A cornerstone of the EATRIS mission is to offer fast, fair and transparent access to Europe's top translational research infrastructure and expertise. The central office Coordination & Support (C&S) serves as an entrance portal for external scientists, industry and other customers. C&S coordinates the administrative, scientific, digital, legal (including intellectual property) and financial framework necessary to support the access and transaction process, and allows the participating service providers to carry out their services.
In order for external users to easily interact with and collaborate with EATRIS and its participating institutions, there are SOPs and legal and communications documents that facilitate third parties to apply for and gain access to services:
i) Easily find and understand the access procedure, guidelines and conditons for making use of EATRIS services
ii) Interact with EATRIS
iii) Apply for access in a transparent, simple and resource-efficient process
iv) Be subject to a fair scientific and technical appraisal of their application by an independent review committee composed of experts in the relevant fields, within a reasonable amount of time
v) Have adequate and timely access to a transparent and fair appeal procedure
vi) Be subject to an efficient transaction process for successful candidates allowing successful negotiation of the research project including financial considerations, with the ready availability of contracts. It is envisaged that some flexibility in the conditions of access will be permitted to allow for the heterogeneous nature of the inputs and expected outputs, based on the available precedents and templates.
The criteria for access will be based only on scientific merit, unmet medical need and translational potential. EATRIS will provide access to its translational infrastructure to the projects that have the most potential for making a significant impact on healthcare or a significant contribution to the advancement of the tools and technologies that drive translational science.
In order to maximize fairness and impartiality, the user selection committee is predominantly composed of experts with no affiliation to the participating centers, and in order to maximize transnational reach and transparency, all calls and their guidelines, including instructions for application, appeal procedures and all relevant deadlines, are published on the EATRIS website and disseminated via partner institutions in the EU.
If you want to be informed about EATRIS access possibilities via email, please send a message with “EATRIS ACCESS REQUEST” to info@eatris.eu. For further information please contact Coordination & Support.