The EOSC-hub project, funded by the European Commission (EOSC-hub Grant Agreement no. 777536 2017), contributes to the development of the European Open Science Cloud, as described in the EC Communication on European Cloud Initiative. The scope of the project is to create the integration and management system (the Hub) of the European Open Science Cloud in such a way that it complies with the FAIR principles, and hence accelerates the generation of research and innovation products.

The EOSC-hub project contributes to the development of EOSC by joining forces of major European research infrastructures and e-Infrastructures, national e-Infrastructure providers, SMEs and academic institutions. It builds on recent public investment in scientific infrastructure – experimental facilities, high-performance computing and networking, data repositories, high-throughput computing grids – by connecting the different national and international pieces together to create a common platform for research and innovation. The Hub will enable discovery, access, use and reuse of a broad spectrum of resources for advanced data-driven research. For researchers, this will offer a broader access to data resources, data management services, compute capabilities and analytic tools, thus supporting their scientific discovery and collaboration across disciplinary and geographical boundaries.