EOSC and the UK - a community discussion on potential contributions to a UK node

This FAIR-IMPACT Roadshow took place on 12th May 2025 and fostered initial, bottom-up discussions among potential contributors and users of a possible UK Node of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). Discussions focused on identifying data and support services that may be included in a UK node and collected views from the community on how contributions to an EOSC UK Node might be sustained and effectively taken up by the UK research community. This event had about 25 participants including representatives from UK data infrastructure providers, RDM support providers, funding bodies, policy makers and the members of the research community. This brief report outlines the discussions. Speakers: Helen Clare, Jisc Juan Bicarregui, Richard Gunn, and Paul Richards, UKRI Jenny O'Neill, HEAnet Matthew Viljoen, EGI Foundation Carole Goble, University of Manchester Kevin Ashley, DCC Rory Macneil, RSpace