Swiss EOSC Node Prototype
SENPro: Building Switzerland’s Gateway to the European Open Science Cloud
The Swiss EOSC Node Prototype (SENPro) is a national initiative to design and test a federated framework that connects Swiss research infrastructures with the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). Launched in September 2025, SENPro is funded by swissuniversities’ Open Science Programme II and brings together a multidisciplinary consortium of leading institutions.
SENPro’s mission is to:
- Unify Swiss research data services under a FAIR and interoperable model.
- Prototype a Swiss EOSC Node aligned with European standards.
- Engage the research community in shaping sustainable, inclusive, and strategic data infrastructures.
SENPro is structured around three core pillars, each supported by dedicated work packages:
- Community & Needs Assessment
- Technical Development & Integration
- Validation, Governance & Sustainability
SENPro is Switzerland’s strategic step toward becoming a key contributor to the EOSC Federation — enabling better data discoverability, innovation, and policy-making across disciplines and borders.
Who’s Behind SENPro?
SENPro is powered by a strong, interdisciplinary consortium of Swiss institutions and research infrastructure providers:
- ETH Zurich (external page CSCS, Library, Scientific IT Services, RII)
- external page FORS (Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences)
- external page SIB (Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics)
- external page SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation)
- external page Switch
- external page University of Basel (external page DaSCH, external page DARIAH)
- external page University of Lausanne - Unil (external page CHUV)
- external page University of Zurich (external page Library, external page CLARIN)
These partners bring together expertise from life sciences, health, social sciences, humanities, and linguistics — building on both national and European infrastructure experience, including ERICs.
The external page European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) is building a Federation of Nodes — a distributed network of national and thematic infrastructures that work togetherto provide seamless, FAIR access to research data and services across Europe.
Swiss partners, through SENPro, are preparing their own EOSC Node to connect Swiss infrastructures and research communities to this growing ecosystem. This federated approach ensures interoperability, trust, and sustainability while respecting national priorities.
Learn more about the external page EOSC Federation
On 9 October 2025, the Swiss research and innovation community came together for the official launch of the Swiss EOSC Node Prototype (SENPro) Project. Hosted virtually by the SNSF, the event brought together key voices from swissuniversities, SERI, and the EOSC Federation, highlighting Switzerland’s commitment to FAIR data, interoperability, and sustainable research ecosystems and putting it in the context of the Eouropean Open Science Clour (EOSC) and the building of the EOSC Federation.
You find a summary and the presentations here.
SENPro Community Workshop #01
On 2 December 2025, SENPro invited researchers and stakeholders to an online workshop on Switzerland’s integration into the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). Participants were able to discover EOSC’s vision, to share their priorities, and helped evolving the the Swiss EOSC Node Prototype.