Rec. 14: Provide strategic and coordinated funding
- Short Title: Rec. 14: Provide strategic and coordinated funding
- Source Documnent: Turning FAIR into reality: Final report and action plan from the European Commission expert group on FAIR data
- Source Document Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.2777/1524
- Publishing Organisation: European Commision
- Date of Publication: 2018-11-26
- Topic: Sustainability/ funding/ business-model
- Keywords: funding
- Addressed Stakeholders: data service providers, institutions, research funders, coordination fora, policy makers
- Full Text: Funders should adopt a coordinated approach to supporting core infrastructure and services, building on existing investments where appropriate. Funding should be tied to certification schemes, sustainable business models and other community-vetted indicators that demonstrate viability. Action 14.1: Funding decisions for new and existing services to implement FAIR should be tied to evidence, community-approved metrics and certification schemes that validate service delivery. Action 14.2: Investment in new tools, services and components of the FAIR data ecosystem must be made strategically in order to leverage existing investments and ensure services are sustainable. Action 14.3: Effective guidance and procedures need to be established and implemented for retiring services that are no longer required or cannot justifiably be sustained.