Successful application to the "FAIR-IMPACT Open call for support"

We are very pleased that our application to the "FAIR-IMPACT Open call for support" was successful and that we are now eligible to participate in the support measure „FAIRness assessment challenge for datasets and semantic artefacts” of the FAIR-IMPACT EU project.

Our goal is to further improve the "FAIRness" of RADAR research datasets for the benefit of all of us. FAIRness of datasets is considered to be the extent to which they meet the FAIR principles. Increasingly, evaluation tools and methods are being used to evaluate the FAIRness of research data.

As part of the support activity, we will be supported by FAIR-IMPACT mentors and project partners to use several of these tools (e.g., F-UJI, O’FAIRe and FOOPS) and methods (such as the FAIR Data Maturity Model (FDMM) and the Ten simple rules for FAIR vocabularies) starting in September 2023. We will be guided and advised on how to interpret their results and further optimize the FAIRness of RADAR datasets. The measure includes, among other things, participation in several virtual workshops as well as dedicated evaluation and software development phases on our part.

By the application deadline of the "FAIR-IMPACT Open call for support" on June 1, 51 applications were received, of which 31 were successfully evaluated. All successful applicants are listed here.

FAIR-IMPACT “Expanding FAIR solutions across EOSC” is funded by the European Commission Horizon Europe programme (GA 101057344). Coordinated by DANS and supported by 27 additional partners from 11 countries, the project officially started on the 1st of June 2022. FAIR-IMPACT will build on the successful practices, policies, tools and technical specifications arising from FAIRsFAIR, other H2020 projects and initiatives, and from the FAIR and other relevant Working Groups of the former EOSC Executive Board.

We will of course keep you informed about our activities in the FAIR-IMPACT "FAIRness assessment challenge".