The JRC offers access to its non-nuclear facilities to researchers and scientists from EU Member States and countries associated to the EU Research Programme Horizon 2020. For nuclear facilities, the JRC opens to EU Member States and to countries associated to the Euratom Research Programme.

Offering access to visiting researchers is part of JRC's strategy to:

• enhance dissemination of scientific knowledge;
• boost competiveness;
• bridge the gap between research and industry;
• provide training and capacity building.

Scientists will have the opportunity to work in the following fields:

• nuclear safety and security (Euratom Laboratories); 
• chemistry;
• biosciences/life sciences;
• physical sciences;
• ICT;
• Foresight.

The results will also feed into JRC's mission to support EU policymaking.

Access to the JRC research infrastructures will be provided according to two different modes: relevance-driven and market-driven.

Relevance-driven access

The relevance-driven access is exclusively dependent on scientific and socio-economic relevance at European level. It is based on a peer-review selection process following a call for proposals. Projects accessing JRC facilities under the relevance-driven mode are only charged the additional costs associated to such access.

Calls for market-driven access relevant for countries associated to Horizon 2020:

• Call for proposal: Reaction Wall, European Laboratory for Structural Assessment (ELSA) | EU Science Hub
• Call for proposal: Hopkinson Bar facility, European Laboratory for Structural Assessment (ELSA) | EU Science Hub
• Call for proposal: BESTEST, Battery Energy Storage Testing for Safe Electric Transport | EU Science Hub
• Call for proposals: GasTeF, Gas Tank Testing Facility | EU Science Hub
• Call for proposals: FCTEST, Fuel cells and electrolyser testing facilities | EU Science Hub

original source: Open access to JRC Research Infrastructures | EU Science Hub