The project is funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 program, aiming to enhance European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) services by enabling FAIR data practices and providing essential data analytics and training solutions for research institutions. It involves collaboration among a federation of national photon and neutron research infrastructures and outlines multiple work packages focused on data management, analysis, training, and outreach. Overall, the initiative seeks to create a unified framework to support open research data policies and improve access to scientific data and resources.

1. It is envisaged that this project will receive funding from
the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 857641
Knut Sander
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2. ExPaNDS Objectives
• Enable EOSC services and provide coherent FAIR data services to the
scientific users of PaN sources
• Connect PaN NRIs through a platform of data analysis as a service for
users from research institutes universities, industry etc.
• Maintain and develop a catalogue of data and analysis software for
PaN data
• Gather feedback and cooperate with the EOSC governance bodies to
improve the EOSC
• Develop standard relationships between scientific publications, PaN
scientific datasets, experimental reports, instruments, authors
It is envisaged that this project will receive funding from
the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 857641
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3. ExPaNDS Project Team
Federation of 10 European National
Photon and Neutron RI & EGI
• one 4th generation storage ring
(MaXIV),
• seven 3rd generation storage rings
(ALBA, DLS, SLS, Elettra, SOLEIL,
PETRA III, BESSY II),
• five free electron lasers
(SwissFEL, FLASH, FLASH II, Fermi,
FELBE),
• two Neutron sources
(ISIS and SINQ)
• a federated e-infrastructure
(EGI)
It is envisaged that this project will receive funding from
the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 857641
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4. WP 2
Enabling FAIR data
for PaN NRIs
WP 3
EOSC data catalogue
services for PaN
NRIs
WP 4
EOSC data analysis
services for PaN
NRIs
WP 5
Training
WP 6
Outreach,
dissemination and
communication
WP 1
Management and sustainability
ExPaNDS Work Packages
It is envisaged that this project will receive funding from
the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 857641
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5. WP 1 Management and sustainability
Objectives
• Implement the project’s governance and management structure
• Overall project administration
• Synchronise activities with the EOSC coordination structure
• Address sustainability of the provided services
It is envisaged that this project will receive funding from
the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 857641
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6. WP 1 Management and sustainability
It is envisaged that this project will receive funding from
the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 857641
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Task 1.2
Financial Management
EOSC
Executive Board
EOSC Liaison Group Collaboration
Board
Executive Board
Task 1.1
Consortium Coordination
Consortium
Partners
Task 1.5
Communication with EOSC
Task 1.4
Internal Communication
WP2: FAIR
WP3: Catalogues
WP4: Analysis
WP5: Training
WP6: Outreach
WP1
…
Task 1.6
Coordinating Boards

7. WP 2 Enabling FAIR data for PaN NRIs
Background
• PaN community has its own barriers and opportunities for the
uptake of FAIR data practices
• Practises and policies vary within RIs
à need to harmonise and promote FAIR data practices within NRI
community
Objectives
• Extend and deepen the adoption and use of FAIR data principles
within the PaN community
• Form practical solutions and form a centre of knowledge and
expertise in this domain
• Adopt the FAIR data certification scheme, under development within
FAIRsFAIR
It is envisaged that this project will receive funding from
the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 857641
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8. WP 3 EOSC data catalogue services for PaN NRIs
Background
• Very important tool for RIs and their users to implement Open
Research Data policies according to FAIR principles
Objectives
• Deliver EOSC data catalogue services for PaN NRIs to provide access
as a one-stop-shop for users
• Coordinate the adoption and enhancement of existing solutions and
link them to an EOSC federated metadata catalogue
• Enable the implementation of harmonised policies, practices and
guidelines and provide services for EOSC Data Analysis Services for
PaN RIs
• Enable and coordinate the adoption of agreed standards in the
target groups
It is envisaged that this project will receive funding from
the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 857641
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9. WP 4 EOSC Data Analysis Services for PaN NRIs
Background
• Need of users of national PaN RIs for appropriate scale of IT-
technology /resources and knowledge to easily analyse their data
• Strong request by the scientific community for scalable, quality and
easy to use services in a distributed, but federated environment
Objectives
• Provide the coordination, adaption, and alignment of
existing data analysis services at NRIs within the EOSC
• Deliver services that provide users with the ability to run analysis
workflows against the EOSC-aligned data services
• Coordinate, adapt and align existing data analysis services at NRIs
with the new data analysis services created within PaNOSC and
other funded Horizon 2020 initiatives
It is envisaged that this project will receive funding from
the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 857641
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10. WP 5 Provide Training Activities through EOSC platforms
Background
• RIs agree that the principles of FAIR data are a good match and even
essential for scientific data
• Scientific user communities are not always aware of these principles
nor do they know how to apply them in their research output
• Strong need to train scientists on how to make their data FAIR
Objectives
• Set up an e-learning platform
• Develop and disseminate training material for both staff and users of
the PaN NRIs
It is envisaged that this project will receive funding from
the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 857641
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11. WP 6 Outreach, dissemination and communication
Objectives
• Communicate the results and outcomes to other national RIs in the
PaN community
• Share and exchange the benefits of ExPaNDS with other clusters
connected to the EOSC
It is envisaged that this project will receive funding from
the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 857641
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12. WP2: Enable FAIR
Principles at RIs
WP5: Develop and
Deliver Training
WP3: Deliver
Catalogue services
through EOSC
WP4: Deliver
analysis services
through EOSC
WP6: Develop and
Deliver Outreach
Policy
EOSCPhotonandNeutronServices
Startof
ExPaNDS
PaNOSC
Analysis
Deliverable
PaNOSC
Cat. Service
Deliverable
WP1: Develop
Sustainability
Model
It is envisaged that this project will receive funding from
the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 857641
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ExPaNDS structure of the WP

13. WP Task 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
1.1 Coordination, administration
1.2 Financial management
1.3 Project QA
1.4 Internal communication
1.5 Coord. with PaNOSC & EOSC
1.6 WP sustainability plans
1.7 Coord. of boards
1.8 DMPs
2.1 Alignment policies & practices
2.2 Data management planning
2.3 Mainstreaming of standards
2.4 Persistent identifier infrastructure
2.5 QA & certification schemes
2.6 Uptake of FAIR data practices
3.1 Metadata catalogue services
3.2 PaN Ontologies
3.3 Implement ontologies
3.4 Integration of metadata catalogues
3.5 Metadata catalogue services integration
3.6 Technical information
4.1 Kick-off meeting
4.2 Candidate EOSC data analysis services
4.3 Alignment of PaNOSC services
4.4 PaN reference data sets
4.5 Testing & validation framework
4.6 Prototype data analysis services
4.7 Deploy data analysis services
5.1 Training events
5.2 e-platform & training demonstrator
5.3 Training material
5.4 Monitoring training effectiveness
6.1 Internal & external communication
6.2 Marketing communication tool box
6.3 Metrics and refinement of KPIs
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1
5
4
3
2
Kick Off
meeting
Management
structure
implemented
Report on Quality Assurance,Risks
and Contingency Plan
General
Architectureready
All Hands
meeting
All Hands
meeting
All Hands
meeting
Mid term
review
Completion
of
final review
Meta data catalogue
release
Meta data catalogue as
EOSC service
Analysis Services
Prototypes
Analysis Services
for EOSC
First pilot training
performed
Draft FAIR Data Framework Final FAIR Data Framework
Training websites and
e-platforms online
available
Websiteand
socialmedia
Vision,
roadmap,
references
User meeting
Info sheet
Taxonomy
Strategy
Infographicand KPI
presentation
Collaboration
Network
ExPaNDS time line and milestones
It is envisaged that this project will receive funding from
the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 857641
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14. It is envisaged that this project will receive funding from
the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 857641

15. Backup

16. Background
EU initiative
• to achieve the vision put forward by the European Cloud Initiative
• to make EOSC a reality
• to realise an EOSC that truly supports interdisciplinary research and Open Science
• to put a pan-European model for research data and related services in place that is both
scalable and flexible
• to develop the EOSC ecosystem providing all European researchers with seamless, non-
discriminatory and secure access to public and commercial services
INFRAEOSC-05 aims
• to support a decisive shift in service provisioning
• from the current fragmented setting
• to a new federated European ecosystem for research data
INFRAEOSC 5(b) Coordination of EOSC-relevant national initiatives across Europe and
support to prospective EOSC service providers
• support the coordination, convergence and federation of EOSC relevant national and/or
thematic initiatives for open research data and services through the development of
appropriate common tools and mechanisms
• support the gradual alignment of policies and practices of EOSC-relevant national and/or
thematic initiatives to EOSC standards
• enable EOSC-relevant, non-commercial services to be accessed through the EOSC portal
It is envisaged that this project will receive funding from
the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 857641
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