Through the program for Open Access to Research Infrastructures the European Commission’s Joint Research Center (Joint Research Center) provides researchers with access to its world-class facilities and laboratories enabling state-of-the-art research and collaboration with a European dimension. In this context the following three laboratories of the Joint Research Center offer access through the CERIC Call:
JRC Nanobiotechnology Laboratory
Location: Ispra (Italy)
JRC Battery Energy Storage Testing Laboratory
Location: Petten (Netherlands)
JRC Fuel Cell and Electrolyser Testing Laboratory
Location: Petten (Netherlands)
CERIC is a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) integrating and providing open access to some of the most advanced analytical facilities in Europe to help science and industry advance in all fields of materials, biomaterials and nanotechnology, with a focus on energy materials and life sciences. CERIC-ERIC offers access through a single entry point to more than 60 different and complementary state of the art techniques and support laboratories, distributed in 11 countries, with the submission of single or multi-technique proposals.
Access to CERIC is open to scientists from all over the world and free of charge, provided the results end data are made available to the community in a reasonable time, according Scientific Data Policy.
The invitation is available here
Deadlines
- March 3rd 2025 at 17:00 CET to have a pre-evaluation and the possibility to improve your proposal
- April 1st 2025 at 17:00 CEST final submission, recommended only for users that are expert in all the techniques requested.
You can find an overview of the Joint Research Center’s Open Access Research Infrastructures here
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https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/eusciencehubnews/user-subscriptions/169/create
