WP 0 Project Management

Lead: Asiera
Partners: All

Tasks:

1. Provide overall administrative, financial, and coordination oversight for the project. 
2. Ensure effective planning, monitoring, and execution of all project activities. 
3. Maintain project-wide communication structures and shared infrastructure for documentation and collaboration. 
4. Facilitate coordination and alignment across all Work Packages. 
5. Manage project risks, issues, and reporting obligations to ensure successful delivery. 

WP 1 Technical Architecture

Lead: ICHEC 
Partners: DCU, SETU, UCD, DRI

Tasks:

1. Establish a comprehensive technical baseline and assess national resources relevant for integration. 
2. Design the conceptual and functional architecture for the national node. 
3. Evaluate potential infrastructure components and conduct internal proofs-of-concept to inform technical decisions. 
4. Define technical and organisational requirements for federating national services. 
5. Develop a long‑term roadmap describing future evolution, implementation needs, and scaling pathways. 

WP 2 Technical Trials

Lead: ICHEC
Partners: DCU, SETU, UCD, DIAS

Tasks:

1. Identify and engage with relevant European nodes and technical teams to gather insights on operational models. 
2. Define clear evaluation criteria for assessing different node architectures and service approaches. 
3. Conduct structured consultations and hands‑on trials of selected node solutions to assess suitability. 
4. Analyse findings from both developer and user perspectives to inform national architectural choices. 
5. Produce a consolidated assessment to guide future technical decision‑making.

WP 3 Organisational Structure, Governance and Funding

Lead: TU Dublin
Partners: Asiera, ICHEC, TCD

Tasks:

1. Assess existing governance structures and organisational models relevant to national and European frameworks. 
2. Define a suitable organisational structure for national operations, including roles and responsibilities. 
3. Explore sustainable long‑term funding and operational models. 
4. Clarify legal and organisational dependencies between key stakeholders and participating institutions. 
5. Develop a phased governance and sustainability roadmap aligned with national and European strategic directions. 

WP 4 Connecting to the EOSC Federation

Lead: University of Limerick
Partners: UCD

Tasks:

1. Identify requirements  to connect EOSC Ireland to the wider EOSC Federation at a strategic level.  
2. Analysis of standards, strategic engagement, and identifying the needs to ensure Irish research assets (data, services, training, software, +) are positioned for future discoverability and interoperability within the European Open Science Cloud. 
3. It will explore these needs through key national domains, identify gaps, and create a roadmap for future, scaled-up national onboarding efforts, noting the technical limitations of current national services. 

WP 5 Sensitive Data Services

Lead: TCD
Partners: ICHEC, UL, RCSI, SETU

Tasks:

1. Assess the national landscape of sensitive data services and their readiness for future EOSC federation.  
2. Analyse EOSC‑IF standards and thematic node models to determine alignment needs for integrating sensitive data services. 
3. Explore theoretical onboarding pathways for two priority domains to identify key requirements and challenges.   
4. Identify national and EU‑level gaps in policy, governance, AAI, skills, and technical capability for sensitive data integration.
5. Deliver clear recommendations and a gap‑focused roadmap to support future EOSC Ireland federation of sensitive data services. 

WP 6 Community Engagement

Lead: Asiera
Partners: DRI

Tasks:

1. Establish a structured engagement model for stakeholder participation and expert input. 
2. Create and maintain communication channels, branding assets, and dissemination infrastructure. 
3. Coordinate dissemination activities across the project, including webinars, materials, and outreach. 
4. Support training and capacity‑building activities to strengthen national understanding of project outputs. 
5. Deliver final outreach activities and consolidated communication outputs to support long‑term visibility and impact.