Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS)
The National Science Foundation just released the solicitation for their 2025 FAIROS program. The FAIROS Program seeks to support a broad range of transformative open science activities including but not limited to:
i.) Research, education, and socio-technical cyberinfrastructure development capacities that advance sustainable multi-disciplinary findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable (FAIR) research data management (RDM) and open science capabilities,
ii.) Piloting new models of scientific communication and publication that improve efficiency and accessibility,
iii.) Developing FAIROS data portals, research data commons, RDM as a national service, and
iv.) Lowering barriers to accessing, curating, integrating, linking, managing, sharing, and storing data across many disciplinary domains, irrespective of data size.
The program supports innovation across the cyberinfrastructure (CI) ecosystem to address accessibility, data curation, research data management, discoverability, reliability, reproducibility, preservation, sustainability, and utility of research products, including data software, and code, developed as part of funded projects.
Funding: $600,000 per year for up to 3 years
Eligibility:
i.) Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs): Two- and four-year IHEs (including community colleges)
ii.) Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations located in the U.S. that are directly associated with educational or research activities.
iii.) Tribal Nations: An American Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or community that the Secretary of the Interior acknowledges as a federally recognized tribe pursuant to the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994
iv.) Other Federal Agencies and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs)
Application Due: April 9, 2025 (5 p.m. submitting organization’s local time)
For more information: Contact BRI at grants@brockportresearchinstitute.com or 585-431-3416 or read the solicitationn here.