AI in Science

SCIANCE (AI in Science) will support the development of RAISE, a new European virtual institute designed to accelerate the adoption of AI in scientific research, and coordinate AI-enabled scientific research across Europe through a bottom-up approach. The project mobilises leading European scientific organisations and research infrastructures across five pilot areas - fundamental physics and astronomy, materials science, life science, earth sciences, and social sciences and humanities - together with AI research centres and e-infrastructures. SCIANCE will identify AI-in-science research and innovation priorities and pilot the structure of the RAISE Secretariat for AI in science.

“SCIANCE represents a unique opportunity to coordinate AI-enabled science across Europe - connecting research communities, infrastructures and AI expertise in a way that truly reflects scientific priorities,” said Jonas L’Haridon, Project Coordinator, ESF.

The project will, among other things, deliver:

• a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) for AI in Science
• an implementation roadmap for infrastructure upgrades
• and the RAISE Secretariat for AI in science, to support long-term collaboration, capacity building, and alignment with European policy objectives.

Project partners

The SCIANCE consortium includes 13 leading European organisations and research infrastructures:

• ESF
• EGI Foundation
• OpenAIRE AMKE
• CNR
• Euro-BioImaging ERIC
• EMBL
• CU
• MU
• UT-ITC
• Nikhef
• DFKI
• SZTAKI
• BDVA