Based on the identification of research topics (with the strategic research agenda from INSPIRATION as a starting point), interested funders contribute to a voting matrix to indicate their own specific research priorities and potential associated budgets available. This allows to define a “scope of the call” for the Funding Platform and to open the discussion with other potential funders willing to participate in a joint call for projects (as affiliate members of the Platform).
Once research questions have been defined and a call package has been formed (call principles paper, call applicants’ guide and application form, research consortium agreement, peer-review guide), interested funders commit to funding the call by a letter of commitment.