The Helix Nebula Science Cloud project involves a joint pre-commercial procurement led by Bob Jones from CERN with participation from eight procurers, including CNRS and DESY. The group has committed funding, manpower, and resources to develop services for various research communities, co-funded through an H2020 grant. The total procurement budget exceeds 5.3 million euros, with a relevant awards ceremony held on November 2, 2016, in Lyon.

1. Helix Nebula Science Cloud Joint Pre‐Commercial Procurement
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Procurers: CERN, CNRS, DESY, EMBL‐EBI, ESRF,
IFAE, INFN, KIT, STFC, SURFSara
Experts: Trust‐IT & EGI.eu
The group of procurers have committed
• Procurement funds
• Manpower for testing/evaluation
• Use‐cases with applications & data
• In‐house IT resources
Resulting services will be made available to end‐
users from many research communities
Co‐funded via H2020 Grant Agreement 687614
Total procurement budget >5.3M€

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Awards ceremony, 2nd November 2016 , hosted by CNRS in Lyon