ESFRI announces the launch of the Roadmap 2021 Update, a two-year-long process that will eventually lead to the creation of a new ESFRI Roadmap, one that will include new RI Projects and present the evolution of Research Infrastructures currently on the Roadmap.

The ESFRI Roadmap contains probably the best European science facilities based on a thorough evaluation and selection procedure. It combines ESFRI Projects, which are new research infrastructures in progress towards implementation, and ESFRI Landmarks, successfully implemented Research Infrastructures. The document also describes the broader Landscape of research in Europe which is an important component to ESFRI methodology.

All previous ESFRI Roadmap Updates proved to be very influential and provided truly strategic guidance for Member States and Associated Countries investments, which goes even beyond the research infrastructure domain. The focus is on clustering of Research Infrastructures, their horizontal linkages and the projection of the Open Science concept. There are growing demands to address social and global challenges that are reflected in the Sustainable Development Goals.

The ESFRI Roadmap 2021 Guide offers support to proposers preparing a new submission and to the Projects and Landmarks involved in the update procedure. This Guide contains the definitions, models, methods and describes the procedures applied for the update.

One of the key ingredients of ESFRI rests in ensuring that excellent scientists have access to Europe´s best research infrastructures, irrespective of borders. These actions require truly pan-European collaboration and global outlook. ESFRI has acquired immense and valuable experience since its foundation. It is our privilege to be able to share this experience across countries and research infrastructure projects.

ESFRI hopes that it can thus provide the European research infrastructures´ stakeholders with guidance that will help them to achieve the most of their envisaged goals.

For any queries, please contact at roadmap@str-esfri.eu.

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original source and more information: ESFRI Roadmap 2021 | www.esfri.eu

access the Guide directly: https://www.esfri.eu/sites/default/files/ESFRI_Roadmap2021_Public_Guide_Public.pdf