Proposal

Horizon Europe Research Infrastructures

Research Infrastructures

The overall objective of the Research Infrastructures Programme under Horizon Europe is to empower Europe through world-class and accessible Research and Technology Infrastructures. Research Infrastructures will contribute to achieving the key strategic orientations of Horizon Europe through excellent state of the art services, knowledge, and tools to address societal challenges, ensure evidence-based policymaking and help industry to strengthen its knowledge base and technical know-how. Their use will be stimulated across the different pillars of Horizon Europe. Through the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and the European Data Infrastructure (EDI), researchers involved in Horizon Europe activities will be able to access and process most of the data generated and collected by Research Infrastructures.

 

Self-Service Supports and Help Pages

Self-Service Supports and Help Pages will be made available here shortly. For further information on the Research Infrastructures see below.

 

Research Infrastructures Work Programme 2023-2024

The work programme is available on the EC Funding & Tenders Portal here

 

Impact Areas and Destinations 2023-2024

The work programme  for Research Infrastructures aims to contribute to five expected impact areas of the Horizon Europe Strategic Plan, which are the five destinations (key areas) of this work programme:

  1. Developing, consolidating, and optimising European RIs landscape, maintaining global leadership
  2. Enabling an operational, open and FAIR EOSC ecosystem
  3. Research Infrastructure services to support health research, accelerate the green and digital transformation, and advance frontier knowledge
  4. Next generation of scientific instrumentation, tools and methods and advanced digital solutions
  5. Network connectivity in Research and Education – Enabling collaboration without boundaries

 

Candidates for Partnerships in Research Infrastructures

Research Infrastructures can substantially contribute to the objectives of Horizon Europe partnerships in Pillar II including the Horizon Europe EOSC Partnership and other relevant European Partnerships tackling complex societal challenges through multi-disciplinary approaches, as well as building new partnerships and contributing towards supporting Horizon Europe’s innovation dimension.

 

Mission Areas

As European Research Infrastructures have the potential to enhance society’s long term and consistent problem-solving capacity, new efforts are now needed to ensure the provision of customised, impact-oriented Research Infrastructures services and resources to accelerate the transition towards a socially inclusive green and digital future and to support an effective and responsive health system as well as evidence-based policy-making. In this regard, Research Infrastructures can substantially contribute to the objectives of Horizon Europe’s five mission areas as well as to support its innovation dimension.

 

Synergies with other EU Programmes 

It is necessary to foster synergies between the European Research Infrastructures funding instruments to align R&I investments, ensure access to excellence and translate research results for the benefit of the society and the economy. Cooperation with other policy and international cooperation-oriented measures for research infrastructures (such as financed by ERDF) and synergies with other networks is encouraged. Proposals should build on the vast experience and achievements gained in the Horizon 2020 grants.

 

European Commission Priority Areas 2019-2024

There are 6 Commission priorities for 2019-24:

 

Other Relevant Links

 

Local Supports

Many of UCD's Colleges, Schools, Institutes and Centres have local support staff that can help you to find research funding. They may also send out local, discipline-specific research bulletins, newsletters or funding call notices.

College / School / InstituteName & EmailTel
College of Engineering and Architecture Caroline Treacey 1766
School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy Louise Dunne  2673 
I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre Sophie O'Kelly 2962
     
College / School / InstituteName & EmailTel
College of Social Sciences and Law Elva Hannan 8264
School of Archaeology Conor McDermott 8668
School of Politics and International Relations Dara Gannon  8670 
School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice Maureen Lyons 8574
School of Law Suzanne Darcy  4113
College / School / InstituteName & EmailTel
College of Health and Agricultural Sciences chas@ucd.ie    
School of Agriculture and Food Science
7390
7021
School of Agriculture and Food Science (Forestry) Charles Harper 7358
UCD Institute of Food and Health Geraldine Quinn 2808
School of Medicine UCDMR 6600
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems Aisling Jackman 6562
UCD Clinical Research Centre crc@ucd.ie 4577
Systems Biology Ireland  Hugh Doyle   6339 
CSTAR (Research Methods & Statistics Support) cstar@ucd.ie 2076
College / School / Institute Name & Email Tel
College of Science
 
BiOrbic, Bioeconomy SFI Research Centre
Info@biorbic.com
2690
iCRAG Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences
 
Insight Centre for Data Analytics
2639
School of Computer Science Léan Ní Chléirigh 2985
School of Mathematics and Statistics 
UCD Earth Institute
Caitriona Devery  
   
 

Central Supports

The units below may be able to provide you with specific advice on writing sections of your proposal

ServicesContact Details

You can talk to the EU Research Office at any time, who can:

  • Answer your queries on Horizon Europe
  • Liaise with National Contact Points (NCPs)
  • Advise on tools to assist with partner search
  • Provide guidance on consortium formation
  • Assist with early stage proposal development
  • Demonstrate how to use the EU Participant Portal to create your proposal
  • Direct you to relevant policy documents
  • Provide proposal writing support to UCD coordinators
  • Provide a proposal management and proposal review service

For queries relating to Research Infrastructure contact the EU Research Office: EUResearchOffice@ucd.ie

ServicesContact Details

All EU Horizon Europe application budgets must be approved by the UCD Research & Innovation pre-award accountant.  Template Horizon Europe Financial Calculators   can be downloaded to assist you in the calculation of your proposal budget.

The costing of salaries in a research proposal should adhere to the IUA salary scales for postdoctoral researchers and research assistants.

Email: budgetapprovals@ucd.ie 

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The NovaUCD Knowledge Transfer team can:

  • Advise on industry engagement and content of support letters, commercialisation plans, fit with Venture Capital (VC) and investor interests
  • Develop programme Intellectual Property (IP) strategy and terms.
                   

If you require further information or support contact a member of the Knowledge Transfer team

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UCD Office of Research Ethics provides an Ethics Advisory Consultation for staff and students. 

In addition, the UCD Office of Research Ethics runs seminars, presentations and workshops on research ethics and related areas.

For general queries email:
research.ethics@ucd.ie or tel: 8767

ServicesContact Details

The Work at UCD website outlines the benefits of working at UCD.

In addition, the UCD Research Careers Framework (RCF) establishes a structured and supportive skills and early career development model for Post-Doctoral Fellows at UCD.

 

Research Careers Framework

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UCD Library Research Services is responsible for developing and delivering specialist and innovative services to researchers, including:

Library services to support research funding applications

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Research IT provides a range of services, designed to support and facilitate researchers in their use of IT as an enabler for their research activities.

Research IT
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The SIRC Office can provide assistance and guidance on developing safety management plans, risk assessment, and other safety documentation.

In addition the SIRC Office can provide training across a wide range of areas and can develop bespoke safety training for your research group if required. Click here for further details on training.

Email: sirc@ucd.ie

UCD Global provides advice and assistance in writing proposals to the ERASMUS+ Programme, getting mandates signed and obtaining UCD Erasmus+ data.

Email: Eve Brosseau or tel: 8580 for further information