The impact of the war in Ukraine is reverberating through research infrastructures, with rising energy costs and shortages of equipment manufactured abroad hitting these important shared facilities and forcing some to temporarily close their doors.
The Czech presidency of the EU published a declaration inviting policymakers and funding agencies to support the formation of a global research infrastructure ecosystem, during the International Conference on Research Infrastructures in Brno last week.
Europe needs to build eleven new international research labs at a cost of €4.16 billion, according to the latest roadmap from the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI), published today, as the European Commission called for a review of funding sources for the shared facilities.