In the latter half of 2022, the BiCIKL project opened a call for biodiversity data-related scientific proposals.
The BiCIKL project establishes a European starting community of key research infrastructures, researchers, citizen scientists and other stakeholders in the biodiversity and life sciences based on open science practices through access to data, tools and services.
In June 2022, BiCIKL invited submissions of Expression of Interest (EoI) to the first BiCIKL Open Call for projects. The purpose of the call was to solicit, select and implement biodiversity data-related scientific projects that will make use of the added value services developed by the Research Infrastructures that are partnering in the BiCIKL project.
After the Open Call closed in November 2022, the applications were assessed by a set of external reviewers and an internal review committee. The outcome of that process was the selection of 8 projects to proceed.
That call resulted in the selection of 8 projects, detailed below.
What projects will be selected?
The work we foresee with the selected projects is twofold:
- Address specific scientific or technical biodiversity data challenges presented by the applicants
- Understand how the BiCIKL Community can better support the scientific questions that arise from across the biodiversity world in the future
We need and want to assess real-world problems and make the best possible use of our data and technical capabilities. This will greatly assist in defining the long term development goals of the participating Research Infrastructures and improve the way they can technically and operationally work together to deliver greater scientific value.
What kind of support is offered?
The key feature of Transnational Access (TNA) is the provision of services to user groups from country(-ies) different from the host country of the RI installation. Access will be provided through remote transnational (no visits needed) access to data from at least two of the participating RIs requested by the user group.
Eligibility of the project proposals
- TOPIC Proposals must address a topic of relevance to biodiversity research, in its broadest sense, although the final scope may narrow this to a particular area, depending on the skill sets available to the project. Proposers may wish to review the pilot project web pages (see below) which give a flavour of the type of project BiCIKL will be able to address.
- CONTENT Proposals must include data and services arising from at least 2 of the research infrastructures that are represented in the BiCIKL project, as this is a core aim of the BiCIKL community (i.e. to link diverse data types together in new ways).
- APPLICANTS Proposals must be submitted by a bona fide researcher, employed through a recognised scientific organisation in any country world-wide.
- COUNTRIES Whilst we welcome proposals from outside the European Union, ultimately we will only select a maximum of one such project.
- LEAD Submission of more than one proposal with the same lead(s) is not excluded.
- ELIGIBILITY Work included in a proposed BiCIKL study must be significantly different from work funded by other sources although it may build on work from previous funding.
- SCOPE There is no scope for the project proposers, or their institute, to receive funding. The projects should describe work that can be done on their behalf by the BiCIKL partners.
- SERVICES Services supplied as part of the project must be used by the applicant before the end of the BiCIKL project itself.
Open Call projects
