Started on 1st September 2024, EPOS ON (EPOS Optimization and EvolutioN) is a project dedicated to strenghten and evolve the EPOS Research Infrastructure.
Based on the achievements of the previous EU projects on the design, implementation, and pre-operation of the EPOS RI, EPOS ON will support the consolidation of the infrastructure and pave the way for its further evolution. The project will enable the EPOS RI to meet long-term sustainability conditions for operation, relying on its ability to create value for the scientific and IT communities and to produce new insights for contributing to societal challenges related to risk management and environmental impact reduction.
One of EPOS ON’s key outcomes will be to enhance the EPOS services portfolio to meet the needs of different communities, also encouraging the establishment of new EPOS Thematic Core Services. This will provide the necessary impulse to expand access to data and services to a wider pool of users, in particular early career researchers, at both the European and global scale.
EPOS ON has six strategic objectives:
- Ensure full exploitation of project results through a Consortium representative of the EPOS community
- Cultivate multidisciplinary research as the next step needed to boost EPOS impact
- Enhance and disseminate the EPOS societal value to increase its capacity to trigger socio-economic impact
- Elaborate a user strategy able to capture user needs and to evaluate their implementation
- Reinforce the presence of EPOS in the European and global contexts, through cooperation and networking with relevant organizations and initiatives
- Strengthen the EPOS long-term sustainability by focusing on actual needs to steer EPOS optimization and evolution
EPOS ON is funded by the EC Horizon Europe programme under G.A. n 101131592