About CERIC

CERIC is a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) integrating and providing open access to some of the most advanced analytical facilities in Europe to help science and industry advance in all fields of materials, biomaterials and nanotechnology, with a focus on energy and life sciences. With a single entry point to some of the leading national research infrastructures in Central and Eastern Europe, it enables the delivery of innovative solutions to societal challenges in the fields of energy, health, food, cultural heritage and more.

CERIC’s main aim is to contribute to the creation of excellent science, both as in-house activity and as a service to international users. This is achieved mainly by providing open access to its research facilities through two calls for proposals per year, addressing researchers requiring the use of one or more among over 60 complementary techniques for structural investigation, analysis, synthesis and imaging of materials and biomaterials down to the nano-scale.

CERIC contributes to European research and innovation, representing an added value for the development of the European Research Area (ERA) and to its innovation potential. It stimulates beneficial impact on the scientific, industrial and economic advancement by improving the quality and capability in education, technology and in the attraction of other socioeconomic returns.

In addition to contributing to the advancement of knowledge in the field of – among others – Life Sciences thanks to the advanced investigation techniques it offers, CERIC supports the dissemination of the culture of Open Science and FAIR data through participation in EU-funded projects, such as OSCARS: the project will foster the uptake of Open Science in Europe by consolidating the achievements of world-class European research infrastructures in the ESFRI roadmap and beyond into lasting interdisciplinary FAIR data services and working practices. OSCARS will then strengthen the role of the Science Clusters in the ERA by developing domain-based Competence Centres and by fostering the implementation of Open Science projects funded through a cascading grant mechanism.