DataCite is offering grants through its Global Access Fund (GAF) to support research organizations in underrepresented regions. Below are the key details:
About the Organization
DataCite is a global community dedicated to making research outputs and resources openly available and connected. The organization focuses on enhancing the discovery and reuse of research outputs by enabling the creation and management of persistent identifiers (PIDs) and integrating services to improve research workflows.
About the Fund
The Global Access Fund (GAF) is designed to increase accessibility to DataCite infrastructure services and enhance the visibility of research outputs from communities that are currently underrepresented in the global open science infrastructure landscape. The GAF is part of DataCite’s Global Access Program (GAP), made possible through a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
Funding Categories and Amounts
- Outreach activities: up to €10,000
- Infrastructure development: up to €20,000
Scope of Projects
The GAF will allocate funding to support projects in the following areas:
- Outreach and engagement activities:
- Capacity building: Training research administrators and librarians on open infrastructure, DataCite services (DOIs, metadata, APIs), and integration with local systems.
- Events: Organizing webinars, workshops, and campaigns to raise awareness about open infrastructure.
- Outreach resource development: Creating content (videos, podcasts, tutorials) that promotes the use of DataCite infrastructure in various languages.
- Open Infrastructure development and integration:
- System development and DataCite API integration to connect national and local systems with the DataCite registry.
- New tools development (e.g., metadata enrichment, statistics tools) to leverage DataCite infrastructure.
Eligibility
- Open to non-profit stakeholders (e.g., research institutions, government bodies, service providers) based in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia.
- Applicants must be authorized to apply on behalf of their organization.
- Preference will be given to applicants from lower or middle-income countries.
- Applications are open to both DataCite members and non-members.
- Organizations can submit up to two applications (one for each funding category).
Application Process
- Application deadline: October 11, 2024.
- Applicants can submit applications via the provided form on the DataCite website.
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