OSCARS 2nd Open Call for Open Science Projects and Services
Fostering the uptake of Open Scinece in Europe
OSCARS seeks to build on the previous successes of the Science Clusters by establishing enduring interdisciplinary FAIR data services and best practices. By launching an open call to provide financial support to third parties, the project will engage a wide variety of research communities in developing innovative Open Science initiatives. Together, these efforts will promote the widespread adoption of FAIR data-driven research across the European Research Area (ERA).
Type of projects to be funded: Research activities that exploit or foster the adoption of FAIR data, strengthen FAIR competences, practices, and technologies. Projects can involve developing or making available services or tools (software, hardware, middleware, protocols, standards, benchmarks, documentation, training/mentoring materials) that enable Open Research and encourage open science practices based on FAIR principles.
Sectors / domain: The call especially welcomes applications that utilize existing FAIR data objects or services from one or multiple domains to address specific scientific questions, aiming to produce new scientific results by the end of the project.
Individual or consortium: Both individual researchers and consortia comprising Research Infrastructures, Universities, Institutes, SMEs, and large companies are eligible to apply.
Specific eligibility requirements: There are no restrictions regarding countries or types of institutions that can apply. However, the maximum funding per organisation is €250,000 across both OSCARS Open Calls.
Specific topics or challenges: The calls are open to proposals responding to Open Science / Data FAIRNESS challenge(s) in the domains and the type of challenge indicated below. Multiple choices are allowed.
- Domains: (1) Astrophysics, cosmology, particle or nuclear physics; (2) Social sciences and humanities; (3) Photon/neutron sources-based experimental research; (4) Life sciences: (5) Earth and environmental sciences; or (6) other (specify).
- Type of challenge: (1) Open Science Project; (2) Open Science Service; (3) Industry cooperation; (4) Citizen science; (5) Main RI concerned; (6) Cross-domain/ Cross-RI; (7) Other (specify)
Projects duration: Projects should have a duration between 12 to 24 months, starting within four months from the signature of the Third-Party Project Agreement (TPPA).
Budget, funding rates and payment conditions:
- Funding rate: 100%
- Budget conditions / limitations: Each project can request funding between €100,000 and €250,000. The total available funding for this call is approximately €3 million.
- Payments: 85% of the total funding will be paid at the start of the project, after the signature of the TPPA. The remaining 15% will be paid after the final deliverables have been provided.
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Closes
14/05/2025
Max funding per project
250.000€