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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is poised to radically transform and accelerate scientific research, and Constructor University will help lead the charge across Europe. Together with affiliate partner Constructor Knowledge Labs (CKL), the university joined in the official launch and kick-off of the SCIANCE project, an ambitious new initiative to accelerate and coordinate AI-enabled scientific research across Europe. SCIANCE (AI in Science) brings together a consortium of 13 leading European science organizations to help develop the European Commission’s Resource for AI Science in Europe (RAISE) program.
Constructor University and CKL have partnered to play a leading role in SCIANCE by providing strategic guidance on RAISE’s long-term growth and evolution, and contributing expertise, best practices and interdisciplinary use cases for AI in science. “Constructor University’s selection to co-lead the strategic dimension of SCIANCE alongside CKL underscores our strength in connecting research needs with sustainable digital infrastructures,” said Professor Isak Frumin, Head of Constructor University’s Observatory of Higher Education Innovations. “We will develop future-oriented scenarios for the RAISE ecosystem and also study existing best practices for the use of AI in research."
Executive Director of Constructor Knowledge Labs Mariia Snigireva underscored the distinct advantage offered by the partnership between the two Constructor organizations. “This initiative will benefit greatly from Constructor University’s cross-disciplinary research culture and Constructor Knowledge Lab’s innovation capacity,” she said. “Our joint approach brings together methodological expertise, infrastructure foresight, and hands-on knowledge of how AI can be applied responsibly in scientific practice. This synergy allows us to translate conceptual frameworks into operational solutions that can scale across research communities and infrastructures.”
About RAISE
RAISE is the European Commission's flagship initiative to harness the transformative power of AI to drive scientific and technological breakthroughs – from new cancer treatments and medical technologies to climate science, computing technology and more. The program's launch – and the creation of SCIANCE to support it – acknowledged the vital role AI will play in putting science and technology at the heart of the European economy. “RAISE and its implementation through SCIANCE arrive at a decisive time for European science,” said Constructor University Professor and Vice President of Research David Rosenblum. “Many fields are now reaching a point where breakthroughs depend on cross-domain data sharing and intelligent computation. By aligning AI development with real research problems — from materials design and climate modeling to life-science discovery — this project can turn AI into an enabling layer for scientific excellence and collaboration across Europe. This work will guide how European research infrastructures evolve in the coming decade.”
About SCIANCE
SCIANCE, which stands for AI in Science, will support the development of RAISE and coordinate AI-enabled scientific research across Europe. “SCIANCE represents a unique opportunity to coordinate AI-enabled science across Europe - connecting research communities, infrastructures and AI expertise in a way that truly reflects scientific priorities,” said Jonas L’Haridon, Project Coordinator with the European Science Foundation (ESF).
Three key outcomes of SCIANCE include:
1. a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for AI in Science
2. an implementation roadmap for infrastructure upgrades, and
3. the RAISE Secretariat for AI in science to support long-term collaboration, capacity-building and alignment with European policy objectives.
The other participating organizations in the SCIANCE consortium are:
- European Science Foundation (ESF)
- EGI Foundation
- OpenAIRE AMKE
- Consiglio Nazionale dell Ricerche (CNR)
- Euro-BioImaging ERIC
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
- University of Manchester (MU)
- University of Twente (UT-ITC)
- National Institute for Subatomic Physics (Nikhef)
- German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
- HUN_REN Institute for Computer Science and Control (SZTAKI)
- Big Data Value Association (BDVA)
https://www.esf.org/sciance/ - SCIANCE website
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_2578 - more information about RAISE
The official kick-off meeting of SCIANCE was held 13 January, 2026 in Brussels.
Source: European Science Foundation
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The official kick-off meeting of SCIANCE was held 13 January, 2026 in Brussels.
Source: European Science Foundation
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