ARIADNEplus with IPERION-CH and SoBigDataPlusPlus presented their TNA offerings in a Webinar organised by RICH, the European Network of National Contact Points (NCPs) for Research Infrastructures (RIs) in Horizon 2020 on Wednesday 25th November. Each of the RIs provides complementary training for young researchers – SoBigDataPlusPlus focusses on social mining and big data analytics, IPERION HS provides access to 58 facilities in 16 countries through three platforms – ARCHLAB, FIXLAB and MOLAB, i.e. laboratory-based access whilst ARIADNEplus covers all aspects of archaeological data management. In addition to the three presenters and host, there were 35 attendees keen to find out about future TNA calls. In the discussion afterwards, it appears that the application success rate is around 80% across the board although SoBigDataPlusPlus often had to reject several (good) applications from outside the EU due to the limit on external candidates (from countries such as India, China and the US). The three presenters found the webinar useful for learning how other RIs manage their TNA programmes and for researchers looking for TNA opportunities, RICH provides a comprehensive list of providers (http://www.rich2020.eu/tas_calls) which can be searched using specific categories including the Social Sciences and Humanities. The presentation will be available on the RICH website and we all look forward to receiving new applications in 2021.
