Guide to e-Infrastructure Requirements for European Research Infrastructures

This e-IRG support document focusses on providing information and recommendations for complying with the e-needs instructions included in the ESFRI QUESTIONNAIRE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS FOR ROADMAP 2018. Information about existing e-Infrastructures (mainly at European level), about open science and about data management is included. This document contains three main parts. The first part addresses the e-needs instructions included in the ESFRI QUESTIONNAIRE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS FOR ROADMAP 2018 and the corresponding key minimal requirements to be met.The second part provides background information to be used when complying with the instructions and to follow up the recommendations and good practices presented in this document. We mainly describe the e-Infrastructures at European level, but are aware that e-Infrastructures at national or regional level are of equal importance. Efforts have been done to point to up-to-date information for e-Infrastructures at all levels. If needed, the e-IRG Secretariat and the national e-IRG Delegates can help you with contacting e-Infrastructures. This part also defines the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and the e-Infrastructure Commons and contains information on access to research infrastructures and data management. The third part discusses recommendations and best practices to be considered when complying with the e-needs instructions.