by Donatella Castelli, Marc Taconet and Virginie Viollier

D4Science (DIstributed colLaboratories Infrastructure on Grid ENabled Technology 4 Science) is a two-year project which started in January 2008 and is co-funded by the European Commission's 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development. D4Science follows the path initiated by GÉANT, EGEE, and DILIGENT aimed at creating networking, grid-based, and data-centric
e-Infrastructures.