Association of European-level Research Infrastructure Facilities
Budget
€16,126
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
3
0.3 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
The Association of European-level Research Infrastructure Facilities (ERF-AISBL) represents international-level multidisciplinary Research Infrastructures funded by national sources but offering open and free access and serving every year over 20,000 academic and industrial users from Europe and all over the world. ERF-AISBL is open to all Research Infrastructures which develop this “ERA open access” policy, hosting researchers from any Country in the world, selected solely on their quality by international peer review. These Research Infrastructures play a strong strategic role to make the European Research and Innovation Area attractive and competitive. Among its’ objectives are: - to coordinate the development and openness of forefront facilities for European research; - to develop the mechanisms and best practices for international provision of international quality large-scale research facilities; - to act as a source of scientific and technical expert opinion for n (...)
EU Legislative Interests
The main EU initiatives in which ERF Members are involved are connected to the Research and Innovation Framework Programme, now Horizon Europe and with the possible use of Structural Funds for the development (Upgrade and/or Construction and/or Operation) of Research Infrastructures.
Communication Activities
See www.erf-aisbl.eu
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
n/A
Organisation Members
https://erf-aisbl.eu/?page_id=2608 Current membership: - ALBA Synchrotron - Budapest Neutron Centre (BNC) - CERIC-ERIC - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) - Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A - EGI.eu - ELI ERIC - Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) - Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL) - GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH - Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) - Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) - Laserlab-Europe - Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) - Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) - Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Infrastructure represented in ERF-AISBL: Diamond Light Source - Source Optimisée de Lumière d'Énergie Intermédiaire de LURE (SOLEIL) - Technische Universität München (TUM) - Infrastructure represented in ERF-AISBL: FRM II
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.