EOSC-A Members have pledged to contribute €500 million in in-kind contributions to co-finance the EOSC Partnership between 2021-2030, and support the implementation of its objectives outlined in the EOSC Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) and in accordance with the Partnership’s Memorandum of Understanding.
These in-kind contributions, also commonly referred to as Additional Activities, complement the funding provided by the European Commission through Horizon Europe. Through these investments, institutions across Europe become deeply vested in the success of EOSC.
Current status
The cumulative value of actual in-kind contributions delivered in 2022 and 2023 is €614 million, which already exceeds the 2030 €500 million target established in the MoU.
Planned contributions for 2024 and 2025 indicate a continued upward trend in investments, with annual totals exceeding €300 million. The total contributions, both actual and planned, through 2025 have reached an impressive €1.3 billion.
The data collected up to 2024 demonstrates that contributions of Members have shifted to align with evolving EOSC priorities. For example, investments in ecosystem development have increased, with EOSC-A Members focusing more on knowledge building and data sharing across various research domains.
In contrast, support for additional research and innovation has decreased as funds have been redirected toward upgrading existing Research Infrastructures and deploying EOSC core components.
Documents and resources
To ensure continuous monitoring and reporting of Members’ Additional Activities within the framework of the EOSC Partnership, EOSC-A is committed to establish every year:
- An Additional Activities Plan (AAP), which is subsequently approved by the Partnership Board; and
- To report annually on the previously agreed and provided contributions in order to produce a Partnership Board-certified Additional Activities Report (AAR).
Additional Activities Plan 2024
Value: €335 million
Status: Approved by the 5th Partnership Board meeting, December 2023
The AAP 2024 brings the total amount of planned and actual in-kind contributions between 2022-2024 to €1 billion.
Additional Activities Plan 2023
Value: €383 million
Status: Approved by the 4th Partnership Board meeting, December 2022
Additional Activities Report 2022
Value: €292 million
Status: Approved by the 5th Partnership Board meeting, December 2023
Additional Activities Plan 2022
(superseded by AAR 2022)
Value: €312 million
Status: Approved by 3rd Partnership Board meeting, April 2022