Project description
A collaborative initiative to promote FAIR research
In the intricate realm of scientific research, the fragmentation and inefficiency in managing data hinders the progress of FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable) research practices. Existing infrastructure struggles to create an interconnected landscape. For instance, the absence of an open, high-quality ecosystem hampers the traceability of research. With this in mind, the EU-funded OSTrails project will work collaboratively with 38 partners and 24 pilots to transform data management, establish interoperable knowledge graphs and deliver modular FAIR tests, ultimately providing a comprehensive solution to drive FAIR research practices forward. OSTrails recognises the diverse landscape, fostering a collaborative approach to enhance traceability and evidence-based evaluation in research.
Objective
OSTrails aims to advance processes and instruments for Planning, Tracking, and Assessing scientific knowledge production beyond state-of-the art, working with various national and thematic contexts, improving existing infrastructure, and connecting key components. For the Plan stage, OSTrails aims to increase the efficacy of Data Management Plans, turning them from static narratives to living, interconnected “machine actionable” resources, making them the instrument of choice for improving quality of RDM. For the Track stage, OSTrails is set to establish an open, interoperable and high-quality ecosystem of Scientific Knowledge Graphs, enriching them to become evidence of communities’ FAIR implementations. For the Assess stage, OSTrails aims to deliver modular and extendable FAIR tests, towards “machine actionable” metrics, complemented by user guidance embedded in tools assisting any stage of research life cycle. Presented as the OSTrails Commons, the resulting methods, tools, services, guidance & training form the necessary building blocks to provide end-to-end solutions that serve: (i) researchers and research support personnel realise FAIR at any stage of the research life cycle, for any digital object; and (ii) research funding organisations, research performing organisations, publishers to drive the improvement of the quality of RDM for any shared, funded and published research product. OSTrails will lower the barriers to plan and practice FAIR research, moving the dial from FAIR assessment to FAIR assisting practice; also, to enhance traceability and improve evidence-based evaluation of research via a more networked scholarship. OSTrails is deeply rooted in the work of 38 partners, 22 research performing organisations, 5 ESFRI Clusters, and 24 pilots, acknowledging that there is no one-size-fits-all solution and that different national and thematic infrastructures have varying goals and priorities, as well as approaches to streamlining FAIR.
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinator
15125 Marousi
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Participants (35)
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00-927 WARSZAWA
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28100 Alcobendas
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546 36 THESSALONIKI
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11000 Beograd
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7030 Trondheim
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D07 EWV4 Dublin
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10000 Zagreb
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1040 Wien
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28040 Madrid
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00185 Roma
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151 25 Maroussi
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160 00 Praha
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130 00 PRAHA
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16122 Kaisariani
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4704 553 Braga
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1249 074 Lisboa
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1011 JV AMSTERDAM
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78153 Le Chesnay Cedex
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1010 Wien
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3512 BS Utrecht
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1010 Wien
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5058 Bergen
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33100 Tampere
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38000 Grenoble
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91190 Saint Aubin
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41071 Sevilla
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07121 Palma
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00560 Helsinki
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75014 Paris
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61 704 Poznan
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02101 Espoo
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8010 Graz
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405 30 Goeteborg
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52062 Aachen
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3511 EP Utrecht
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OX1 2JD Oxford
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CO4 3SQ Colchester
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