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Call for Participation is open for researchers from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine to submit proposals that highlight how access to internet and compute technologies could significantly improve their research process. The deadline is midnight CET on Friday 7 April 2017. OpenAIRE will provide guidance on open data and open science to the winning applicants.

Join Enlighten Your Research and discover how e-infrastructure services can help you to get the most out of your research! The program is open to all ranges of research teams – from novice to expert in the use of information technology – to support their research projects.

The final selected projects for EYR@EaP 2017 will receive:
  • Support and advice on the use of network services and end-to-end network connectivity.
  • Connections to e-infrastructure resources through the EaPConnect Partners.
  • Commitment to an agreed level of resource provisioning and support for 1 year.
Example infrastructure services and resources that are made available through EYR@EaP 2017 include (but are not limited to):
  • Network services
  • Cultural heritage digitisation
  • Cloud resources
  • Compute resources in collaboration with PRACE and SURFsara
  • Guidance on open data and open science with OpenAIRE
If your final proposal is selected for the EYR@EaP 2017 programme, you (the main applicant) will get free participation at this year’s Eastern Partnership E-infrastructure Conference, EaPEC2017, in Minsk, Belarus on 27-28 September, organised by EaPConnect. You will be able to present your research project at this conference.

The submission for the first round is very light-weight and will close on 7 April 2017.

The first draft proposal is submitted electronically by answering these questions in an online form:
  • What is your primary research objective?
  • Do you need to collaborate with other researchers in different countries?
  • Presently, what technology do you use in your research?
  • In the next 1-2 years, what technology could you use to accelerate your research?
The First Submission Proposal can be completed online here!
More information about submitting can be found in the Terms and Conditions (.pdf) and FAQs (.pdf)
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