The FCT (FCT) has announced the final results of the call for Expressions of Interest for the creation and establishment of a Consortium to Promote the Management and Sharing of Research Data at the National Level. The provisional results of the Expressions of Interest for the creation of Research Data Management Centers (GDI) have also been released.
These two processes are part of the National Program for Open Science and Open Research Data (PNCADAI), a measure of investment RE-C05-i08 – More Digital Science financed by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP).
The National Consortium for Research Data Management and Sharing will have as its main mission the promotion, creation, and development of a networked community of practice for FAIR research data management in Portugal, coordinating and supporting the selected Research Data Management Centers. It will also aim to ensure support for convergence with national and European legislation and infrastructure. The submitted proposal was selected.
In the case of the Centers for GDI, the selected entities (provisional results) will contribute to the creation of a support network for the management and opening of research data in Portugal, serving a community of users internal to the institution(s) and promoting the principles of FAIR Data.
Of the 18 proposals submitted for the GDI Centers, the top 10 proposals were selected based on the panel's evaluation. Furthermore, the FCT intends to also contract with the centers that exceeded the qualifying threshold, in accordance with section 3.3 of the Call for Expressions of Interest.
During the evaluation process, the panel highlighted the high quality of the proposals, as well as the initiative to establish and promote a National Network for Research Data Management.
For more information, you can also consult the page with detailed documentation, as well as the address to which questions regarding these processes should be sent.
