First General Call
📆 Opens: 28 April 2025 (TBC)
📆 Closes: 30 June 2025
📍 Scope: General (non-thematic)

Fast-Track Call (for Emergencies and Ukrainian Researchers)
🕒 Open Continuously (2025–2028)
📍 For rapid-response projects or researchers affected by climate emergencies.

🗓️ Future calls will follow—stay tuned!

IRISCC is open to researchers, policymakers, and professionals across various sectors, including academia and industry. Whether you’re addressing climate risks, vulnerabilities, or conducting research in related fields, IRISCC provides access to cutting-edge services and facilities.

Check Eligibility – Make sure you meet the criteria:

• Transnationality: Applicants must be from a country other than the one hosting the research facility or service. The only exceptions are for users from European Research Infrastructure Consortia (ERICs), international organizations, or the EU Joint Research Centre.

• Horizon Europe Criteria: All applicants must comply with the Horizon Europe eligibility requirements, which include transnationality and dissemination of research results.

• Fast-Track Call: Ukrainian researchers affected by climate-related emergencies are eligible for expedited access through the Fast-Track Call.

• Dissemination Requirement: Except for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), users must commit to disseminating the knowledge and results generated through their research.

Explore the Catalogue of Services – Browse by services, facilities, or domains. Contact service managers to confirm feasibility.

Submit via the Submission Portal
Proposals are submitted online through PASS.

• Confirm eligibility and feasibility

• Register/log in to our Submission Platform

• Complete the three-part form:

  1. General info (users, services, etc.)

  2. Technical details (project goals, methods, impact)

  3. Final declarations

Your application will be evaluated based on:

• Scientific and Technical Relevance: How well your project aligns with IRISCC’s priorities and the specific Call requirements.

• Novelty and Innovation: The originality of your approach and its potential to seed new industry links or technologies.

• Quality of Implementation: How well the project is planned and the qualifications of the research team.

• Bonus Points: Cross-infrastructure collaboration (using multiple facilities or services).

• Full access to IRISCC services, installations, and data

• Travel & subsistence: up to €2000 per proposal

• Salaries are not covered

💡 Use co-funding where possible!

After submission, your request will undergo:

1. Eligibility and Feasibility Check: Ensuring that the requested services can accommodate your project.

2. Evaluation: Independent experts will evaluate your proposal based on the criteria mentioned earlier.

3. Notification: You will be notified within two months about the outcome of your application.

• Share your results (unless you’re an SME)

• Acknowledge IRISCC in your outputs

• Fill in the post-access report

Yes, you can apply for multiple services or facilities. In fact, if your proposal includes multiple services or facilities from different infrastructures, you will automatically receive bonus points during the evaluation.

Transnational Access allows eligible users to access cutting-edge research installations and services in a country different from their own, with some exceptions for ERIC infrastructures.

You can access services in three different ways:

• 🔬 Physical Access: You travel to the hosting facility and work onsite with their team. This is ideal for hands-on experiments, specialized equipment use, or training.

• 🖥️ Remote Access: You send your samples, data, or specific instructions to the facility, and the host team carries out the work on your behalf. You receive the results, data, or processed materials remotely.

• 🔄 Hybrid Access: A combination of physical and remote access — for example, part of your project is done onsite during a short visit, while other parts are handled remotely before or after your stay.

TA includes scientific and technical support, and IRISCC will partly reimburse travel and subsistence expenses (up to €2000 per accepted proposal).

You can:

• Visit installations to run experiments or collect data

• Collaborate onsite with experts

• Get support for planning, logistics, and technical implementation

TA includes partial reimbursement for travel and subsistence costs (up to €2000 per proposal).

VA gives you access to online services and data, without the need to travel. This might include:

• Downloadable datasets and models

• Remote data processing tools

• Online platforms or simulations

• Training and support materials

VA is ideal for users who want to benefit from IRISCC services entirely online.

• Contact us

• Join a live Q&A session (dates TBA)

• Or watch a recorded session on our YouTube channel (Coming Soon).