Finland’s memberships in international research infrastructures

Finland is a member of several international research infrastructures, either through state treaties or other agreements. The vast majority of research infrastructure membership are in the administrative branch of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.

_{*ERIC (The European Research Infrastructure Consortium)}

ACTRIS ERIC: Aerosol, Clouds, and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure
More information:

• ACTRIS ERIC 
• ACTRIS Finland
• headquartered in Finland

AnaEE-ERIC: Analysis and Experimentation on Ecosystems
More information:

• AnaEE-ERIC 
• AnaEE Finland 

BBMRI-ERIC: Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure
More information:

• Biobanking and BioMolecular Resources Research and Infrastructure – European Research Infrastructure Consortium (BBMRI-ERIC)
• Finnish National Node of BBMRI-ERIC (BBMRI.fi)
• Analysis and use of data from genetic research (biomedinfra.fi, in Finnish)

CERN: European Organization for Nuclear Research
More information:

• European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
• Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP)
• The Nordic e-Infrastructure Collaboration (NeIC)
• Big Science Business – Commercial & Career Opportunities in CERN & FAIR

CESSDA ERIC: Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives
More information:

• Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA)
• Finnish Social Science Data Archive FSD

CLARIN ERIC: Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure
More information:

• European Research Infrastructure for Language Resources and Technology CLARIN
• Language Bank of Finland
• Helsinki Term Bank for the Arts and Sciences
• FIN-CLARIN consortium

EATRIS-ERIC: European Infrastructure for Translational Medicine
More information:

• European Infrastructure for Transnational Medicine EATRIS
• Finnish arm of EATRIS
• Analysis and use of data from genetic research (biomedinfra.fi, in Finnish)

EISCAT-3D: incoherent scatter radar
More information:

• EISCAT Scientific Association
• EISCAT Scientific Association, Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory

ELIXIR: European Life-Sciences Infrastructure for Biological Information
More information:

• European Life Science Infrastructure for Biological Information (ELIXIR)
• ELIXIR Finland
• Analysis and use of data from genetic research (biomedinfra.fi, in Finnish)

EMBL: European Molecular Biology Laboratory (and EMBC)
More information:

• European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
• European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)

ESO: European Southern Observatory; E-ELT: European Extremely Large Telescope
More information:

• European Southern Observatory (ESO); European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT)

ESS ERIC: European Social Survey
More information:

• European Social Survey (ESS)

ESRF: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
More information:

• European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

EU Openscreen ERIC: European infrastructure for high-capacity screening in chemical biology
More information:

• EU Openscreen ERIC

Euro-BioImaging: research infrastructure for biological and biomedical imaging
More information:

• Euro-BioImaging
• Euro-BioImaging Finland 
• headquartered in Finland

FAIR: Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research
More information:

• FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research in Europe)
• Finland in FAIR
• Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP)
• Big Science Business: Opportunities in CERN and FAIR

GBIF: Global Biodiversity Information Facility
More information:

• GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
• Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (FinBIF)
• Finnish Biodiversity Info Facility, Finnish Museum of Natural History

ICDP: International Continental Scientific Drilling Programme
More information:

• International Continental Scientific Drilling Programme (ICDP)

ICOS ERIC: Integrated Carbon Observation System
More information:

• Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS)
• ICOS Finland
• headquartered in Finland

IML – Institut Mittag Leffler
More information:

• Institut Mittag-Leffler

Infrafrontier: European Research Infrastructure for Phenotyping and Archiving of Model Mammalian Genomes
More information:

• Infrafrontier: European Research Infrastructure for the generation, phenotyping, archiving and distribution of model mammalian genomes
• European Mouse Mutant Archive (EMMA)
• Biocenter Oulu
• Infrafrontier is preparing to establish an ERIC

Instruct-ERIC: European research infrastructure in structural biology
More information:

• INSTRUCT-ERIC
• Structural Biology Finland (FINStruct)

IODP: Integrated Ocean Drilling Programme
More information:

• International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)

MAX IV Laboratory for Synchrotron Radiation Research
More information:

• MAX IV Laboratory
• Finnish Synchrotron Radiation User Organisation (FSRUO)

NeIC: Nordic e-Infrastructure Collaboration
More information:

• Nordic e-Infrastructure Collaboration (NeIC)
• CSC – IT Center for Science

PRACE: Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (ESFRI)
More information:

• Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE)
• CSC – IT Center for Science LTD/PRACE, Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe

EuroHPC JU European high performance computing (LUMI supercomputer)
More information:

• LUMI supercomputer
• Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE)

In addition, some international research infrastructures are supervised by bodies other than the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture. These include:

EFDA-JET: Joint European Torus
More information:

• The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
• EUROfusion.org

ITER: International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
More information:

• The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
• International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)

Jules Horowitz Materials Testing Reactor
More information:

• The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
• JHR Jules Horowitz Reactor – Cadarache site

ESA: European Space Agency
More information:

• The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
• European Space Agency (ESA)
• ESA Science & Technology (EUCLID)
• Euclid Consortium: A space mission to map the Dark Universe

EURO-ARGO ERIC: ocean observation system
More information:

• The Ministry of Transport and Communications
• EURO-ARGO ERIC 
• FINMARI Finnish Marine Research Infrastructure - International co-operation