The first IRISCC Transnational Access (TA) Call received a solid response from the scientific community, with 27 proposals submitted from researchers across Europe and beyond. The call, which offers access to flagship European environmental research infrastructures, attracted a diverse range of applications covering key climate risk areas.
Updated 08/08/2025
Strong International Interest in First IRISCC Call for Access
27 Proposals from 14 Countries
Geographic Reach
Nationalities of Main Applicants
(based on self-declared nationality):
🇫🇷 France, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇹🇷 Türkiye, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina, 🇨🇳 China, 🇺🇸 USA
→ Total: 14 nationalities
Countries of Main Applicant Institutions
(based on location of the main applicant’s affiliated organisation):
🇨🇳 China, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, 🏴 England, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇫🇷 France, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇹🇷 Türkiye, 🇺🇸 USA
→ Total: 14 countries
Applicant Profiles
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Institutional Affiliation | – Majority: Universities & higher education institutions – Public research organisations – Few from private sector |
| Researcher Experience | – First Stage Researchers (PhD): 9 – Recognised Researchers (Postdoc): 4 – Established Researchers: 5 – Leading Researchers (PI/Prof): 9 |
| Scientific Domains | – Atmospheric Sciences (air quality, aerosols, dust transport) – Marine and Coastal Ecology – Eco-biology & Plant-Soil Interactions – Environmental Chemistry (pollutants, pesticides, nanoplastics) – Human or Wildlife Health – Risk Assessment |
| Research Approach | – Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary – Connected with remote sensing, ecological modelling, experimental biology |
Applicant Profiles
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Institutional Affiliation
- Majority: Universities & higher education institutions
- Public research organisations
- Few from the private sector
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2
Researcher Experience
- First Stage Researchers (PhD): 9
- Recognised Researchers (Postdoc): 4
- Established Researchers: 5
- Leading Researchers (PI/Prof): 9
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3
Scientific Domains
- Atmospheric Sciences (air quality, aerosols, dust transport)
- Marine and Coastal Ecology
- Eco-biology & Plant-Soil Interactions
- Environmental Chemistry (pollutants, pesticides, nanoplastics)
- Human or Wildlife Health
- Risk Assessment
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Research Approach
- Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary
- Connected with remote sensing, ecological modelling, and experimental biology
Access Types and Facilities
Researchers requested access to over twenty different services offered by installations across the IRISCC infrastructure network:
Access
- Physical access was the most common
- Hybrid access (onsite and remote) featured in several proposals
- Remote-only access was requested in a few cases
Facility
Requested facilities included
- marine research stations,
- atmospheric observatories,
- climate chambers, and
- analytical platforms for ecotoxicology and biogeochemistry.
Countries of Installations Receiving Applications
(applicants applied to access installations located in):
- Access was requested to installations located in 9 countries:
🇦🇹 Austria, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇫🇮 Finland🇸, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇳🇴 Norway, ES Spain,🇸🇪 Sweden
→ Total: 8 countries
- In total, access was requested to around 20 installations and several additional services
Climate Risk Focus All proposals targeted at least one of the three climate change risk determinants
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Hazards
natural or human-induced events (17)
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2
Exposure
presence of people, ecosystems, and infrastructure (16)
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Vulnerability
susceptibility and capacity to adapt (16)
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Multiple determinants
Many applicants addressed multiple determinants simultaneously, reflecting integrated approaches to climate change risks.
What's Next?
The proposals are currently under external review by the IRISCC Assessment Panel. Selected projects will gain access to IRISCC facilities and services in the coming.
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