How Is DANTE funded?

The majority of DANTE’s income derivesfrom its involvement in the projects it manages. The GÉANT2 project is the biggest such project currently, and DANTE receives income from the subscriptions paid to it by the NREN partners in the GÉANT2 project. These subscriptions are agreed by NRENs as part of the structure of pan-European research networking. Some other income comes directly from the European Commission due to DANTE’s management of other projects, such as ALICE and EUMEDCONNECT. DANTE is, however, a not-for-profit organisation; the public financing it receives is not used to generate profit, but to provide Research and Development funding for activities which would not take place under the influence of market forces alone.