SHARP aims at being the near-IR diffraction limited multi-object spectrograph at ELT, whose first light is currently planned for 2028. By that time,  the first generation ELT instruments will be ready (or nearly all), and the status review (planned for 2025) of the second generation could be completed. 

Given the above timeline, we consider early 2026 the time at which a concept study of SHARP has to be completed and an international consortium of institutes (at least partially) assembled. This short term activity aims at getting ready for answering to a possible call for new ELT instrumentation that could be announced before the ELT first light.