Project co-funded by the European Commission (contract RI-261323).
Website
http://www.egi.eu/projects/egi-inspire/
Start date
01.05.2010
End date
01.05.2014
Duration
48 months
Total budget
72 million euros (European Commission funding: 25 million euros).
Persons/month
9261 (equivalent to 192 individuals on a full-time basis during the project) - 2315 people/month funded by the project and the rest contributed by the members.
Participants
EGI-InSPIRE is a consortium of 50 members, coordinated by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), which includes 40 NGIs (National Grid Initiatives), two European Intergovernmental Research Organisations (CERN and EMBL) and eight members from the Asia-Pacific region, belonging to 37 European countries, 6 Asian and 3 from Oceania.
RedIRIS belongs to the Spanish NGI, which works closely with the Portuguese one in the context of Ibergrid.
Activities
NA (Networking Activities). Includes project and consortium management (NA1), external relations (NA2) and coordination of user communities (NA3).
SA (Service Activities) - Includes reliable operation of the production infrastructure (SA1), providing software infrastructure (SA2) and support for large user communities (SA3).
JRA (Joint Research Activities) - centred on developing new elements for operating tools (JRA1).