scientist in Charge from CERN: Full costs of the project: 3.5 M€ EU funding: 3 M€ EU funding for CERN: 303 k€ 1 January 2018 - 31 December 2020 |
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EuroCirCol: European Circular Energy-Frontier Collider Study EuroCirCol is a conceptual design study in preparation for a post-LHC accelerator in Europe, i.e. the FCC (Future Circular Collider). The project will study different scenarios and assess the feasibility of key technologies needed for a new 100 TeV energy-frontier circular collider through a collaboration of institutes and universities worldwide. The main outcome of EuroCirCol will be laying the foundation of an ambitious post-LHC machine that will strengthen Europe’s position as a focal point of global research cooperation and a leader in frontier knowledge and technologies over the next decades. |
Coordinator: CERN, Switzerland Scientist in Charge from CERN: Full costs of the project: 10 M€ EU funding: 3 M€ EU funding for CERN: 138 k€ 1 June 2015 - 31 December 2019 |
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ESSnuSB: Feasibility study for employing the uniquely powerful ESS linear accelerator to generate an intense neutrino beam for leptonic CP violation discovery and measurement ESSnuSB Design Study aims to prepare the ground for a neutrino facility in Europe to address the explanation for the existence of matter-antimatter asymmetry in the leptonic sector. The reasons behind the existence of this asymmetry will help to understand the antimatter disappearance in the Universe. The project will cover the feasibility of the required upgrade of the ESS proton linear accelerator currently under construction and the design and performance of the required accumulation ring, the neutrino facility target station and the near and far detectors. |
Coordinator: CNRS, France Scientist in Charge from CERN: Full costs of the project: 4.6 M€ EU funding: 3 M€ EU funding for CERN: 64 k€ 1 January 2018 - 31 December 2021 |
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ICEDIG: Innovation and consolidation for large scale digitisation of natural heritage Modern science requires digital access to data. European collections account for 55% of the natural sciences collections globally, holding more than 1 billion objects, which represent 80% of the world’s bio- and geo-diversity. Only around 10% of these have been digitally catalogued and 1-2% imaged, rendering their information underused. This challenge is being tackled by the new ESFRI initiative Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo). DiSSCo will unify access to collection data in a harmonised and integrated manner across Europe. Building on previous project outputs, community and industrial expertise, the ICEDIG project will design all the technical, financial, policy and governance aspects for developing and operating DiSSCo. The outputs will be prototypes, blueprints, novel workflows, new industry partnerships, and citizen involvement models, paving the way for the successful construction of the DiSSCo research infrastructure. |
Coordinator: UEF, Finland Scientist in Charge from CERN: Full costs of the project: 3 M€ EU funding: 3 M€ EU funding for CERN: 30 k€ 1 January 2018 - 31 March 2020 |
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AIDA-2020: Advanced European Infrastructures for Detectors at Accelerators AIDA-2020 brings together 38 partners from 19 countries. The project aims to advance detector technologies beyond current limits for the benefit of thousands of researchers participating in the LHC High-Luminosity Upgrade, linear collider efforts and future neutrino projects, and to enhance the coordination within the European detector community, leveraging EU and national resources. AIDA-2020 will also exploit the innovation potential of detector R&D by engaging with European industry for large-scale production of detector systems and by developing applications outside of particle physics, e.g. for medical imaging. |
Coordinator: CERN, Switzerland Scientist in Charge from CERN: Konrad Elsener Full costs of the project: 29 M€ EU funding: 10 M€ EU funding for CERN: 2.3 M€ 1 May 2015 - 30 April 2020 COMPLETED |
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ARIES: Accelerator Research and Innovation for European Science and Society The main goals of ARIES are linked to developing and demonstrating novel concepts and further improving existing accelerator technologies, providing European researchers and industry with access to top-class accelerator research and test infrastructures, enlarging and further integrating the accelerator community in Europe, and developing a joint strategy towards sustainable accelerator S&T. ARIES brings together 41 beneficiaries from 18 countries: accelerator laboratories, technology institutes, universities and industrial partners (7 industrial partners, including two SMEs and one association). Innovation will be fostered by joint co-development programmes with industry, by supporting innovative technologies with market potential, and by advancing concepts and designs for medical, industrial and environmental applications of accelerators for the wide benefit of European science and society. |
Coordinator: CERN, Switzerland Scientist in Charge from CERN: Full costs of the project: 24.7 M€ EU funding: 10 M€ EU funding for CERN: 2 M€ 1 May 2017 - 30 April 2021 |
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ENSAR2: European Nuclear Science and Applications Research - 2 ENSAR2 is the integrating activity for European nuclear scientists who are performing research in the following subfields: Nuclear Structure and Dynamics, Nuclear Astrophysics and Nuclear Physics Tools and Applications. As part of ENSAR2, access will be provided to 11 facilities: GANIL-SPIRAL2 (F), joint LNL-LNS (I), CERN-ISOLDE (CH), JYFL (FI), ALTO (F), GSI (D), KVI-CART (NL), NLC (P), IFIN-HH/ELI-NP (RO) and to the theoretical physics facility: ECT (I). These accelerators provide stable and radioactive ion beams of excellent qualities ranging in energies from tens of keV/u to a few GeV/u. |
Coordinator: GANIL, France Scientist in Charge from CERN: Full costs of the project: 10 M€ EU funding: 10 M€ EU funding for CERN: 1 M€ 1 March 2016 - 29 February 2020 |
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STRONG-2020: The strong interactions at the frontier of knowledge - fundamental research and applications The strong interaction is one of the cornerstones of the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics, and its experimental and theoretical study attracts an active community of about 2500 researchers in Europe. The list of fundamental open questions at the frontier of our current knowledge in the strong interaction is very rich and varied including a full understanding of (i) the partonic structure of hadrons, (ii) exotic hadronic states, properties of (iii) dense quark matter and of (iv) hot and dense quark-gluon plasma, as well as (v) precision tests of the SM. The STRONG-2020 project brings together many of the leading research groups and infrastructures involved today in the study of the strong interaction in Europe, and also exploits the innovation potential in applied research through the development of detector systems with applications beyond fundamental physics, e.g. for medical imaging and information technology. |
Coordinator: CNRS, France Scientist in Charge from CERN: Full costs of the project: 10 M€ EU funding: 10 M€ EU funding for CERN: 200 k€ 1 June 2019 - 31 May 2023 |
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CREMLIN: Connecting Russian and European Measures for Large-scale Research Infrastructures CREMLIN aims at fostering scientific cooperation between the Russian Federation and the European Union in the development and scientific exploitation of large-scale research infrastructures. It has been triggered by the recent so-called megascience projects initiative launched by and in the Russian Federation which is now very actively seeking European integration. The proposed megascience facilities have an enormous potential for the international scientific communities and represent a unique opportunity for the EU to engage in a strong collaborative framework with the Russian Federation. CREMLIN will effectively contribute to better connect Russian RIs to the European Research Area. |
Coordinator: DESY, Germany Scientist in Charge from CERN: Full costs of the project: 1.7 M€ EU funding: 1.7 M€ EU funding for CERN: 76 k€ 1 September 2015 - 31 August 2018 COMPLETED |
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OPEN SESAME: Opening Synchrotron Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East OPEN SESAME aims to ensure efficient exploitation of the Synchrotron light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) large-scale research infrastructure by researchers across the SESAME Members and further afield in the Middle East. OPEN SESAME has three key objectives: 1) to train SESAME staff in the storage ring and beamline instrumentation technology, research techniques and administration for optimal use of a modern light source facility; 2) to build-up human capacity in SESAME Region researchers to optimally exploit SESAME’s infrastructure; 3) to train SESAME staff and its user community in public outreach and corporate communications, and to support SESAME and its stakeholders in building awareness and demonstrating its socio-economic impact to assure longer term exploitation. |
Coordinator: ESRF, France Scientist in Charge from CERN: Full costs of the project: 2.1 M€ EU funding: 2 M€ EU funding for CERN: 100 k€ 1 January 2017 - 31 December 2019 COMPLETED |
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RI-PATHS: Charting Impact Pathways of Investment in Research Infrastructures The aim of the project is to develop a model describing the socio-economic impact of research infrastructures and of their related financial investments. The model will be developed in a modular manner adapting it to a broad range of scientific domains and types of infrastructures. The project outcomes are expected to contribute to a common approach at international level and facilitate investments in research infrastructures by funding agencies and other stakeholders. |
Coordinator: EFIS Centre, Belgium Scientist in Charge from CERN: Full costs of the project: 1.5 M€ |
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QUACO: QUAdrupoleCOrrector QUACO is a Pre-Commercial Procurement project for the design, R&D and industrial prototyping of high-tech quadrupole magnets that will be used for focusing the beams for the high luminosity upgrade of the LHC. QUACO is coordinated by CERN and brings together 3 other research infrastructures (CEA, CIEMAT and NCBJ) who will contribute to the magnet development and public procurement. |
Coordinator: CERN, Switzerland Scientist in Charge from CERN: Full costs of the project: 6.6 M€ |
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CREMLINplus: Connecting Russian and European Measures for Large-scale Research Infrastructures CREMLINplus aims at advancing specific infrastructure projects in close European-Russian collaboration, exploring access mechanisms to Russian research infrastructures for international utilisation as well as knowledge exchange. The project will operate in two directions, following two main strategic goals: (1) CREMLINplus will strongly advance the five Russian megascience projects in close European-Russian collaboration. (2) CREMLINplus will prepare a defined set of Russian research infrastructures, hosted at eleven laboratories, for not only Russian, but also European and international access and utilisation. |
Coordinator: DESY, Germany Scientist in Charge from CERN: Lucie Linssen Full costs of the project: 25 M€ EU funding: 25 M€ EU funding for CERN: 321 k€ 1 February 2020 – 31 January 2024 |
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AMICI: Accelerator and Magnet Infrastructure for Cooperation and Innovation AMICI is supported by 10 Research laboratories who are contributing to the construction of Research Infrastructures in Europe. The objective of the AMICI project is to engage the Technological Infrastructure which is currently dedicated to European science-based accelerators and large SC magnets with a new, efficient and sustainable collaboration/production model by means of Cooperation and Innovation. By establishing an open Technological Infrastructure with European industry and SMEs, research laboratories would enhance the competence of their industrial partners by training personnel and sharing know-how to increase the impact of industry on the construction of future Research Infrastructures. |
Coordinator: CEA, France Scientist in Charge from CERN: Full costs of the project: 2.3 M€ EU funding: 2.3 M€ EU funding for CERN: 200 k€ 1 January 2017 - 30 June 2019 COMPLETED |
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ATTRACT: breAkThrough innovaTion pRogrAmme for a pan-European Detection and Imaging eCosysTem The ATTRACT Phase-1 project proposes a new collaboration paradigm aligned with the ‘Open Science, Open Innovation and Open to the World’ philosophy. Its objective is the identification and initial development of breakthrough detection and imaging technology concepts for expanding fundamental research frontiers and suitable for future industrial upscaling for novel applications and business. It promotes the involvement of national and pan-European Research Infrastructures and their associated research communities, industrial organizations (especially SMEs) and innovation and business specialists. It proposes a co-innovation approach in which scientific and industrial communities jointly pursue and generate breakthrough concepts in close and equal partnership. The project implementation starts with the launch of an Open Call by the project consortium for €18 million of financial support to Third-Parties. The proposals received will be peer-reviewed by an Independent R&D&I Committee of top experts in the field of detection and imaging technologies. After this process 180 breakthrough technology concepts will receive €100,000 of seed funding each (“lump sum”) to develop the concepts further during one year. The funded projects will then present their results in a Final Assessment Conference in Brussels. The ATTRACT Phase-1 consortium members will provide business assessments to the funded project teams to enhance awareness of future commercial applications. Furthermore, two pilots based on design thinking methodologies will be run for/ with interdisciplinary master level students, aimed at discovering and generating social value applications inspired by the technologies of the funded projects. The ATTRACT Phase-1 project consortium comprises top partners capable of catalysing a large variety of key stakeholders towards a future unique European innovation ecosystem. |
Coordinator: CERN, Switzerland Scientist in Charge from CERN: Full costs of the project: 20 M€ EU funding: 20 M€ EU funding for CERN: 877 K€ 1 August 2018- 31 December 2020 |
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EOSCsecretariat.eu addresses the call Support to the EOSC Governance subtopic (a), Setup of an EOSC coordination structure. It will deliver an EOSC Secretariat that is a proactive, dynamic and flexible organisational structure with all the necessary competences, resources and vision to match the ambition of the call. The 30-month project will maintain a practical approach addressing all the specific needs of the coordination structure required for the EOSC. The outputs of EOSCsecretariat.eu include: Secretariat organisational structure, processes & procedures, rules & legal framework; business models; press & media office; pan-European awareness increase; open consultation; knowledge base; coordination services to WGs; coordination with EOSC-related projects; organisation & support to Boards & events; two Stakeholders Forums; liaison with non-EU countries; engaged community with all stakeholder groups represented. |
Coordinator: TGB, Belgium Scientist in Charge from CERN: Full costs of the project: 9.9 M€ EU funding: 9.9 M€ EU funding for CERN: 223 k€ 1 January 2019 - 30 June 2021 |
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ESCAPE: European Science Cluster of Astronomy & Particle Physics ESFRI Research Infrastructures ESCAPE aims to address the Open Science challenges shared by ESFRI facilities (SKA, CTA, KM3Net, EST, ELT, HL-LHC, FAIR) as well as other pan-European research infrastructures (CERN, ESO, JIVE) in astronomy and particle physics. ESCAPE actions will be focused on developing solutions for the large data sets handled by the ESFRI facilities. These solutions shall: i) connect ESFRI projects to EOSC ensuring integration of data and tools; ii) foster common approaches to implement open-data stewardship; iii) establish interoperability within EOSC as an integrated multi-messenger facility for fundamental science. These joint efforts are expected to result into a data-lake infrastructure as cloud open-science analysis facility linked with the EOSC. |
Coordinator: CNRS, France Scientist in Charge from CERN: Full costs of the project: 15.9 M€ EU funding: 15.9 M€ EU funding for CERN: 1.5 M€ 1 February 2019 - 31 July 2022 |
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OCRE: Open Clouds for Research Environments The OCRE consortium combines the expertise of four partners to enable access and drive the adoption and use of commercial cloud services by the European research community. After gathering user requirements, OCRE will manage the adoption of funds and buy resources from the selected suppliers (OCRE will act as customer) and make cloud resources available to institutions. Such a delivery vehicle is effective and efficient for the supply as well as the demand side. Service adoption is the key focus of this work. A legal and technical mechanism will be created to integrate a range of these commercial services into the EOSC hub in order to make them more easily available to researchers. |
Coordinator: GÉANT, The Netherlands Scientist in Charge from CERN: Full costs of the project: 12 M€ EU funding: 12 M€ EU funding for CERN: 560 k€ 1 January 2019 - 31 December 2021 |