On 16 September, the European Open Science Cloud-Life (EOSC-Life) initiative announced the launch of a funding call for projects aiming to share data, tools or workflows via the Cloud. EOSC-Life brings together the 13 European life science research infrastructures which were established by the EU to facilitate access for scientists to high-end technologies and services. The European Research Infrastructure Consortia (ERIC) include organisations such as EATRIS, BBMRI and ELIXIR, which address translational research, biobanking and life science data management, respectively.
The new EOSC-Life call, which is open to researchers in academia or Industry, is designed to support the development of projects that will contribute to the development of an open digital space for life science data, tools and workflows. The overall goal is to make life science research data publicly available in a Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) way. The call offers funding for the project team (equivalent to 1 full-time salary for a year), training and technical expertise from the EOSC-Life consortium, as well as assistance in cloudifying the data, tools or workflows that are the subject of the application. The application deadline is 5pm on December 22, 2020, prior to which applicants should have consulted the EOSC-Life experts on the design and aims of their proposals.
