Access to Research Infrastructures – TNA

Transnational Access Info:

ACME (the Astrophysics Centre for Multi-messenger studies in Europe) addresses the EC Call to provide wider, simplified, and more efficient access to the best research infrastructures (RI) available to researchers in the astronomy and astroparticle physics communities. ACME is set up to realize an ambitious coordinated European-wide optimization of the accessibility and cohesion between multiple leading RI, offering access to instruments, data and expertise, focused on the new science of multi-messenger astrophysics. ACME will forge a basis for strengthened long-term collaboration between these RI irrespective of location. Collaboration and user training will be specifically aimed at levelling up access opportunities across Europe and beyond.

ACME objectives are:
- implement the European roadmaps’ recommendations and act as a pathfinder to broaden, improve and align access to the respective RI services and data, and assess and evaluate new models for better coordination and provision of at-scale services
- provide harmonized and inclusive trans-national and virtual access to world-class RI
- develop centres of expertise providing expert support to enable easier access for more researchers
- improve science data products management to facilitate both focused research goals and serendipitous discoveries, implementing FAIR approaches to broaden access
- improve interoperable systems for rapid identification of astrophysical candidate events, and alert distribution to the network of RI and scientific consortia to optimize follow-up observations
- provide training for a new and broader generation of scientists and engineers
- open the astrophysics and astroparticle physics data sets to other disciplines, such as environmental studies or marine biology for the undersea neutrino facilities and increase citizen engagement in scientific research.

Access is guarantee by several facilities of the beneficiaries from different countries.

• TNA-EVN: call closes on 1st October 2026.
• TNA-E-MERLIN: call closes on 22nd October 2026.

More info about the project: https://www.acme-astro.eu/ 

More info about the access: https://www.acme-astro.eu/ongoing-calls/ 

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AQUARIUS will provide a highly comprehensive suite of integrated research infrastructures appropriate to addressing significant challenges for the long-term sustainability of our unique oceans, seas and freshwater ecosystems. For the first time, diverse research infrastructures will be combined to facilitate the work of researchers and key stakeholders focused on challenges and opportunities for both marine and freshwater systems. An impressive range of 57 research infrastructure services will be made available to include research vessels, mobile marine observation platforms, aircraft, drones, satellite, sensors, fixed freshwater and marine observatories and test sites, experimental facilities, and sophisticated data infrastructures. AQUARIUS will support the development phase of the EU Mission to Restore our Ocean and waters by 2030, the Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership, the European Green Deal, and international climate initiatives. It will also be an essential component in achieving the European Digital Twin of the Ocean and the UN Decade for Ocean Sciences. The needs of researchers will be met through a robust and transparent system of transnational access funding Calls, facilitated by centralised user-friendly access portal. The Call programme will be informed through stakeholder engagement and brokerage events. Projects to be selected for Access must convincingly integrate multiple infrastructures and contribute to the core policy objectives of Mission Ocean, that is, to protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity; to prevent and eliminate pollution of our oceans, seas and waters; and to ensure a sustainable, carbon-neutral and circular blue economy. A thematic and geographic focus will be the hallmark of the proposed transnational Calls, aligning with the Lighthouse Regions, that is, the Baltic and the North Sea Basins, Black Sea, Atlantic/Arctic, and Mediterranean Sea along with their associated rivers.

More info about the project: https://aquarius-ri.eu/about-aquarius/  
More info about the access: https://aquarius-ri.eu/access/ 

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AQUASERV is a multinational project that brings together six European research infrastructures to provide services in the fields of sustainable aquaculture, fisheries, ecological restoration and the blue economy. AQUASERV offers over 500 free customised services across Europe to researchers aiming to advance their research on marine and freshwater biological resources, food and biotechnology. Our services are easily accessible through transnational access (TA) and virtual access (VA), via our online application.

NOTE: While submissions are accepted at any time, we recommend you submit your application at least three months prior to the upcoming evaluation round to allow enough time for the review process.

For a decision to be taken in the next November window, please submit by 21 August 2026.

More info about the project: https://www.aquaserv-ri.eu/

More info about the transnational access: https://www.aquaserv-ri.eu/transnational-access-call

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The goal of ATRIUM (Advancing fronTier Research In the arts and hUManities) is to bridge leading research infrastructures in arts and humanities ( DARIAH ), archaeology ( ARIADNE ), languages ( CLARIN ), and open scholarly communication in the social sciences and humanities ( OPERAS ).

The Arts and Humanities is a very diverse field, covering a range of disciplines and communities of practice that have different epistemological and methodological foundations: an archaeologist and an art historian studying a Mycenaean fresco will have distinct goals and approaches to describing their objects of research. A literary scholar and a linguist will come to a textual corpus with radically different senses of what a corpus is and what questions can be asked of it. Yet research infrastructures in the Arts and Humanities domain must cater to a very wide range of stakeholders and offer services that cut across discipline-specific boundaries.

ATRIUM will tackle this heterogeneity within the Arts and Humanities by going deep and wide at the same time: on the one hand, ATRIUM will make a groundbreaking contribution to the consolidation and expansion of services, including data services, specifically in the field of archaeology. On the other hand, ATRIUM facilitates access to a wide array of essential text, image and sound-based services that benefit a number of other disciplines within the Arts and Humanities, and cover all phases of the research data lifecycle (creating, processing, analyzing, preserving, providing access to and reusing).

The sixth call is now open. Deadline: 30th November 2026.

• More info about the project: https://atrium-research.eu/
• More info about the access: https://atrium-research.eu/travel-grants/ 

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Tackling climate change and human-induced hazards requires a deep understanding of the fundamental properties of Earth materials; how they form, transform and interact with their environment. The EU-funded EXCITE2 project brings together more than a dozen European research facilities into a single accessible infrastructure, offering advanced imaging techniques, from X-ray tomography to electron microscopy, for studying Earth materials at all scales. By revealing the processes that govern material behaviour from the atomic to the rock scale, the project aims to improve knowledge of environmental toxicity, support sustainable extraction of critical metals for renewable energy and explore safe, long-term storage of climate-altering gases, delivering practical solutions for a healthier planet and a more sustainable future.

A sixth call will be open in Autumn 2026. 

• More info about the project: https://excite-network.eu/
• More info about the access: https://excite-network.eu/access/

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The four-year project will bring together outputs from key social science research infrastructures to help inform the NextGenerationEU programme and European Union youth policy.

NextGenerationEU aims for Europe ‘to build a greener, more digital and more resilient future’ with a focus on five key areas: Make it Green; Make it Digital; Make it Healthy; Make it Strong; and Make it Equal.

In each of these five areas, I4NG will re-purpose and customise existing research services to support the five themes of NextGenerationEU.

The project is being co-ordinated by the European Social Survey European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ESS ERIC) and includes the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA ERIC), the European Values Study (EVS) and t he Generations and Gender Programme (GGP) at its core.

• More info about the project: https://infra4nextgen.com/about-infra4nextgen/ 
• More info about the access: https://infra4nextgen.com/resources/data-summaries/ 

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INFRACHIP is to implement the first integrated, distributed research infrastructure as a wider European research platform for the sustainable development of next-generation and future semiconductor chips. It will mobilise a critical mass of people, expert knowledge and technology blocks, and capital investment on state-of-the-art equipment to address the EU’s twin digital and green transition and ensure Europe’s capacity to innovate at the early to medium readiness levels. This project will advance the state-of the-art technologies by supporting comprehensive user projects for multi-and-trans-disciplinary path-finding research on sustainable Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)driven by the secure edge. These challenge-driven TA projects will target the introduction of new materials, proof-of-concept and feasibility studies of new manufacturing processes or disruptive technologies. To accelerate the translation of results from the lab to the fab, INFRACHIP will channel project activities to Testing and Experimentation Facilities, European Digital Innovation Hubs and Pilot Lines. INFRACHIP will also develop talent and train a skilled workforce through its Research Accelerator Programme and additional handson courses and education resources to support early career innovators and the high-value semiconductor industry. As a whole, INFRACHIP will significantly contribute to research and innovation capacity within the objectives of the European Chips Act.

Application and selection is a continuous/rolling process with submission deadlines occurring at the end of each calendar month.

• More info about the project: https://infrachip.eu 
• More info about the access: https://infrachip.eu/access-enquiry/ 

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Agriculture improves health and wellbeing. It contributes to local food security, increases farmers’ incomes and helps reduce poverty. However, developing a resilient and sustainable agricultural system can be challenging. Success hinges on a deep understanding of the systems and their interactions with the environment. The EU-funded AgroServ project will study the threats and challenges and deepen our understanding of how to achieve a resilient and sustainable agrifood system. This transdisciplinary project will bring together all actors of the agriculture system. Farmers are the first, thanks to a wide offer of living labs across Europe. By delivering a Europe-wide data ecosystem, AgroServ aims to grow the agroecology research community and support the cross-fertilisation of knowledge.

A 5th Call for projects is now closed.

• More info about the project: https://agroserv.eu 
• More info about the access: https://agroserv.eu/calls-and-resources 

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Adaptation to climate change requires in-depth understanding of climate change driven risks, including their determinants (hazards, exposure and vulnerabilities) and impacts to human, production and natural systems. Integrated Research Infrastructure Services for Climate Change Risks (IRISCC) is a consortium of diverse and complementary leading research infrastructures (RIs) covering disciplines from natural sciences to social sciences, across different domains and sectors. IRISCC provides scientific and knowledge services to foster cutting-edge research and evidence-based policymaking to improve Europe's resilience to climate change. IRISCC ensures a “one-stop-shop” for various user communities on climate change risk related RI services by setting up a dedicated Catalogue of services and related access management system both for granting transnational (onsite and remote) and offering virtual access. The Catalogue of services will be built through three consecutive releases, each delivering increasingly integrated services to its user communities. The IRISCC service integration will include Service Design Labs employing co-design and transdisciplinary action, and Service Demonstrators benchmarking the integrated cross-RI services. In addition to services aimed towards the scientific community, IRISCC will offer knowledge services aimed towards policymakers and other stakeholders. This is done together with risk management platforms. The research enabled by IRISCC contributes to future reports on climate change effects (IPCC, IPBES) as well as policy- and decision-making to meet the targets of climate adaptation strategies. IRISCC contributes to training a new generation of scientists to efficiently use RI services and for data stewardship. Data from IRISCC will be open and made available in compliance with FAIR principles and linked to European initiatives such as EOSC. Strong links will be created between IRISCC and current and future efforts under Horizon Europe.

Climate change presents a complex existential threat, demanding a unified and comprehensive response. IRISCC recognises this urgency and acts as a collaborative force, bringing together the expertise and resources of 14 Research Infrastructures from environmental and social science domains. Access to services is granted through a series of transnational (physical, remote, and hybrid) or virtual access calls. When the call is opened, applications for access are submitted through an online platform. Open calls will support high-impact research addressing key topics such as ecosystem resilience, climate-driven health risks, water management, and food systems.

Transnational Access (TA) is offered via regular calls, including the 4th calls in July 2026 and the forthcoming calls in Dec 2026 (5th), and May 2027 (6th). Each call remains open for approximately two months. Virtual Access (VA) is available continuously online. Fast Track Access provides continuous support for urgent needs and eligible groups. Fast track call for emergencies and Ukrainian Researchers is open continuously 2025-2028.

The 4th call is now open. Deadline: 15 October 2026.

• More info about the project: https://www.iriscc.eu/
• More info about the access: https://www.iriscc.eu/open-calls 

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ISIDORe II (Integrated Services for Infectious Disease Outbreak Research II) represents the strategic continuation of ISIDORe. Building on its proven capacity to mobilise Europe’s research infrastructures (RIs) for pandemic preparedness and response (PP&R) research, ISIDORe II consolidates the model into a leaner, strategically aligned consortium that enhances agility, coherence, and sustainability. Infectious disease–focused RIs form the operational backbone, ensuring depth in epidemic- and pandemic-relevant science, while transversal RIs provide enabling technologies such as imaging, omics, and structural biology. This integrated architecture ensures that Europe’s RI landscape delivers high-quality, challenge-driven, and interoperable services.

ISIDORe II pursues three overarching missions: (1) deliver excellent RI services for PP&R research and empower users through a curated service catalogue, an interoperable digital platform, and inclusive outreach; (2) amplify impact by enabling scientific excellence, innovation, and data stewardship, accelerating medical countermeasure (MCM) development, embedding FAIR principles, and aligning with European Open Science policies; and (3) anchor the ISIDORe model within the EU and global preparedness ecosystem through coordination with actors such as HERA, ECDC, WHO, and DURABLE, while developing a stakeholder-validated sustainability plan.

By offering a coherent, strategically sharpened model for transnational and virtual access (TNA/VA), ISIDORe II ensures that users benefit from comprehensive support, including ethics, biosafety, and regulatory guidance, alongside interoperable data practices. Its activities generate scientific excellence, policy-relevant evidence, and long-term impact for European and global health security. As the natural continuation of ISIDORe, ISIDORe II transforms a successful pilot into a sustainable cornerstone of the European preparedness and response landscape.

There are several TNA opportunities. "Andes Virus & ANDV-relevant Hantavirus Research" call closes on 11th December 2026.

• More info about the project: https://isidore-project.eu/about-us/ 
• More info about the access: https://isidore-project.eu/calls/

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Lasers4EU is incorporating the major laser research infrastructures, in a large number of European member states, into a comprehensive virtual distributed laser research infrastructure that is offering to a broad user community, from academia and industry, access to an exceptional portfolio of technical and scientific capabilities.

The objectives of Lasers4EU are:

• Provide coordinated access to high-quality services based on a coherent and comprehensive consortium of 27 leading European laser installations offering to users from academia as well as from industry cutting-edge performances;
• Structure the European landscape of laser Research Infrastructure through enhanced access, extended geographical coverage, novel science diplomacy activities, improved synergies with other European networks/projects;
• Increase European human resources in the field of laser science by implementing training activities towards researchers from new domains of science and technology and from geographical regions where laser communities are still less developed.

Access proposals are accepted at any time and from any eligible researcher or research team. However, there are specific deadlines for the facilities at LULI, CLF, GSI, FELIX, FERMI and CLPU.

The deadlines for submitting a proposal are 15 May and 15 November.

• More info about the project: https://lasers4.eu/
• More info about the access: https://lasers4.eu/become-a-user/call-for-proposals/ 

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Microbial services addressing climate change risks for biodiversity and for agricultural and forestry ecosystems: enabling curiosity-driven research and advancing frontier knowledge.

MICROBES-4-CLIMATE (M4C) aims to deepen the comprehension of the complex relationships among microorganisms, plants, and soil within the framework of Climate Change. By offering access to advanced Research Infrastructures, training, and assistance, the project seeks to encourage research tackling the multifaceted challenges presented by Climate Change to terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystems. By exploring these interactions, M4C strives to advance the understanding and facilitate the applied research directed at enhancing the resilience of plants and crops to the effects of Climate Change, thereby fostering sustainable and resilient agricultural methods.

The 2nd TNA call is now closed. 

More info about the project: https://microbes4climate.eu/ 

More info about the access: https://microbes4climate.eu/tna/ 

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NFFA-EUROPE provides free access to state- of-the art tools for multidisciplinary, frontier research at the nanoscale, scaling up to the micro-world: available techniques range from nanocharacterization to theory and numerical simulation. Advanced infrastructures for growth, lithography, characterization, theory and simulation and fine-analysis with Synchrotron, FEL and Neutron radiation sources are integrated in a multi-site combination which users can access free of charge. This provides them with a unique, integrated access which is not currently available at single specialized sites.

• More info about the project: Home | NFFA.eu 
• More info about the access: The offer | NFFA.eu 

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The project will deliver access to the world-class collective of Europe’s premiere open advanced neutron (N), synchrotron (SR) and free-electron laser (FEL) complementary research infrastructures (RI), to promote curiosity driven excellence in research.

In NEPHEWS the RI institute in a novel approach jointly with their 40k+ user base of scientists through Users Organisations to provide a user-driven access program targeting new and non-expert communities, with a focus on Widening countries, Ukraine and Africa, a priority. The bottom-up User-to-User-oriented approach aims to build an integrated European RI landscape involving LEAPS and LENS consortia and their European scientific user communities.

The NEPHEWS TNA programme aims to support scientists by providing free access (on-site and remote) to research facilities (RIs), enabling them to conduct experiments at installations and beamlines.

There are several calls with different opening/deadline. Each call refers to a specif Research Infrastructure.

• More info about the project: https://beamtime.eu/ 
• More info about the access: https://beamtime.eu/programmes-support/tna/  

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Key national and regional research infrastructures, such as the European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association (EISCAT), the Low Frequency Array, or LOFAR (a new-generation radio interferometer constructed in the north of the Netherlands and across Europe), and the Digisonde ionospheric sounders, will come under a single European distributed network. This is the aim of the EU-funded PITHIA-NRF project. By integrating these facilities on a European scale and opening them up to all European researchers, the project will help to significantly advance research in the field of upper atmosphere and near-Earth space. The work will ultimately pave the way for new observation technologies and standard-making processes for software and high-level data products. 

• More info about the project: https://pithia-nrf.eu/
• More info about the access: https://pithia-nrf.eu/pithia-nrf-users/tna

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POLARIN is an international network of polar research infrastructures and their services, aiming at addressing the scientific challenges of the polar regions. The network includes a wide array of complementary and interdisciplinary top level research infrastructures: Arctic and Antarctic research stations, research vessels and icebreakers operating at both poles, observatories, data infrastructures and ice and sediment core repositories. POLARIN will provide integrated, challenge-driven, and combined access to these infrastructures to facilitate interdisciplinary research on complex processes.

POLARIN will:
1. Provide challenge-driven transnational access to a large portfolio of research infrastructures.
2. Improve the access to data by improving data availability and interoperability between data infrastructures.
3. Provide virtual access to data and data services.
4. Provide data products for the scientific community and decision makers.
5. Train the young generation of polar researchers in optimally exploiting the infrastructures for their research.
6. Duly advertise the services offered by POLARIN and engage the infrastructure users to share their research outcomes with society.

Call 2026 for proposals is now open. Deadline for submission of proposals: 29th of October 2026.

• More info about the project: https://eu-polarin.eu/  
• More info about the access: https://eu-polarin.eu/transnational-access-call-2026-v-2/ 

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PRISMAP + - furthering the European Medical Radionuclide Programme, federates a consortium of 23 beneficiary or associate institutes. Nuclear medicine and research with novel radiopharmaceuticals is fast evolving with the 1st blockbuster treatment radiopharmaceutical Pluvicto® on the market last year. Based on recommendations from the Council of Europe to consolidate the European Radioisotope Valley Initiative programme and associated R&D for medical radionuclides, and therefore to extend the successful PRISMAP programme, PRISMAP + is submitted to this call to coordinate the access for biomedical researchers in Europe to a consortium of leading facilities. It extends the supply chain in geographical and scope from the maturing PRISMAP consortium, including intense neutron sources, proton and alpha accelerators, mass separation, including 2 new operating accelerators, and hosting researchers in our biomedical hubs. Planned for 2026-2029, the access platform radionuclides.eu will display relevant evolving information, manage the access in the project selection and publish relevant information as projects outcomes and dissemination become necessary. Accesses to services will furthermore be provided in our biomedical hubs, extended to larger geographical reach in Norway and Greece.

The call is now closed.

• More info about the project: https://www.prismap-plus.eu/
• More info about the access: https://www.prismap-plus.eu/access/project-application/

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Radiation effects induced by energetic particles in electronic and photonic components and systems are a critical concern for space, avionics, high-energy physics, nuclear energy, IT infrastructure and many other mission-critical applications. RADNEXT 2030 builds on the success of the H2020 RADNEXT project  to establish a sustainable, transnational, and inter-disciplinary radiation testing and research infrastructure supporting both scientific excellence and industrial competitiveness in Europe.

The RADNEXT 2030 consortium brings together over 40 institutions from across Europe and beyond, including research laboratories, universities, space and nuclear agencies, and industrial stakeholders. It integrates more than 30 world-class irradiation facilities, covering heavy ions, protons, neutrons, and other beam types, along with digital tools, training resources, and best practices to support advanced radiation effects testing and qualification.

RADNEXT 2030’s main objectives are to (i) coordinate and provide high-quality transnational access to radiation facilities, (ii) foster harmonization, innovation, and sustainability in radiation effects testing, (iii) support European users and SMEs through training and tailored assistance, and (iv) position Europe as a global leader in radiation effects research and qualification.

RADNEXT 2030 will be crucial for CERN in two complementary ways. Firstly, it will enable access to CERN radiation effects researchers across multiple groups, departments and sectors to world-class radiation effects testing facilities. In fact, CERN has been the number one RADNEXT user, with more than 20 experiments completed. Secondly, the project will provide the necessary framework for radiation effects research access to CHARM and HEARTS@CERN, partially funded by the EU.

The 16^th call is closed. Deadline for submission: 7th October 2026.

• More info about the project: https://radnext.eu/ 
• More info about the access: https://radnext.eu/transnational-access/call-for-proposals/ 

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Ready-PV will establish a pan-European infrastructure ecosystem that allows researchers to access a comprehensive set of tools and facilities. This network will help them evaluate the durability, reliability, and real-world lifetimes of emerging photovoltaics (PV) technologies — including perovskite, tandem, organic, and quantum-dot PV.

The project offers transnational and virtual access to a uniquely integrated network of infrastructures covering outdoor testbeds, indoor accelerated stability labs, and large-scale synchrotron and neutron sources for advanced material analysis.
Ready-PV addresses a critical barrier to market adoption of next-generation PV: the lack of harmonised access to infrastructure for evaluating degradation mechanisms and long-term stability under realistic and controlled stress conditions.
In addition to physical access, the project delivers a suite of AI-enabled digital tools for simulation and diagnostics, including predictive modelling and automated data workflows. All data will be FAIR-compliant and interoperable with EOSC through integration with the NOMAD platform.Training and capacity building are central to Ready-PV. Training activities will ensure adherence to the FAIR-compliant harmonised dataflow and bridge the knowledge gap between the PV and fundamental research infrastructure communities through joint workshops, hands-on training, and AI-focused learning modules. Special attention will be given to engaging researchers from Widening countries.
By combining physical, analytical, and coherent, open-access digital infrastructures into a single network, Ready-PV will enable faster, more credible PV reliability research and contribute to Europe’s strategic autonomy in clean energy technologies.

The TNA call is now open. Deadline: 30th Novemeber 2026.

• More info about the project: https://www.readypv.eu/ 
• More info about the access: https://www.readypv.eu/procedure/ 

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ReMade@ARI (REcyclable MAterials DEvelopment at Analytical Research Infrastructures) is funded by the EU Commission’s Horizon Europe programme and co-funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation.

The project provides scientists who are working on the design of new recyclable materials with analytical tools that enable them to explore the properties and the structure of their material in smallest details up to atomic resolution. ReMade@ARI commits to leverage the development of innovative, sustainable materials for key components in the most diverse sectors, such as electronics, batteries, vehicles, construction, packaging, plastics, textiles and food on an unprecedented level. It will be the central hub in Europe for all sectors and research areas in which new materials for a circular economy will be developed.

IMPORTANT DATES

• 1 September 2025 – TNA Rolling Call opens.
• 15 May 2026 – Pre-proposal Call closes.
• 29 May 2026 – TNA Rolling Call closes.
• 15 June 2026 – All projects are scheduled.
• 31 July 2026 – All projects are completed, and experimental reports are submitted.
• 31 August 2026 – All reporting in ARIA portal and reimbursement requests are submitted.

• More info on the project: https://remade-project.eu/ 
• More info on the access: https://remade-project.eu/index.php/user-access-guidelines/calls-schedule/ 

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Research in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology is vital for sustainability globally: advancement in nanoscience and nanotechnology cannot be achieved without using research infrastructures (RI). RIANA encompasses 7 European networks of top-level RIs to cover the most advanced techniques relevant for synthesis, nanofabrication, processing, characterization, analytics, as well as simulation capacity. Highly customised and efficient access to 69 infrastructures is coordinated via a single-entry point and enabled through comprehensive Science and Innovation Service by senior scientists, experts for the transfer of technology from academia to industry, and highly trained Junior Scientists. The Junior Scientist boost RI experience to an entirely new level: they provide customised Science Service supporting users from initial ideas to hands-on experiments, data analysis and dissemination of results to generate the greatest impact from access to world-class RI. This core of RIANA is aligned to attract experienced and new users from academia or industry making their promising ideas a success and push them to higher TRL. RIANA is flexible to upcoming emergent scientific topics and needs: together with stakeholders from the nanocommunity, RIANA implements the opportunity to offer flexible access to additional infrastructures in, and even outside of Europe beyond the current consortium, and to direct the Science Service towards evolving user needs via additional specialised Junior Scientists. Based on the four years of experience, the RIANA consortium will develop a roadmap for the future of the nanoscience and nanotechnology at European RIs.

• More info about the project: https://aria.riana-project.eu/ 
• More info about the access: https://aria.riana-project.eu/ 

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Research Infrastructure Services for Renewable Energy (RISEnergy) project is dedicated to fostering a long-term, coordinated research effort among leading research institutions and private companies to advance energy technologies within the EU.

The central approach of RISEnergy revolves around three key activities designed to lay the foundation of a novel Renewable Energy Research Infrastructure (RI) Ecosystem:

• Access to outstanding RIs;
• Access to cross-RI services;
• Access to proactive innovation management.

RISEnergy materialises the most extensive Transnational Access (TA) programme ever deployed for renewables across all EU framework programmes. It encompasses 84 TAs covering all target areas of renewable RIs, along with three Virtual Access (VA) RIs in the project’s portfolio. The energy technology areas covered are Photovoltaics (PV), Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)/Solar Thermal Electricity (STE), Hydrogen, Biofuels, Wind Energy, Ocean Energy, Integrated Grids and Energy Storage, as well as two cross-cutting areas, Materials Research and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

Moreover, to add value to RISEnergy beyond RI access, approximately one-third of the funding is allocated to creating synergies between the renewable energy target areas, thereby maximising the innovative impact of these access opportunities. Users will also benefit from RISEnergy’s cross-cutting services and proactive innovation management activities.

TA calls open every six months. On the contrary, no specific application forms or proposal submission is requested for VA.

RISEnergy usually publishes calls for TA applications twice a year, at the end of March and the end of September. The final call will be launched September 2027. 

The fifth call is now open. Deadline: 18th November 2026.

• More info about the project: https://risenergy-project.eu/
• More info about the access: https://risenergy-project.eu/ta-access/ and https://risenergy-project.eu/va-access/