The Open Clouds for Research Environments (OCRE) Consortium announced the opening of applications for a program focused on cloud or digital services to support scientific activities and researchers. Applications will open on September 15th.
On July 15, the OCRE consortium announced the date of the first phase of applications for funding for projects that use cloud or digital services to support scientific research.
This first phase of applications will take place from September 15, 2020 and will last for six weeks, with no additional dates yet scheduled.
Through this line of funding, OCRE seeks to support relevant projects in its field of study that use services cloud and digital technologies to accelerate research results. The consortium also seeks projects that are part of the European scientific and research community and can support future collaborations.
They will still be projects that are not currently using this type of tools will be privileged cloud or large-scale digital and that indicate the start of use for the end of 2020 or the beginning of 2021.
Interested scientific research units may express interest in submitting the application through the OCRE website, and will be the first to receive information about the application details as soon as more information becomes available. For more information, OCRE will also hold a webinar (registration required) on the opening day of applications, September 15th, at 10:00 am (mainland Portugal time).
The objective of this financing program is to “highlight the positive impact that digital and cloud services have on scientific research results in terms of agility, scale, efficiency, collaboration and data sharing, through the use of advanced analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and collaborative tools”.
The OCRE Consortium is part of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) program and seeks to increase accessibility to commercial digital and cloud platforms for European research projects. It is possible to show interest, right now, in this line of financing, through the project's official website.
