ELIXIR‑UK FAIR Data Stewardship Training Fellowship

Abstract

The ELIXIR-UK FAIR Data Stewardship Training Fellowship is a program established by ELIXIR-UK to enhance FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data management practices within the UK's life sciences sector. Launched in 2021 with funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the fellowship aims to embed Research Data Management (RDM) expertise into UK universities and institutes by creating a community of Data Stewardship ambassadors. The program seeks to build a community of Data Stewards with practical experience in contemporary life science data management across the UK.

Fellows are supported in creating learning materials and offering local training in their fields of FAIR data expertise, leveraging existing resources and contacts within their institutions.

The fellowship programme is part of a broader initiative to develop a sustainable data skills training program in the life sciences, realized through embedding material locally into existing in-house training programs and research infrastructure. It contributes to the professionalization of data stewardship roles within the life sciences community.

Overview

Country	United Kingdom
Start date	2021
Annual Budget	n/a
Responsible organisation(s)	Funding institution
Target group(s)	Data stewards, researchers, and research support staff.
Policy instrument type	Training fellowship.

Background

Part of the ELIXIR-UK initiative to support life sciences research through better data management. The Fellowship Programme is funded as part of the UKRI Innovation Scholars. Data Science Training in Health and Bioscience call (DaSH).

Through UKRI funding gained in 2021, ELIXIR-UK has established a national Data Stewardship Fellowship (24 Fellows) in a seedcorn group of 17 UK universities and institutes.

Objective(s)

To improve data stewardship skills and promote the adoption of FAIR principles in research.

Public access URL

https://fellowship.elixiruknode.org/

All tags

• Human Capital
• United Kingdom
• 2021
• Funding institution
• Established researchers
• Higher education institutes
• Public research institutes
• Research support staff
• Private R&D
• Academic societies academics
• Fellowships and postgraduate loans and scholarships
• Appropriate Training programs

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