RDA Newsletter

RDA’s First Community of Practice in Community Review

Last December, RDA announced a new category of groups, "Communities of Practice" (CoP), within its organisation. Complementing the existing RDA Working and Interest group categories, CoPs will provide the opportunity to investigate, discuss, coordinate and provide knowledge and skills within a specific discipline and/or research domain.

Hello everyone! Please note that the deadline for Call for Session Proposals for RDA Virtual Plenary 18 has been extended to 6 August 2021.  All breakout session proposals should be submitted through the RDA VP18 Call for Sessions webpage under “Links to Session Applications” by 23:59 UTC on 6 August 2021.

After its official kick-off last week, EOSC Future is going into high gear with the launch of a call for external evaluators. This call is seeking experts to evaluate a series of diverse grants to be awarded by the Research Data Alliance (RDA) over the course of the EOSC Future project.

IDW 2021 Postponed until June 2022

The founding organisations and the local hosts announce that International Data Week will be postponed to 20-23 June 2022 for the main conference. Associated events will take place in the period 18-26 June 2022. The conference will be a hybrid format with both in-person and virtual participation.

In November 2020, the RDA Council established a short term Financial Sustainability Task Force (FSTF) focusing on the identification of appropriate and achievable revenue models for RDA, aligning financial plans with the strategic focus for 2021-2023 and engaging with regional offices and regional representatives to align revenue and busine