RDA Europe is offering up to five grants of maximum €2400 to Expert European Researchers & Scientists working with data to attend the 15th RDA Plenary meeting, to be held in Melbourne, Australia, 18-20 March 2020
The Research Data Alliance (RDA) was launched as a community-driven initiative in 2013 by the European Commission, the United States Government’s National Science Foundation and National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Australian Government’s Department of Innovation with the goal of building the social and technical infrastructure to enable open sharing and re-use of data.
RDA has a grass-roots, inclusive approach covering all data lifecycle stages, engaging data producers, users, and stewards, addressing data exchange, processing, and storage. It has succeeded in creating the neutral social platform where international research data experts meet to exchange views and to agree on topics including social hurdles on data sharing, education and training challenges, data management plans and certification of data repositories, disciplinary and interdisciplinary interoperability, as well as technological aspects. RDA Europe aims for a balanced distribution of grants across all European regions and strongly encourages applicants from EU13 countries in this final call for Early Careers and Experts available under the RDA Europe 4.0 project.
Eligibility
The program was designed to support the participation of European Experts, mid-career or senior data professionals/scientists, to RDA, its Plenary working meetings and ensure expert input into key activities such as the adoption of the RDA Recommendations and Outputs. All successful candidates will be expected to provide a detailed report as part of the grant assignment. The report can cover various topics, can give an account of the group meetings attended but will have to have a particular focus on adoption highlighting any adoption use cases (finalized or in progress), the adopting organizations, challenges and lessons learned. Furthermore, grant winners will be invited to support the Mentorship program coordinated by the RDA Early Career and Engagement Interest Group.
The applicants should satisfy the following criteria:
- Experts are broadly defined as mid-career or senior data professionals/scientists;
- Be involved in RDA as an active member, participant, chair, or contributor to a WG or IG, especially in the past 12 to 18 months;
- Be proactive and willing to contribute to RDA Recommendations or Outputs testing and adoption activities in European institutions;
- Actively engage in Plenaries, national, and/or regional workshops and related initiatives;
- Have the ability to recruit collaborators across different segments of the European data community;
- Be part of an active data community and have a good understanding of the European Data Infrastructures landscape, including initiatives such as the European Open Science Cloud; the FAIR movement; knowledge of the Open Science agenda, and how these intend to evolve in Europe;
- Reside/work in one of the EU Member states or Associated countries (for reference please consult the following link);
Further criteria and conditions:
- Previous Expert program winners can apply, but should only apply in later rounds as consecutive plenary attendance will not be supported.
- It is not possible to apply for both the Expert support program and the Early Career support program in the same round.
- RDA Ambassadors are not eligible for the Expert support program.
- Members of RDA governance bodies (TAB, OAB, Council & Secretariat) are not eligible for the Expert support program.
- People working on the RDA Europe 4.0 (i.e. funded as a core partner, as a node or seconded personnel) are not eligible for the Experts support program.
Benefits
The Expert support program will offer up to five grants of maximum €2400 to support participation in the Plenary meeting.
What costs can be reimbursed?
For reimbursement of Expert grants, the University of Göttingen cost accounting practices apply. The maximum total costs reimbursed will be €2400.
The following costs are eligible:
- Flights, trains and public transport to and from the conference venue (Economy fares only)
- Maximum five nights accommodation in Melbourne
- Hotel costs are reimbursed up to €158 per night (excluding breakfast)
- Conference fee (Early Bird rate)
- Costs for Licensed Taxis are eligible only if public transport is not available
- No daily allowance
Application process
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