Euro-BioImaging welcomes EOSC Association position paper on the future of EOSC in FP10

The EOSC Association has adopted a new position paper calling for a distinct Work Programme-based Partnership for EOSC in FP10. Euro-BioImaging welcomes this important step towards a trusted, connected and sustainable European research data ecosystem.

On 28 May 2026, the EOSC Association General Assembly unanimously adopted a new position paper, The EOSC Association calls for a distinct Work Programme-based Partnership for EOSC in FP10 to accelerate excellent, scalable science in Europe.

Representing more than 250 European research-performing organisations, university alliances, research service providers, research infrastructures and research funders, the EOSC Association calls on decision-makers to establish EOSC as a distinct Work Programme-based Partnership under the next EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, FP10. The paper also calls for EOSC-A to act as an equal partner within the tripartite governance of EOSC, together with the European Commission and Member States/Associated Countries.

For Euro-BioImaging, this message is highly relevant. Biological and biomedical imaging generate large, complex and valuable research data. To make these data more FAIR, AI-ready and integrated across borders, Europe needs a trusted and interoperable data ecosystem that connects research infrastructures, scientific communities and service providers.

EOSC has a key role to play as the Common European Data Space for Research and Innovation. A stable framework for EOSC in FP10 will help sustain the momentum of the EOSC Federation, build on previous investments, and support European research communities in advancing open science, data-driven discovery and trusted AI.

Euro-BioImaging will continue contributing to EOSC developments from the perspective of distributed research infrastructures, Euro-BioImaging Nodes and imaging user community at large.