Eosc Nodes With Federating Capabilities For The Eosc Federation
HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
Basic Information
- Identifier
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-EOSC-01
- Programme
- Research Infrastructures 2025
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Closed (31094503)
- Opening Date
- May 6, 2025
- Deadline
- September 18, 2025
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €16,500,000
- Min Grant Amount
- €1,000,000
- Max Grant Amount
- €1,500,000
- Expected Number of Grants
- 11
- Keywords
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-EOSC-01HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01Artificial intelligenceBig dataDigital Services and PlatformsInformation systems
Description
Expected Outcome:
Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:
- The EOSC federation will be established as a distributed system of systems, comprising of independently managed EOSC nodes that collaborate to augment their contribution to EOSC users whilst ensuring resilience of the interconnected systems by supporting the common federating capabilities.
- Researchers will benefit from unified support aimed at integrating their research environments with the EOSC federation and this coordinated assistance will streamline the alignment of research practices with the EOSC ecosystem.
Scope:
The call aims to further develop the cross-domain EOSC system of systems, building upon the results of the previous INFRAEOSC calls[1]. The focus is on developing and expanding the EOSC federation through a network of nodes as baseline elements of the federation model. These EOSC nodes will establish a set of essential federating capabilities, compatible with the EOSC EU Node reference architecture, following the EOSC Federation Handbook and EOSC interoperability framework. They should have a clearly described identity and offer unique value to EOSC users, for example representing a specific thematic domain (e.g. data or computing) or geographical area amongst the Horizon Europe participating and associated countries.
To become an EOSC node, the proposals are expected to demonstrate the ability to assess and address the existing gaps regarding the federating capabilities at technical, legal and organisational level. The proposals are expected to indicate adherence to the EOSC governance structure, federation policies and capabilities. They should also address business models, service management procedures, and technical and semantic interoperability. Furthermore, the proposals should propose a credible plan to ensure the sustainability of the proposed solutions beyond the project lifespan, including how to take over or replicate the federating role currently ensured by the EOSC EU Node[2].
More specifically, the proposals should focus on all of the following aspects:
- Satisfy the minimal node requirements as defined by the EOSC tripartite governance[3], and go beyond them by further development and refinement of the harmonized participation model, taking into account the variety of thematic and national dimensions in the EOSC federation. These requirements include:
- Compliance with the requirements on the legal status of the organisation;
- Compliance with the requirements aiming at large-scale, quality service provisioning;
- Capacity to onboard third-party services[4];
- Capacity to contribute to and/or take-over the EOSC federating capabilities;
- Adoption and integration of the EOSC federation rules and policies, and further refinement and practical adaptation of best practices;
- Support to effectively monitor and report the activities of the services provided.
- Integrate and offer EOSC core federating capabilities pioneered by the EOSC EU Node, such as Authentication, Authorisation and Accounting, Research Catalogues and Knowledge Graph, Application Workflows, Monitoring and Helpdesk
- Contribute to a robust and coordinated strategy for evolving and sustaining the federated governance model for EOSC by fostering effective collaboration and coordination among the other node operators offering federating capabilities. This can be done for example by distributing the work and taking a share in facilitating the identification, selection and integration/enrolment of other organisations interested in becoming responsible for operating an EOSC node and representing various countries, regions and scientific disciplines.
- Enrich the existing guidelines and best practices for the onboarding and enrolment processes.
- Evolve and refine the EOSC federation specifications to drive the evolution across governance, operations, sustainability and technical interoperability.
- Designate and train the EOSC node operators, especially those offering federating capabilities, for high level of responsibilities within the EOSC federation.
- Develop and run community engagement and support programmes around the EOSC nodes and the surrounding ecosystem.
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Activities are expected to achieve TRL 7-8 by the end of the project – see General Annex B.
[2] https://open-science-cloud.ec.europa.eu/. Financial support for third-parties (FSTP), that will make value-added data, tools and services ready to be onboarded and available via the node, can be included in the proposals. The FSTP budget will only cover the cost of onboarding.
[4] Financial support for third-parties (FSTP), that will make value-added data, tools and services ready to be onboarded and available via the node, can be included in the proposals. The FSTP budget will only cover the cost of onboarding.
Eligibility & Conditions
General conditions
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
2. Eligible Countries
described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.
3. Other Eligible Conditions
Subject to restrictions for the protection of European communication networks.
described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes.
5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes.
5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
The following additions to the general award criteria apply: The extent to which the proposed work incorporates the necessary coordination efforts and resources with other relevant projects and the EOSC governance structure in the context of the EOSC Partnership will be taken into account for Impact.
are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual.
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
Beneficiaries may provide financial support to third parties (FSTP). The support to third parties can only be provided in the form of grants. The maximum amount to be granted to each third party is EUR 60 000.
Beneficiaries will be subject to the following additional access rights:
- Each beneficiary must grant royalty-free access to its results to the EOSC Association for monitoring and developing policies and strategies for the European Open Science Cloud. Each beneficiary must also provide directly to the EOSC Association the information the beneficiary deems necessary for monitoring and developing policies and strategies for the EOSC.
- Each beneficiary must grant royalty-free access to its intellectual property rights which are part of the results and are needed for further developing the EOSC to legal entities identified by the granting authority and established in Member States or countries associated to the Horizon Europe Framework Programme. Such access rights are limited to non- commercial use.
Beneficiaries must deposit the digital research data generated in the action in a trusted repository federated in the EOSC in compliance with EOSC requirements.
described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes.
Specific conditions
described in the specific topic of the Work Programme
Application and evaluation forms and model grant agreement (MGA):
Application form templates — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Standard application form (HE RIA, IA)
Standard application form (HE CSA)
Evaluation form templates — will be used with the necessary adaptations
Standard evaluation form (HE RIA, IA)
Standard evaluation form (HE CSA)
Guidance
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Framework Partnership Agreement FPA
Call-specific instructions
Information on financial support to third parties (HE)
Additional documents:
HE Main Work Programme 2025 – 1. General Introduction
HE Main Work Programme 2025 – 3. Research Infrastructures
HE Main Work Programme 2025 – 14. General Annexes
HE Framework Programme 2021/695
HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Decision authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Frequently Asked Questions About Eosc Nodes With Federating Capabilities For The Eosc Federation
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Latest Updates
EVALUATION results
Published: 15.05.2025
Deadline: 18.09.2025
Available budget: EUR million 400.50
The results of the evaluation for each topic are as follows:
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| HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-DEV-01 | HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-DEV-02 | HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-DEV-03 | HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-DEV-04 | HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-DEV-05 | HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-EOSC-01 | HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-EOSC-02 | HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-EOSC-03 | HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-EOSC-04 | HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-EOSC-05 | HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-SERV-01 | HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-SERV-02 | HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-SERV-03 | HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-SERV-04 | HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-TECH-01 | HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-TECH-02 | HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-TECH-03 | HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-TECH-04 |
Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls) | 16 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 20 |
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Number of above-threshold proposals | 11 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 13 |
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals | 15,38 | 15,94 | 61,45 | 3,00 | 4,47 | 41,50 | 54,40 | 14,99 | 31,98 | 99,94 | 50,45 | 14,99 | 19,65 | 74,16 | 30,47 | 155,15 | 46,86 | 123,15 |
Number of proposals retained for funding | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
Number of proposals in the reserve list | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Funding threshold[1],[2] | 12,50[2] | 12,00[2] | 13,50 | 12,50 | 13[2] | 12,00 | 15,00 | 10,00 | 15,00 | 14,00 | 12,00[2] | 12,5[2] | 12,00[2] | 13,00[2] | 13,00 | 13,50 | 12,50 | 13,00 |
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Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 |
1 Proposals with the same score were ranked according to the priority order procedure set out in the call conditions (for HE, in the General Annexes to the Work Programme or specific arrangements in the specific call/topic conditions).
2 According to the specific condition of :
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-DEV-01 to ensure a balanced portfolio coverage, grants are awarded “To ensure a balanced portfolio covering a wide range of domains, grants will be awarded to applications not only in order of ranking but at least also to those proposals that are the highest ranked within each domain, provided that the applications attain all thresholds.”.
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-DEV-02 to ensure a balanced portfolio coverage, grants are awarded “To ensure a balanced coverage of the targeted ESFRI Projects, grants will be awarded to applications not only in order of ranking but at least also to those proposals that are the highest ranked for each targeted ESFRI Project, provided that the applications attain all thresholds.”.
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-DEV-05 to ensure a balanced portfolio coverage, grants are awarded “To ensure a balanced portfolio covering the different areas, grants will be awarded to applications not only in order of ranking but at least also to those proposals that are the highest ranked within each area, provided that the applications attain all thresholds.”.
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-SERV-01 to ensure a balanced portfolio coverage, grants are awarded “To ensure a balanced portfolio covering the different areas, grants will be awarded to applications not only in order of ranking but at least also to those proposals that are the highest ranked within each area, provided that the applications attain all thresholds.”.
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-SERV-02 to ensure a balanced portfolio coverage, grants are awarded “To ensure a balanced portfolio covering the different areas, grants will be awarded to applications not only in order of ranking but at least also to those proposals that are the highest ranked within each area, provided that the applications attain all thresholds.”.
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-SERV-03 to ensure a balanced portfolio coverage, grants are awarded “To ensure a balanced portfolio covering the different areas, grants will be awarded to applications not only in order of ranking but at least also to those proposals that are the highest ranked within each area, provided that the applications attain all thresholds.”.
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-SERV-04 to ensure a balanced portfolio coverage, grants are awarded “To ensure a balanced portfolio covering as many scientific domains for service provision as possible, grants will be awarded to applications not only in order of ranking but also to proposals that address a scientific domain (and sub-domain if needed) not covered by a higher ranked proposal, provided that the proposals attain all thresholds”.
We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service.
Summary of observer report:
The evaluation of the HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01 call was carried out in accordance with established Horizon Europe procedures and demonstrated a high level of transparency, fairness, and procedural integrity. The call covered 18 topics across four destinations and involved the assessment of 159 submitted proposals, of which 155 were found to be eligible and admissible.
The evaluation was implemented through a fully remote process, comprising individual expert assessments, consensus report preparation, virtual consensus meetings, and online panel meetings. All key milestones were respected, and the overall duration of the process was efficient. The observer did not identify any indications that the compact duration of the evaluation had a negative impact on the quality, robustness, or transparency of the assessments.
Throughout all phases, REA placed strong and consistent emphasis on procedural transparency, equal treatment of proposals, and the independence of expert judgement. Comprehensive briefing materials, structured evaluation support tools, and consistent moderation practices supported a coherent and well-calibrated application of the evaluation criteria across topics. Project and Programme Officers and moderators fulfilled a clearly facilitative role, ensuring structured deliberations without influencing the substance of expert discussions.
Conflicts of interest were managed in a systematic and rigorous manner, with all identified cases duly declared and handled in line with the applicable rules. Confidentiality requirements were repeatedly reinforced during evaluation activities, and no breaches of confidentiality, impartiality, or compliance with the rules were observed.
Overall, the observer concludes that the evaluation of HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01 was conducted in full conformity with the applicable rules and guidance documents, providing a sound, credible, and transparent basis for the selection and ranking of proposals in line with the objectives of the Research Infrastructures Work Programme.
PROPOSAL NUMBERS
Call HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01 has closed on 18/09/2025.
159 proposals have been submitted.
The breakdown per topic is:
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-DEV-01: 16 proposals
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-DEV-02: 11 proposals
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-DEV-03: 20 proposals
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-DEV-04: 1 proposal
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-DEV-05: 4 proposals
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-EOSC-01: 6 proposals
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-EOSC-02: 8 proposals
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-EOSC-03: 4 proposals
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-EOSC-04: 4 proposals
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-EOSC-05: 12 proposals
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-SERV-01: 5 proposals
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-SERV-02: 4 proposals
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-SERV-03: 2 proposals
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-SERV-04: 15 proposals
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-TECH-01: 7 proposals
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-TECH-02: 15 proposals
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-TECH-03: 5 proposals
- HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-TECH-04: 20 proposals
Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in Feb. 2026.