Investments plans
Inventory investment plans for Large-Scale Scientific Infrastructure for the next 5 years.
This concerns plans for local investments as well as plans for participation in foreign infrastructures
This form is intended to make an inventory of which new large-scale scientific infrastructures are needed in the near future. It concerns solely infrastructures that satisfy the definition of Large-Scale
Scientific Infrastructures.
On this form you are asked whether you would like the permanent committee to consider including this infrastructure in the Roadmap Large-Scale Scientific Infrastructure. If you want them to do that then you should complete this form in as much detail as possible.
The committee assesses in comparison with other infrastructures whether the infrastructure will be included in the new National Roadmap. This assessment partly takes place on the basis of the information provided on this form. Infrastructures that are included in the National Roadmap will be given the opportunity to submit applications for the NWO budget for large-scale infrastructure.
If you are not proposing the infrastructure for the National Roadmap then you are requested to briefly answer the questions so that this infrastructure can be included in the overview of all infrastructure needs in the Netherlands or infrastructure outside of the Netherlands that Dutch researchers can make use of.
The form has to be submitted by the board or director of the organisation/institute.
Please submit just one large-scale scientific infrastructure per form.

1.
General information
Submitting organisation
Name infrastructure
Acronym infrastructure (if relevant)
Contact person infrastructure
Website infrastructure
Hosting organisation 1
Location infrastructure 2
Institutions involved 3 (if relevant)
Disciplines for which the infrastructure is relevant 4
Type infrastructure
Keywords
Are you requesting the committee to include this infrastructure in the roadmap?
Name:
Tel:
Address: e-mail: university/institute distributed/single site/virtual yes/no
2.
General description of the infrastructure
2.a Summary for publication purposes (max. 100 words)
Give a brief description of the infrastructure.
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2.b General description of the infrastructure (max. 500 words)
Give a brief description of the infrastructure. Provide information about the available
equipment/collections/data. Describe what types of research are possible with the infrastructure..
1 If distributed then take the central access point
2 If distributed then take the location of the central access point
3 If it is a collaboration between several institutions then state institutions involved
4 According to the NWO classification of disciplines
5 Circle the correct type of infrastructure

3 Organisation, participants and users
3.a Governance (max. 200 words)
Describe how the governance of the infrastructure will be organised.
3.b General description of the expected users and groups (max. 200 words)
Provide a general description of the user groups who might be interested in using the infrastructure.
3.c List of involved Dutch research groups
Provide a list of Dutch research groups that are already involved in the set-up/development of the infrastructure.
3.d List of interested international research groups
Provide a list of foreign institutions/groups that might make use of the infrastructure.
3.e External access to the infrastructure (max. 200 words)
How will external researchers be granted access to the infrastructure?

4. Importance of the infrastructure for science, society and economy (max. 1,000 words)
4.a The importance for science and the potential to attract researchers (science and talent case)
The committee will assess the scientific importance and urgency of the intended infrastructure in light of the developments in the relevant disciplines/research areas. The expected innovation that the infrastructure will help to realise and the intended scientific breakthroughs will be assessed.
Also describe the expected attractiveness of the infrastructure for foreign and Dutch researchers.
Advanced scientific infrastructures are also vital for attracting scientific talent to the Netherlands or for keeping such talent in the Netherlands. The infrastructure should therefore be attractive enough for foreign and Dutch researchers.
4.b The importance for society and/or industry and the connection with societal developments (innovation case)
The committee will assess the societal and/or economic importance of the intended infrastructure.
As you write this take the following description into account:
Research infrastructures are also attractive for industry and for innovative government and/or have a broader societal importance. Large-scale research infrastructure, in particular, works as a magnet for new knowledge and insights and that creates an outstanding climate for both small and large companies and/or contributes to the solution of societal challenges like integration, ageing population. It is therefore important to connect with national policy frameworks and trends, if possible, such as the top sectors policy and the societal and scientific themes that are playing a role in the Netherlands and Europe. Besides this aspect the possible value in terms of valorisation and other non-scientific use will be assessed.
4.c The importance for the Netherlands
Describe the importance of the intended infrastructure for the Netherlands and the Dutch research community taking into account the European/global context. Describe whether there are similar possibilities elsewhere for use and if yes, why these cannot be used.
Large-scale scientific infrastructures should serve a major national interest and often have a strong international status as well. State how unique this infrastructure would be in the Dutch research community and what the possible interface or overlap is with existing infrastructures.

5. Financial aspects of the new infrastructure (max. 500 words)
If the infrastructure is submitted for the National Roadmap then you need to provide a detailed description. If the infrastructure is not registered for the National Roadmap then a brief description
will suffice.
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Describe which possible sources of funding have been or will be applied for.
Provide a budget for the intended investments.
Describe how a cost-effective exploitation of the infrastructure will be realised.
In your description provide an estimation of the use of the infrastructure (utilisation rate) and which
costs users will be invoiced for (in comparison with other similar infrastructures).
Describe which of the institute's own resources will be used for the infrastructure.
How will the long-term continuity, decommissioning of the infrastructure, and the investments needed for this be provided for?
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