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
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
WP1: Identification data sources for FAIRification
Philip Gribbon (Fraunhofer)
Ola Engkvist (AstraZeneca)
David Henderson (Bayer)WP2: Standards definition and process development
Susanna-Assunta Sansone (University of Oxford, ELIXIR UK)
Andrea Splendiani (Novartis)WP3: Implementation and infrastructure
Helen Parkinson (EMBL-EBI, ELIXIR)
Rudi Verbeeck (Janssen)WP4: Communication and outreach
Jan-Willem Boiten (Lygature)
Stefan Senger (GSK)
Colin Wood (AstraZeneca)WP5: Project management, coordination, dissemination and sustainability
Serena Scollen (ELIXIR Hub)
Herman Van Vlijmen (Janssen)WP6: Ethics requirements
Anne Cambon-Thomsen (Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III)
Herman Van Vlijmen (Janssen)
Duration
48 months (January 2019 - December 2022)
Budget
€8.23M (€4M H2020 EC funding, €4.23M EFPIA in-kind)
Contact
See also the factsheet on the IMI website.