RADNEXT 2030
What is RADNEXT 2030?
RADNEXT 2030 is a European initiative that provides world-class access to radiation testing infrastructures for electronics. Building on the success of the RADNEXT project, this next-generation programme enables researchers, industry users, and early-stage innovators to test and better understand the effect of radiation on electronics, improving the resilience of systems in environments such as space, nuclear facilities, particle accelerators and the naturally occurring atmospheric radiation, offering access to a unique network of accelerator-based and complementary testing facilities across Europe and beyond.
RADNEXT 2030 is a proposal in preparation in response to the HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-SERV-04 call, strongly focused on promoting open science, data sharing and training for the next generation of researchers and engineers. The project strengthens European leadership in radiation effects research and contributes to the technological sovereignty of key sectors such as space, automotive, communications, energy, and quantum technologies.
Through a centralised access portal, training programmes, and coordinated facility support, RADNEXT 2030 ensures more efficient, inclusive, and harmonised access to cutting-edge services — accelerating innovation and enhancing Europe’s capacity to address emerging scientific and industrial challenges.
What facilities and effects will be part of RADNEXT 2030?
RADNEXT 2030 focuses on accelerator-based facilities for Single Event Effects testing, including heavy ions, protons, neutrons and more, and spanning an energy range from thermal in the case of neutrons up to hundreds of MeV for protons and neutrons, or MeV per nucleon for heavy ions. Such accelerator-based facilities will also be available for Displacement Damage testing, and will be complemented with electron and x-ray machines as well as radioactive sources for Total Ionizing Dose testing of both electronics and materials. Moreover, pulsed laser and x-ray facilities will also be available as proxies for heavy ion induced SEEs. Characterization of radiation environment monitors and detectors with a radiation effects focus will also part of the RADNEXT 2030 scope.
Key dates:
- Proposal submission deadline: 18th September 2025
- Targeted project duration: June 2026 - May 2030