PROPOSAL FOR THE UPDATE OF THE

ESTONIAN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE ROADMAP 2013

REG-NR ______(To be filled in by Estonian Research Council)

The maximum length of the proposal shall not exceed15,000characters(with spaces)

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  1. Title ofthe infrastructure in Estonian

  1. Title ofthe infrastructure in English

  1. Proposer[1]

  1. Contact person[2]

  1. Partners of the proposal for setting up/further development of infrastructure[3]

  1. The list of other supporters of theproposal[4]

  1. Degree of elaboration of the proposal for the development of the infrastructure[5]

  1. Location of the infrastructure[6]

  1. Type of infrastructure (select 1, 2 or 3)

1- single-sited[7]
2- distributed[8]
3 - virtual[9]
  1. Annotation in Estonian (max 200 characters with spaces)

  1. Annotation in English (max 200 characters with spaces)

  1. Description ofthe current stateof the infrastructure[10]

  1. The components of the infrastructure[11]

  1. The availability of the long-term development plan for the infrastructure[12]

  1. The vision and development goals for the nextfive years

  1. The conformity to the other development plans of the institution, development plans of this area/field of science, international developmental plans (if available)

  1. Links/relation tointernationalresearch infrastructureobjects[13]

  1. The activities of the institutions involved in the proposal in the research area/field underlying the infrastructure (up to now in the last five years)

  1. Qualified support service personnelavailable

  1. Graduate student’sinvolvement ininfrastructureactivities

  1. The support services that are carried out presently or planned to be provider; and activities that will assure the joint use of the infrastructure and/or addressed to the other organizations[14]

  1. Potential users[15]

  1. Importance of infrastructurefor science

  1. The importance and impact of infrastructure for Estoniaandat international level

  1. Relation of infrastructure to business and industry

  1. Access to the infrastructureactivities for external users

  1. Infrastructuremanagement bodiesand theirstructural units

  1. Infrastructuremanagement structure/chart

  1. Estimatedinvestment needsover the next fiveyears(MEUR)

  1. Descriptionof the investment needs[16]

  1. Estimated annual operating costs(MEUR/a)

  1. Sustainability of infrastructure[17]

Name and position of legal representative (of the proposer)
E-mail
Tel
Address
Date
Signature

[1]It is anorganization.

[2]Researcher/manager in charge of infrastructure. Please provide the name, position and e-mail address.

[3]Institution orinstitutionswith whom the joint infrastructurewill be built. Please add the support letters.

[4] They maybe from thesameinstitutionor from outside. Please add the support letters.

[5]Please describein whichconsultative or decisive bodies of the proposal making organization or partner organizations the proposal has been supported.

[6]Please indicate thecity / county/ or indicate if itcoversthe whole countryor is situatedabroad.

[7]Single-sited – a single resource at a single location.

[8] Distributed – a network of distributed resources.

[9] Virtual – the service is provided electronically.

[10]Includinginformation about the major previous funding resources (e.g.financial support from R&D institutions,centers of excellence, national programs, EU Framework Programme,etc.).

[11]Please indicate the planned structural units of the infrastructure/labs/ uniqueequipment, etc.

[12]If available.

[13]ESFRIroadmapobjects, other internationalresearchinfrastructures, majordatabases, etc.

[14]If it is already an existinginfrastructure.

[15] Please indicate the institutions and their structural units who will use the infrastructurein the future, incl businesses and researchers from abroad.

[16] Please describe the investment needs (mentioned in point 29) over the next five years, including membership fees in international organizations.

[17]Plan of sustainability of the infrastructure after the first five years, including plans for continued financing and development.