RDA Europe: the network of nodes Sara Garavelli, RDA Europe Coordinator RDA UK Node - launch 12 December 2018 12/12/2018 www.rd-alliance.org - @resdatall

RDA Europe 4.0 The European plug-in to the Research Data Alliance (RDA) Launched in March 2018, RDA Europe 4.0 is mandated to become the centrepiece for an EU Open Science Strategy, providing skilled, voluntary resources from the EU investment to address Digital Single Market issues, also through a dedicated open cascading grant process. www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall | @RDA_Europe

The RDA European network of nodes RDA EU 4.0 has recently established a network of national/regional nodes to foster adoption of RDA outputs in the region, and thereby enable interoperability and data sharing on a global scale The goal is to bring in an additional 13 nodes in stages over the project lifetime www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall | @RDA_Europe

What is a EU regional/national node? A node can be a single organisation, or a group of organisations, representing one or more countries, committed to support research data policies at national or regional level, promoting research data management best practices and solutions and actively engaged in the Research Data Alliance. has recently established a network of national nodes to foster adoption of RDA outputs in the region, and thereby enable interoperability and data sharing on a global scale The RDA nodes receive «seed funding» via the RDA Europe 4.0 project. www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall | @RDA_Europe

What does an RDA Node do? Support data research at regional / national / local level, promoting the RDA vision and results through events, workshops and meetings ensuring capillary uptake of RDA principles and lowering cultural/language barrier Synergise with national, European and global organisations in concrete actions to facilitate the uptake of RDA recommendations and principles Act as central contact point between the national / regional data practitioners and RDA, interacting with national research funding bodies Contribute to the definition of European data policies to support the future data economy reaping the benefits of FAIR data Contribute to the definition of RDA’s strategy and participate in RDA processes and governance www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall | @RDA_Europe

The RDA European network of nodes rd-alliance.org/groups/national-groups rd-alliance.org/groups/rda-united-kingdom www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall | @RDA_Europe

Open Calls for Adoption Grants RDA Europe 4.0 is offering 8 grants to support the adoption of RDA Recommendations and Outputs. CALL FOR ADOPTION GRANTS AT A GLANCE Each grant up to 15,000€ Total number of grants: 8 One wave: December 2018 – March 2019 Expected outputs: Carry out small-scale projects to demonstrate and disseminate adoption of RDA’s outputs and ICT Technical Specifications. Who can apply? Active organisations who can demonstrate take-up of RDA’s outputs and ICT Technical Specifications. Find out more about the grants and how to apply! grants.rd-alliance.org Deadline: 4 March 2019 – 17:00 CET www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall | @RDA_Europe CC BY-SA 4.0

Open Calls for Experts & Early Careers to support participation to the RDA Plenary meetings organised around the world every 6 months bringing together a unique community of data science professionals, from multiple disciplines and domains; move the community forward in creating tangible deliverables that improve data sharing across disciplines, technologies, and countries; working meetings of RDA Working & Interest groups and new potential groups through Birds of a Feather meetings presentation of new Outputs and Adoption cases www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall | @RDA_Europe CC BY-SA 4.0

RDA’s 13th Plenary Meeting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2- 4 April 2019 Call for ECRs & Experts open grants.rd-alliance.org rd-alliance.org/plenaries/rda-thirteenth-plenary-meeting-philadelphia-us www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall | @RDA_Europe CC BY-SA 4.0

RDA’s 14th Plenary Meeting Helsinki, Finland 23-25 October 2019 www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall | @RDA_Europe

Open Calls for Ambassadors CALL FOR AMBASSADORS AT A GLANCE Each grant up to 7,000€ Number of grants: 6 Important dates: February 2019-April 2019 RDA Europe 4.0 is offering financial support to become an RDA Europe Ambassador. The RDA EU Ambassadors programme offers a series of grants targeting distinguished and well-connected domain experts who can develop a two-way communication and engagement vector, promoting RDA outputs and perspectives while streamlining insights and practical contribution from domain focused data communities into the work of RDA. grants.rd-alliance.org www.rd-alliance.org @resdatall CC BY-SA 4.0

Sara Garavelli, RDA Europe 4.0 Coordinator RDA Global Email - enquiries@rd-alliance.org Web - www.rd-alliance.org Twitter - @resdatall LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/ResearchDataAlliance Slideshare - http://www.slideshare.net/ResearchDataAlliance RDA Europe Email - info@europe.rd-alliance.org Twitter - @RDA_Europe Sara Garavelli, RDA Europe 4.0 Coordinator Email – s.garavelli@trust-itservices.com Twitter - @saragaravelli