Model of research infrastucture development in framework of European integration

Abstract

Based on the analysis of strategic and operational approaches to the development of European research infrastructures, organizational approaches to the sharing of scientific equipment, ecosystem approach and ecosystems of research infrastructures, a multi-level model of research infrastructure development was proposed. Structurally, the model applies the Quadruple Helix approach and defines three structural levels. The structural level of research and innovation ensures the implementation of research and innovation projects. The structural operational level ensures the implementation of the roadmap and projects for the development of research infrastructure using operational operation support. The structural strategic level defines: mission, goal, strategic orientation of smart specialization of research infrastructure, sustainable development strategies, strategic and financial approaches to support the formation and development of research infrastructure from national and European institutions. According to the proposed model, the development of research infrastructure is envisaged in five stages. The first stage involves the application of an organizational approach to the shared use of scientific equipment of a collective use center as a local research infrastructure owned and operated within a single scientific institution/university. The second stage involves the application of an organizational approach to the shared use of scientific equipment of a collective use center as a local research infrastructure within one scientific institution/university with the use of scientific equipment of European research groups. The third stage envisages the use of the organizational approach of joint use of scientific equipment within the framework of research infrastructure, which is owned and operated by the scientific alliance of national and European scientific organizations/ universities. The fourth stage involves the organization of research using the research infrastructure of a network of scientific and technological equipment and resources of national and European scientific organizations/universities. The fifth stage envisages the organization of research using research infrastructure within the framework of a European consortium, which has a reasonable specialization in accordance with pan-European interests and is open to the research community in accordance with the charter of the consortium, taking into account the national and European legal format. The model defines the phased development of research infrastructure in the context of the transition from the approach organizing research with using a collective use center to the application of the approach organizing research with using research infrastructure in the framework of the integration of research infrastructure into the European landscape of research infrastructures.