Call for Proposals - fully funded Research Infrastructure Access

CERIC-ERIC Call Info-Session

Target Audience: Academic Staff, Researchers, and Research Managers & Administrators (RMAs)

Date: Friday 7 August 2026

Time: 12:00 – 12:30 

Format: Online via Zoom Meeting ID: 939 5801 1632

Academic staff, researchers, and Research Managers & Administrators (RMAs) of the University of Malta are invited to join an information session on the newly opened 25th CERIC-ERIC Call for Proposals.

Why Attend?

The Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium (CERIC-ERIC) provides coordinated, open access to over 60 state-of-the-art instruments and support laboratories across Europe for multidisciplinary research in materials science, biomaterials, nanotechnology and other fields of research.

This session will cover:

• Scope & Opportunities: Accessing world-class facilities through a single coordinated proposal, 

• Available facilities, including the new addition to CERIC-ERIC portfolio - EC Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy, allowing studies of neutron-induced reactions, irradiations in well-characterised neutron and gamma fields and accurate measurements of radioactivity for science and technology applications.

• Financial & Mobility Support: Available funding for researcher travel, accommodation, and sample transportation.

• Key Deadlines: Navigating the 1 September pre-evaluation deadline and the final 30 September submission deadline.

• Proposal Support: Navigating Virtual Unified Office - VUO and proposal preparation. More information is available online.

Attendance is free.

For any preliminary queries, please contact Dr Elena Sultana by email.