Group photo of the FAIRplus members
Members of the FAIRplus consortium at the FAIRplus General Assembly 30-31 January 2020 in Hinxton, UK.

Introduction to the FAIRplus project

The FAIRplus project aims to develop tools and guidelines for making life science data FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable). The project has 21 partners from academia and industry, and runs from January 2019 to December 2022. See About the project and the news story on the ELIXIR website.

Project overview

Management

ELIXIR and Janssen

Goals

  • To establish a process for selecting and prioritising IMI project databases for FAIRification.
  • To develop guidelines, tools and metrics needed to make data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR).
  • To deliver tailored training for data handlers (academia, SMEs and pharmaceuticals).
  • To change and sustain the data management culture in pharma, academia and SMEs.
  • To organise FAIR 'Innovation and SME Events' to foster an innovation ecosystem on FAIR open data to power future reuse, knowledge generation, and societal benefit.

Participants

21 participants (12 academic, 6 EFPIA, 3 SME)

Work Packages and their leaders

Duration

48 months (January 2019 - December 2022)

Budget

€8.23M (€4M H2020 EC funding, €4.23M EFPIA in-kind)

Contact

FAIRplus-PM@elixir-europe.org

See also the factsheet on the IMI website.