The EOSC Academy serves as an initiative for capacity building, knowledge exchange, and mutual learning within the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) ecosystem.
It consolidates and amplifies knowledge emerging from EOSC-related projects, Task Forces, Opportunity Area Expert Groups, national and institutional initiatives, and other contributions from experts to enhance and support the EOSC Federation, including the enrolment of Nodes. The primary purpose of the Academy is to accelerate the development of the EOSC Federation by strengthening shared understanding and promoting the coherent implementation of the EOSC Federation model throughout the ecosystem.
Who is the Academy for?
The EOSC Academy engages all actors involved or interested in the EOSC Federation, acknowledging their diverse roles and perspectives in building and sustaining the EOSC ecosystem. It aims to provide learning opportunities and capacity-building support tailored to different stakeholder groups.
EOSC Academy target stakeholders
- EOSC Nodes (current and candidate, future Nodes)
- Grantees of the EOSC Gravity cascading grants
- EOSC Task Forces and Opportunity Area Expert Groups
- EOSC-related projects
- Organisations, including RIs, wanting to join the EOSC Federation
Discover the tracks
The EOSC Academy’s content is organized around two tracks that address key topics in the journey organisations undertake when joining the EOSC Federation—from initial understanding, to participation, to onboarding services and operating a Node.
Track 2 addresses the needs of organisations establishing and running EOSC Nodes, covering the operational, technical, and organisational requirements for Node participation.
Course 4: Minimum Requirements for a Project Charter
Course overview
This course is designed for the EOSC Gravity project’s cascading grants beneficiaries, Node coordinators, consortium partners, technical leads, and policy officers who are preparing to join the EOSC Federation. It provides details, examples and tools to support the creation of the required Project Charter needed to apply for a Tripartite node enrolment call.
Watch the recording from the “Minimum Requirements for a Project Charter” online session:
Course 5: Service Policies for Onboarding to the EOSC Federation
Course overview
This course introduces all relevant aspects of EOSC policies, both for the enrolment of nodes and the onboarding of resources and services. It presents the overall context and the minimum policies required by the EOSC Federation, focusing on the Resources and Services Onboarding Policy, and the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) and the User Access Policy (UAP). It provides concrete examples of existing policies for onboarding of services and other resources among the different types of Nodes available to date: e-infrastructure nodes, national nodes, thematic nodes. It also introduces the Node Registration Policy describing the minimum steps a Node can implement.
| Date | 9 November 2026 |
| Time | 11:00–12:00 CET |
Course 6: How to Onboard Services to EOSC Nodes
Course overview
This course provides an introduction to the operational remit of the EOSC Nodes. In particular, course participants can expect to gain a basic understanding of the onboarding policies of selected EOSC Nodes, and how Nodes support the visibility and discoverability of services within the broader Federation landscape.
