Virtual Research Communities (VRCs) are like-minded individuals grouped together by discipline or computational model. VRCs typically have an established presence in their field (for example an ESFRI project, EIROFORUM laboratory or national research structure) and represent a specific its scientific or other research community.
International scientific communities can draw many benefits from a strong partnership with EGI. EGI offers grid-ready applications, training resources, workshops and forums, help and support, as well as involvement in an open development process. In turn, VRCs provide EGI with their technical and service requirements, which are then fed into the overall development of the infrastructure as a true user-driven resource.
Here is a list of discipline-specific of VRC gateways that enable you to connect with the European Grid Infrastructure and other related Distributed Computing Infrastructures.
To have your community gateway added to this list or to discuss the process of becoming an EGI Virtual Research Community (VRC) you need to send an email to ucst@egi.eu with the relevant information.
| Discipline | Community | Gateway | VRC status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Structural Biology and NMR (Life Sciences) | WeNMR | http://www.wenmr.eu/ | Agreed |
| High Energy Physics | Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) | http://lcg.web.cern.ch/lcg/ | Agreed |
| Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities | DARIAH | http://www.dariah.eu/ | Pending |
| Research Infrastructure for Language Resources | CLARIN | http://www.clarin.eu | Pending |
| Life Sciences | The Life Sciences Grid Community (LSGC) | http://www.healthgrid.org/ | Agreed |
| Earth Science | The European Earth Science Grid | http://www.euearthsciencegrid.org/ | |
| Computational Chemistry and Material Science | Computational Chemistry | Pending | |
| Fusion | The Scientific and Technical feasability of fusion power | ||
| The study of e-Science | Grid Observatory | http://www.grid-observatory.org/ | |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | Astronomy and Astrophysics | Pending | |
| Hydrometeorology | Hydrometeorology | http://www.drihms.eu/ | Agreed |
| Complexity Science | Complexity Science | ||
| Photon Science | Photon Science |