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Funding and Investment Strategies for Research Infrastructures (Fund-RI)

Ensuring the long-term sustainability of Research Infrastructures (RIs) requires funding throughout their lifecycle, from preparation to construction and operationalisation, including access. To that end, EU-level funding has been instrumental in strengthening the European RIs landscape. Yet, the growing number and scale of pan-European RIs calls for more concerted multi-level investments, stronger synergies between funding programmes and the mobilisation of a broader range of funding sources, including for transnational and virtual access to RIs. Persistent difficulties are reported in capturing comprehensive information on funding streams, navigating a complex landscape of multiple funding instruments, especially from sources that extend beyond research programmes. From the RIs’ managers’ perspective, a lack of long-term planning and limited visibility on national funding sources and costs hamper strategic discussions on long-term investment planning and broader access schemes. FundRI project will deal with various issues around the research infrastructures funding.