Funding and Investment Strategies for Research Infrastructures
FUND-RI is a Horizon Europe coordination and support action developing evidence-based approaches, tools, and recommendations to strengthen the long-term funding, investment, and sustainability of European Research Infrastructures.
● Funding Streams Mapping
● Business Model Typology
● Cost Estimation Methodology
● Policy Uptake Toolkit
● Long-Term Financial Sustainability
● Stakeholder Co-Creation Ecosystem
● Funding Streams Mapping
● Business Model Typology
● Cost Estimation Methodology
● Policy Uptake Toolkit
● Long-Term Financial Sustainability
● Stakeholder Co-Creation Ecosystem
Project at a glance
Horizon Europe Research Infrastructures
Grant Agreement No. 101292880
1 May 2026 – 31 October 2028
Coordinated by INESC TEC
EU contribution: €1,515,750
HORIZON-CSA
Why FUND-RI
Europe’s Research Infrastructures are strategic assets for frontier science, industrial innovation, and public policy delivery. Yet funding approaches remain fragmented across instruments, governance levels, lifecycle stages, and user needs. FUND-RI responds to this challenge by developing practical evidence, tested models, and policy-oriented tools that can support better alignment between funding, governance, access, and long-term sustainability.
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
Our Strategic Core Pillars
A multi-dimensional strategy to solve fragmentation and establish resilient, long-term funding models across Europe.
Lifecycle Mapping
Systematically analyzing and indexing distinct funding channels across every single operational phase of European infrastructures.
Model Innovation
Developing structural typologies for business models, robustly benchmarked against practical, real-world regional use cases.
Precision Costing
Creating validated framework methodologies to standardize cost estimations for distributed research assets across borders.