FAIR-IMPACT open call for financial support: Recommendations for trustworthy and FAIR-enabling data repositories

FAIR-IMPACT project has developed guidelines to improve the transparency of, and trust in, repositories. In this support action successful applicants will have the opportunity to test the guidelines and receive guidance on exposing relevant metadata at the organisational and object level to facilitate discovery, provide context, and support interoperability.

What is the call about?

As a part of the 2nd open call for Route 2 support within the FAIR Impact Project, there is an open Call for funding for participating in testing and implementing the guidelines to improve the transparency of, and trust in, repositories. Implementing these guidelines will help to expose relevant metadata at the organisational and object level to facilitate discovery, provide context, and support interoperability. Providing supporting information  in a uniform and transparent way, creates a sense of trust in the repositories and in the digital objects they care for. Focus is put on exposing information about repository characteristics ( from identifiers, to contact information and business models), information that can help to inform a sense or status of trustworthiness (e.g. standards applied, preservation policies in place or certification received) and information relating to FAIRness of the digital objects held (e.g. assessment results, tool(s) used). Both the guidelines, and the prototype to be developed to implement them, will be advanced through multiple iterations. Community engagement and input is essential to ensuring that the final outputs are relevant to all of the identified stakeholders. 

In this support action, participants have the opportunity to learn about these new guidelines in depth, and to critically evaluate them as they apply to their own repository and stakeholders . Participants will consider the current status of information exposure in their organisation and how this could be improved using the guidelines. Through this process, participants will be able to provide feedback on how useful, relevant, and realistic the guidelines are, directly shaping the future iterations of the guidelines. After completing this support action, participants have the opportunity to join the subsequent support action (launching in September 2024), where hands-on experience in exposing information using the prototype will be the focus. 

Successful applicants will receive 4000 € to support their participation which will require about 8 days of effort from participants between May-September 2024.

During this support action, participants will: 

• analyse the FAIR-IMPACT guidelines and provide feedback
• receive guidance and support to make information about their repository service more transparent

Participants can expect to:

• gain a deeper insight into the kinds of information that can help end users to make informed decisions about whether a repository is FAIR-enabling and trustworthy
• understand how the implementation of the guidelines can help to facilitate discovery, provide context, and support interoperability
• play a key role in shaping the next iteration of the guidelines
• receive credit for their contributions in the next iteration of the guidelines

Deadline for application

31st March 2024

Application

Apply here: https://fair-impact.eu/support-offer-3-recommendations-trustworthy-and-fair-enabling-data-repositories

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