In collaboration with NICHD, NIH, and external stakeholders, ODSS is building a federated, secure research and specimen data ecosystem that will measurably and rapidly facilitate data and specimen sharing by NICHD-funded researchers and increase access to shared data and specimens for the entire research community.The NICHD Data Ecosystem includes people, data, processes, and technologies that align with the NICHD Strategic Plan and that support NICHD communities’ data science and sharing needs. In addition, ODSS is collecting “user stories” to describe these needs, within the following contexts:NICHD investigators share their data and biospecimens to encourage reproducibility and broad reuse.The researcher community:Finds and uses NICHD data and specimens to enable new and innovative researchSecurely analyzes NICHD and other data using new tools, training resources, and powerful computing resourcesParticipant communities visualize outcomes of taking part in NICHD research and benefit faster from new discoveries.NICHD:Tracks researcher compliance with NIH policies and good stewardship of government fundsAssesses and visualizes the scientific return on investment in data and biospecimen sharingPromotes successful sharing strategies, policies, and tools to encourage broader use and reuseThe NICHD Ecosystem Use Case Library on GitHub tracks user stories, use cases, efforts, and associated documentation to improve capabilities across the ecosystem.ODSS is currently assessing all data repositories that NICHD researchers use to share data or access shared data for secondary use. This assessment and the communities’ user stories will inform NICHD’s approach to improving sustainability and interoperability across the ecosystem to best support the institute’s needs. The office will also use information from the assessment to update the NICHD Data Repository Finder .



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