Overview
The EOSC EU Node enables eligible third-party organisations to onboard their relevant resources and services, making them available to researchers through the EOSC EU Node platform.
This section is intended for organisations wishing to contribute a service, tool, dataset, software component, training resource, or other research-supporting capability directly to the EOSC EU Node. Onboarding involves aligning these resources and services with the platform's technical, operational and organisational requirements to ensure they are reliable, discoverable, understandable, usable by researchers and compliant with applicable EOSC EU Node policies.
This section focuses exclusively on onboarding resources and services to the EOSC EU Node. The registration of emerging EOSC Federation Nodes and the publication of their resources and services follow a separate federation enrolment process.
Detailed information on how to contribute to the EOSC EU Node can be found here.
Who is it for
Direct onboarding to the EOSC EU Node is intended for scientific research-oriented organisations that can provide mature, operational and relevant resources or services at the European level. The scope of the resources and services must be multi-country and multi-disciplinary, providing added value to the EOSC ecosystem by supporting both international and interdisciplinary research use cases.
This may include:
- publicly funded research service providers;
- e-infrastructure and technology providers serving the research community;
- research-performing or research-support organisations operating services for researchers;
- thematic or disciplinary communities with ready-to-integrate digital resources (lacking dedicated thematic nodes);
- providers of training, documentation, tools, workflows, datasets, or software relevant to Open Science and FAIR research practices;
- projects or organisations already working within the EOSC ecosystem and able to meet the operational and policy requirements of the EOSC EU Node.
The onboarding pathway is not intended as a general entry route for organisations seeking to enter the research market. In particular, it is not designed for individual researchers, commercial providers offering paid services, or large Research/Technology Infrastructures seeking recognition as EOSC Federation Nodes. Such organisations may be better served by other EOSC Federation processes, partnership arrangements, or future node engagement pathways.
Core and optional EOSC EU Node capabilities
When a resource or service is onboarded to the EOSC EU Node, it may need to comply with and use specific EOSC EU Node capabilities. Some are core requirements, while others are optional depending on the type of service and level of integration.
Core capabilities ensure that the service can operate within the EOSC EU Node in a trusted, consistent and user-centric way. These may include authentication and access management, service metadata, user support, monitoring and reporting, accounting or usage tracking, security and data protection, compliance with applicable policies, and clear maintenance and service continuity responsibilities.
Optional capabilities may be used where they add value or improve the user experience. These may include integration with user workspaces, catalogues or discovery services, hosting on EOSC EU Node compute or storage services, workflows, training materials, documentation, analytics, or community support features.
Onboarding does not require every service to use all EOSC EU Node components. Each onboarding case determines which capabilities are mandatory and which additional integrations are beneficial for the service and its users.
Technology Forum
If you are interested in keeping up to date with the technical and related policy developments of the EOSC EU Node, please join the Technology Forum. Service providers, research infrastructures, and any European organisation interested in contributing directly to the EOSC EU Node with its research output and services, or indirectly by establishing its own EOSC Node in the future, are welcome. The Forum will engage contributors inviting discussion and providing support as needed.
You can express your interest and join our Technology Forum by filling out the form on this page.