NIH Common Fund Data Ecosystem (CFDE) Training Center (OT2)

Research Opportunity Purpose: The purpose of this announcement is to invite applications to establish the Training Center (TC) for the Common Fund Data Ecosystem (CFDE). The TC award made through this announcement will support CFDE by providing and evaluating training that enables the research community, with a special emphasis on postgraduate students engaged in research and early stage investigators, to use Common Fund (CF) program generated data sets and knowledge.

The recipient will work collaboratively with other participating components of the CFDE to support and coordinate training-related activities across the ecosystem. The end products of CFDE will constitute a thriving and inclusive ecosystem that enables the biomedical research community to use and reuse CF-generated data, knowledge and other digital resources for discoveries and new purposes.

This initiative is funded through the NIH Common Fund, which supports cross-cutting programs that are expected to have an exceptionally high impact. All Common Fund initiatives invite investigators to develop bold, innovative, and often risky approaches to address problems that may seem intractable or to seize new opportunities that offer the potential for rapid progress.

Applicants responding to this ROA are expected to familiarize themselves with the other components of the CFDE listed below, as the TC will be expected to communicate, coordinate, and collaborate with these components.