Programme: H2020 | H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Research Infrastructures

Overall budget € 11 131 775,75 | EU contributions € 10 000 000,00

Grant Agreement no. 871149

Start Date 01/01/2020 - End Date 31/07/2024

About the Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure (RI)

The Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure (RI) provides free access to the world’s largest collection of planetary simulation and analysis facilities, data services and tools, a ground-based observational network and programme of community support activities. 

The project is funded through the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme and runs for four years from February 2020 until July 2024. The Europlanet 2024 RI consortium is led by the University of Kent, UK, and has 53 beneficiary institutions from 21 countries in Europe and around the world, with a further 44 affiliated partners. The project draws on the resources of the Europlanet Society to disseminate activities and outcomes and develop a more diverse community of users.

Europlanet 2024 RI provides:

• Transnational Access to 24 laboratories in Europe and five field sites.
• Virtual Access to services and tools.
• Networking activities to support the community and provide rapid response observations to support planetary missions.

University of Padova (Department of Geosciences) as one of beneficiaries coordinate with Jacobs University Bremen the Europlanet 20204 RI’s GMAP Virtual Access Service and Joint Research Activity, with input from DLR, INAF, the Polish Academy of Sciences, Università degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti – Pescara, the Chinese University of Geosciences, Wuhan University, Shandong University, Peking University and the Italian Geological Service.

Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure Homepage

Europlanet Society

GMAP (Geologic MApping of Planetary bodies) integrates partners and outputs from two projects previously funded by the EU through Horizon 2020 (UPWARDS and PLANMAP) to deliver tools and services for geological mapping of any Solar System body.

The infrastructure created through GMAP will support future European missions in developing orbital acquisition strategies, rover deployment and traverses, and human exploration programmes.

Europlanet 2024 RI has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 871149