The foundingGIDE Consortium
FoundingGIDE is a consortium that brings together Research Infrastructures, data repositories, community initiatives and individual researchers to build an ecosystem for image data sharing. The project is funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe program as a Coordination and Support Action.
Through the cooperation of European Research Infrastructures with those in Australia and Japan, the project aims to enable exchange of large and valuable bioimage data across the globe. Open access to such a resource will empower the global scientific community.
Objectives
- Establish coordination among global open bioimage data resources
- Increase resource interoperability
- Engage with and provide guidance to community initiatives and end-users
- Plan for sustainability of developed solutions
- Build an ecosystem for new interlinked resources to grow
Partners
The foundingGIDE project brings European Research Infrastructure and image data resource owners together with their counterparts from Australia and Japan. Our aim is to develop common recommendations for ontologies and metadata, together with the wider global bioimage community, and promote adoption of these recommendations by researchers.
Governance
The foundingGIDE consortium consists of:
- two internal bodies:
- one external body:
Management Team
The Management Team comprises of the Work Package leads and Task leads, the Project Manager and Euro-BioImaging’s Head of Image Data Services as Chair. The team will monitor and assess the critical risks associated with the project and implement mitigation measures as required.
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee is the decision making body for the project and it consists of up to two representatives from each beneficiary with the Euro-BioImaging Director General as chair.
Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)
The individuals on the SAC are nominated by the Management Team. They will be strategically selected to strengthen the global community and help drive the objectives of foundingGIDE. The decision to select a nominee to become a SAC member will be taken by the Steering Committee. The SAC will act as the advisory body for the execution of the project, oversee project progress and provide advisory support to the Steering Committee.