The ESFRI Roadmap 2016

The ESFRI Roadmap 2016 identifies the new Research Infrastructures (RI) of pan-European interest corresponding to the long term needs of the European research communities, covering all scientific areas, regardless of possible location.

The 2016 Roadmap consists of 21 ESFRI Projects with a high degree of maturity – including 6 new Projects – and 29 ESFRI Landmarks – RIs that reached the implementation phase by the end of 2015.

The ESFRI Roadmap 2016 was launched on 10 March 2016, in Amsterdam. The event was organized under the Dutch Presidency by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) in close cooperation with ESFRI, the European Commission and the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. Discussions focussed on strategic roadmapping, long-term sustainability and the socio-economic impact of research infrastructures.

– Le communiqué de presse : Launch of the ESFRI Roadmap 2016

– La feuille de route : Strategy Report on Research Infrastructures

Part 1 identifies the new features and conclusions of the ESFRI Roadmap 2016 in terms of the methods and procedures that led to the call, the evaluation and selection of the new ESFRI Projects and the definition and assessment of the ESFRI Landmarks. It contains the lists of 21 Projects and 29 Landmarks as identified by their acronym, full name, lifecycle stage, legal status, reference financial data and date of entry in the ESFRI Roadmap…

Part 2 contains the description of each of the ESFRI Projects and ESFRI Landmarks. Each project is represented by a dedicated card reporting the outline of the research infrastructure, the background and the steps for implementation…

Part 3 contains the Landscape Analysis that provides the current context, in each domain, of the operational national and international research infrastructures open to European scientists and technology developers through peer-review of competitive science proposals…