The key objective of WP2 was to foster knowledge transfer across the project team, engage with a wide range of stakeholder communities, and to provide financial and in-kind support as well as frameworks of resources to facilitate adoption and implementation of FAIR-enabling practices.
WP2 started by carrying out a targeted analysis of the landscape of existing tools, approaches, and solutions produced by previous projects and initiatives (D2.1). The resulting FAIR implementation framework and catalogue of resources are accessible via the FAIR-IMPACT website to enable others to find, assess and support uptake and use. The FAIR implementation framework was instrumental for delivery of in-kind support to research performing organisations (RPOs), repositories and data service providers, and national level initiatives. The catalogue of resources was updated twice over the life of the project to ensure that emerging approaches, tools and resources such as those pillar WPs 3-6, those resulting from the open calls, and from related projects and initiatives are included. By the end of the project, the catalogue contained 53 FAIR-enbling resources (D2.2).
The initial landscape activity fed into the first of three open calls for financial support to successful applicants to enable them to implement FAIR-enabling tools, approaches and solutions locally. A key aim was to support the adoption of viable approaches that have been successfully used in one domain across other domains. 500,000 euros was distributed to 128 teams from 90 organistions across 29 countries through the open calls for financial support.
We worked with 77 teams from 72 organisations across 27 countires via our in-kind support programmes aimed at Research Perfroming Organisations (RPOs), repositories and data service providers, and national level initiatives. The support programmes included up to ten virtual workshops and one-to-one support to help participants to self-assess their current FAIR-enabling practices and to develop FAIR implementation action plans by following the steps of the FAIR Implementation Framework.
All those supported by FAIR-IMPACT produced FAIR Implementation Stories to share the lessons learned and to provide inspriation to others.
More than 30 FAIR Implementation Workshops and webinars were delivered to more than 2,000 registrants from Europe and beyond to share information about the open calls, implementing tools, approaches and solutions and sharing examples of good practice more broadly. These events were free and open to all.
Key tasks
- Support the wider adoption and/or adaptation of identified FAIR-enabling tools, approaches and solutions with funding awarded through a series of open calls (T2.1)
- Identify, describe and share a range of FAIR-enabling tools, approaches and solutions via the FAIR Implementation Framework and catalogue of resources (T2.2)
- Provide in-kind support to RPOs, repositories and data service providers, and national level initiatives to self assess their current capabilities and to develop action plans to become more FAIR-enabling (T2.3, T2.4, and T2.5)
- Disseminate information about the open calls and to share practical examples of FAIR-enabling tools, solutions and approaches via a series of public FAIR Implementation workshops and webinars (T2.4)
Key outcomes
The main outcome of WP2 was to increase uptake and implementation of FAIR-enabling tools, approaches and solutions at the organisational, service provider and national levels across Europe.
Related deliverables and milestones
- D2.1 Targeted landscape analysis report (January 2023)
- M2.1/MS10 Cascading grants and open call launched (May 2023)
- M2.4 First iteration of FAIR implementation framework (August 2023)
- M2.5 - Update of FAIR implementation framework (nr2) (November 2023)
- M2.9 FAIR implementation action plans ready (gamma) (April 2025)
- D2.2 - Final iteration of the FAIR implementation framework (May 2025)
Partners involved
- DANS (co-WP lead)
- DCC (co-WP lead)
- CSC
- INRAE
- DTU-DEiC
- Trust-IT
- CNRS
- UESSEX-UKDA
- Life Watch
- CNR
- EMBL-EBI
- UKRI-STFC
- UEFISCDI
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