GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

The priority is the identification of shortages that prevent the EU from holding digital independence while implementing current state of the art of technology.

The applicants may apply for grants for studies for the analysis of:

• investment needs related to the development and deployment of cross-border and national infrastructures for cloud interconnections as well as cloud interconnections with HPC and edge infrastructures at both the physical and functional levels for public sector end-users and private actors operating data infrastructures for services of general public interest across the EU;
• economic sovereignty of deployed alternatives;
• technological needs and carbon footprint relevant for the interconnection of the aforementioned networks and resources;
• cybersecurity risks that future operators of essential services related to connectivity involved in the interconnection of cloud infrastructures would need to address;
• any preparatory work required prior to signing a contract with a supplier for the deployment of backbone networks for cloud federations (e.g., dataflow analysis, topographic definitions, analysis of rights of way).

Public administrations or public and private entities entrusted with the operation of Services of General Interest (SGIs) or of Services of General Economic Interest (SGEIs) should be the end users of the future infrastructures foreseen through the studies.