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Joint Research Centre: Open Access to research infrastructure

14/02/2025

The Joint Research Centre opens its scientific laboratoroies and facilities to people working in academia, and research organisations, industry, SMEs, and more in general to public and private sector.

There are 13 open calls at the moment: 

Call for proposals: FCTEST, Fuel cells and electrolyser testing facilities

Call for proposal: Hopkinson Bar facility, European Laboratory for Structural Assessment (ELSA)

Call for proposal: BESTEST, Battery Energy Storage Testing for Safe Electric Transport

Call for proposal: GasTeF, Gas Tank Testing Facility

Call for proposal: Reaction Wall, European Laboratory for Structural Assessment (ELSA)

HADES, Underground laboratory for ultra-low level gamma-ray spectrometry (EUFRAT) - 2025-1-RD- EUFRAT-HADES

MONNET, Tandem accelerator based fast neutron source (EUFRAT) 2025-1-RD-EUFRAT-MONNET

RADMET, Radionuclide Metrology laboratories (EUFRAT) 2025-1-RD- EUFRAT-RADMET

GELINA, the JRC Neutron Time-of-Flight Facility (EUFRAT)-2025-1-RD- EUFRAT-GELINA

HC-KA, Hot Cell Laboratory (ActUsLab) 2025-1-RD-ActUsLab-HC-KA

FMR, Fuels and Materials Research (ActUsLab) 2025-1-RD-ActUsLab-FMR

PAMEC, Properties of Actinide Materials under Extreme Conditions (ActUsLab) 2025-1-RD-ACTUSLAB-PAMEC

European Union Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing - 2025-1-RD-EURL ECVAM

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Switzerland becomes an associated country to the Horizon Europe programme

11/11/2025

On 10 November 2025, the EU Programmes Agreement (EUPA) was signed in Bern by Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin and European Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva. The agreement applies with immediate effect, meaning that Switzerland is associated to Horizon Europe, the Euratom...

V4 Participation in Horizon Europe: Structure Matters More Than a Single Number

10/11/2025

Participation of the V4 countries in Horizon Europe is converging, but unevenly. In aggregate, EU-13 countries are gradually catching up with EU-14 on key metrics; the pace, however, varies by thematic area. The fastest progress is visible in clusters oriented toward health...

Don’t Celebrate Before CZEDER: From Participation to Influence

04/11/2025

Positive numbers are not enough. What does Czech science need to become a creator, not just a participant, in the European Research Area? Seven strategic questions for the Czech Republic in European Framework Programmes The following thematic points form...
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