Workpackages of the EATRIS Preparatory Phase
The objective of the EATRIS Preparatory Phase is to work out and reach consensus on a detailed plan for the construction and operation of a European infrastructure of translational research centres between the involved organisations (ministries, funding bodies and scientific institutions). To reach this objective the following legal, governmental, financial, strategic and technical issues are addressed in the work packages (WPs):
- A legal structure (WP2) has to be chosen that is suitable for a distributed, pan-European research infrastructure with several partners from different countries.
- A financial management (WP3) plan has to be established that includes developing a business plan for the construction and sustainable operation of EATRIS as well as financial controlling mechanisms.
- A key issue that needs to be addressed during the Preparatory phase will be the refinement of the EATRIS strategy (WP4). The core of EATRIS will be a consortium of dedicated translational research centres across Europe, which will provide the infrastructure components necessary for translational research in order to overcome the bottlenecks in translational research.
As the simple provision of access to translational infrastructure alone will not be sufficient to overcome all bottlenecks of translational research the EATRIS infrastructure will also need additional services.
These are:
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Providing a training and education concept (WP6)
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A concept for the harmonisation of translational methods and data handling (WP7)
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Procedures to support researchers to comply with the regulatory requirements (WP8)
Finally, in order to inform all relevant parties about the EATRIS activities, to coordinate EATRIS with other European initiatives and to drive the extension of EATRIS during the preparatory phase, there is a dedicated dissemination work package (WP9).
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| A schematic overview of the WPs in EATRIS and their relationship to each other is summarized in the figure above. For a more detailed description of each WP, please click on the links in the navigation bar on your left. |