Funding and Investment Strategies for Research Infrastructures

FUND-RI is a Horizon Europe coordination and support action developing evidence-based approaches, tools, and recommendations to strengthen the long-term funding, investment, and sustainability of European Research Infrastructures.
About FUND-RI
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● Funding Streams Mapping
● Business Model Typology
● Cost Estimation Methodology
● Policy Uptake Toolkit
● Long-Term Financial Sustainability
● Stakeholder Co-Creation Ecosystem
● Funding Streams Mapping
● Business Model Typology
● Cost Estimation Methodology
● Policy Uptake Toolkit
● Long-Term Financial Sustainability
● Stakeholder Co-Creation Ecosystem

Project at a glance

Horizon Europe Research Infrastructures
Grant Agreement No. 101292880
1 May 2026 – 31 October 2028
Coordinated by INESC TEC
EU contribution: €1,515,750
HORIZON-CSA

Why FUND-RI

Europe’s Research Infrastructures are strategic assets for frontier science, industrial innovation, and public policy delivery. Yet funding approaches remain fragmented across instruments, governance levels, lifecycle stages, and user needs. FUND-RI responds to this challenge by developing practical evidence, tested models, and policy-oriented tools that can support better alignment between funding, governance, access, and long-term sustainability.
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PROJECT FRAMEWORK

Our Strategic Core Pillars

A multi-dimensional strategy to solve fragmentation and establish resilient, long-term funding models across Europe.

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Lifecycle Mapping

Systematically analyzing and indexing distinct funding channels across every single operational phase of European infrastructures.

02 📈

Model Innovation

Developing structural typologies for business models, robustly benchmarked against practical, real-world regional use cases.

03 🧮

Precision Costing

Creating validated framework methodologies to standardize cost estimations for distributed research assets across borders.

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