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RDA/US
2016 CALL FOR
ADOPTION
PROJECTS
Funding
Available to
assist U.S.
projects,
groups and
organizations
to adopt RDA
Recommendations
RDA/US
is pleased to
announce the
availability
of funding to
assist U.S.
projects,
groups and
organizations
in adopting RDA
Recommendations.Â
RDA
Recommendations
are specific
technical
approaches and
high level
policy
guidelines
developed by
RDA Working
Groups to
assist data
users in
overcoming
common data
sharing
roadblocks and
ultimately,
accelerate
collaboration
and innovation
worldwide.
To
qualify to
receive this
funding from
RDA/US, made
possible
through
support from
the MacArthur
Foundation, a
U.S. project,
group and/or
organization
must
Applications
should
propose:
- Usage
of one or more
of RDA
Recommendations
to solve an
existing data
sharing
challenge AND
- Evaluation
of its success
in various
domains, which
may lead to
the future
development of
new and/or
improved RDA
Recommendations
In
2015, RDA/US
conducted an
Adoption Seed
Pilot,
resulting in
the successful
adoption of
several RDA
Recommendations.
For additional
reference,
final reports
detailing two
"worked
examples" of
adoption are
provided
below.
- Organizations,
groups and
projects are
eligible as
adopters;
RDA/US
strongly
encourages
applications
from projects
or
organizations
with
established
user
communities.  Â
- Where
appropriate,
use of
existing
facilities and
collaboration
with other
RDA-affiliated
organizations,
e.g., NDS Labs (http://www.nationaldataservice.org/projects/labs.html),
is
encouraged.Â
- Applicants
not currently
RDA members
are encouraged
to join RDA,
however,
membership in
RDA is not a
requirement or
evaluation
factor in the
application
process
(Applicants
are expected
to join RDA if
funding is
received).Â
- Applicants
must be eligible to be a member of
RDA/US (be a
US citizen,
member of RDA
working at a
US
institution,
or an
organization
with US
affiliations).
- Applicants
cannot be from
a government
agency or
organization
Applications
are due Friday,
February 12,
2016,
and should be
e-mailed to adoption@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.Â
The
application
should consist
of a
description of
proposed work
of no more
than 5 pages
that include:
- Proposer's
name,
organizational
affiliation,
and contact
information
- Plan
of work that
addresses:
- Problem
being
addressed
(including
justification
for use of
Working Group
Recommendation
to improve
data sharing
or a data
infrastructure
environment)
- Nature
of adoption
effort to be
carried out
- Anticipated
impact and
metric of
success - how
will we know
if the adopted
infrastructure
is successful
in enhancing
the data
environment?
- Milestones
describing
what is to be
accomplished
during the
adoption
period
- Description
of adopting
organization(s)
or project as
well as the
user community
served
- 2
page CVs of
key personnel
(not included
in application
page count)
- Budget
description
and
justification
(not included
in application
page count).
 Note
that travel to
RDA Plenary 8
will be
provided for
one member of
the selected
adopter's team
and should not
be included in
the budget.Â
Terms
of Acceptance:
- Accepted
applications
will receive
funding up to
$40,000 to
begin roughly
around March
1, 2016, and
must be
complete by
December 1,
2016.
- Accepted
applicants/adopters
will be
expected to
work with
representatives
of the
respective RDA
Working Group
to ensure
there is a
complete
understanding
of the
Recommendation.
- Adopters
must attend
RDA Plenary 8
in September
2016, to
present a
summary of
their adoption
results and
activities
(Reasonable
travel funding
will be
provided).
- The
adoption
project must
be completed
no later than
December 1,
2016, at which
point a Final
Report will be
due. Staffing
must be
immediately
allocable on
the project
start date to
ensure
substantial
progress is
made before
RDA Plenary 8
- The
adoption
effort should
add real
demonstrated
value to the
user community
for the system
into which it
is integrated.
Submissions
will be
evaluated on
the potential
for impact of
the effort. Awards
will be
announced the
week of
February 22,
2016.
We encourage
you to submit
your proposal,
as well as
share this
announcement
with others
you who feel
may have an
interest.
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