FAIR Data and Resources | Data Science at NIH

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The FAIR Data and Resources Unit works to realize a modernized biomedical data resource ecosystem by providing leadership, strategic guidance, and coordination for NIH-wide FAIR data activities. The activities include:

Advancing NIH-wide program initiatives that address the storage, management, and integration of diverse data to establish a modern biomedical data ecosystem
Advocating for, and coordinate activities associated with the adoption of FAIR data principles
Establishing partnerships with communities, societies, and international partners, to enhance education, adoption, and implementation of FAIR practice through collaborative projects, workshops, and other activities

Data Resources

Supporting Data Resources and Knowledgebases

Data Stewardship

Promoting and facilitating adoption of data management best practices and implementation of FAIR principles

Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative (GREI)

Developing common capabilities, services metrics, and social infrastructure across generalist repositories

Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative (GREI)

Software Foundations for Open Science

Enhancing reusability and sustainability of research software and encourage open software development practices

Software Foundations

Sequence Read Archive (SRA)

Modernizing storage and access of sequence read archive data

Sequence Read Archive