Why FAIR?

Why are FAIR and responsible data practices such a good idea?

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The benefits of FAIR

About this framework

FAIR Primer

Is FAIR open?

Research and case studies

FAQs

Glossary
Are you a partner or grantee? Use the FAIR Primer if you or your stakeholders are new to FAIR and responsible data practices.

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The steps

Welcome to the six-step process to delivering Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable, and responsible data for foundation investments.
1. Discovery:
Defining data intervention types

2. Understanding:
Assessing the enabling environment

3. Planning:
Identifying data assets

4. Co-developing:
Setting FAIR aligning principles

5. Strategy:
Developing a FAIR strategy

6. Implementing:
Activating FAIR implementation
Applying for an investment?

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2.1 Identifying personas and their value exchanges

2.3 Data ecosystem mapping

3.2 Identifying output and input data assets

5.2 Data management and access plan

5.3 Data sharing agreement

6.6 Data licenses

6.8 FAIR enabling resources

FAIR Potential Assessment: Benchmarking FAIR maturity

FAIR Data Assessment: FAIR scoring data assets

Directory: Repositories and other data platforms and services

In action

Learn how the FAIR Process Framework has already been applied to many foundation investments to great effect.

See in action
Investments:
In action

Ethiopia:
Ethiosis and the Digital Agriculture Roadmap (DAR)

Soil Informations Systems (SISs):
Making soil data accessible

CGIAR:
Recipes
Data is a key enabler of the foundation’s strategy.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation FAIR Data Working Group

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Why FAIR?

Why are FAIR and responsible data practices such a good idea?

Learn more

The benefits of FAIR About this framework FAIR Primer Is FAIR open? Research and case studies FAQs Glossary

Are you a partner or grantee? Use the FAIR Primer if you or your stakeholders are new to FAIR and responsible data practices.

Learn more

The steps

Welcome to the six-step process to delivering Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable, and responsible data for foundation investments.

1. Discovery: Defining data intervention types 2. Understanding: Assessing the enabling environment 3. Planning: Identifying data assets 4. Co-developing: Setting FAIR aligning principles 5. Strategy: Developing a FAIR strategy 6. Implementing: Activating FAIR implementation

Applying for an investment?

Use these quick links:

2.1 Identifying personas and their value exchanges

2.3 Data ecosystem mapping

3.2 Identifying output and input data assets

5.2 Data management and access plan

5.3 Data sharing agreement

6.6 Data licenses

6.8 FAIR enabling resources

FAIR Potential Assessment: Benchmarking FAIR maturity

FAIR Data Assessment: FAIR scoring data assets

Directory: Repositories and other data platforms and services

In action

Learn how the FAIR Process Framework has already been applied to many foundation investments to great effect.

See in action

Investments: In action Ethiopia: Ethiosis and the Digital Agriculture Roadmap (DAR) Soil Informations Systems (SISs): Making soil data accessible CGIAR: Recipes

Data is a key enabler of the foundation’s strategy.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation FAIR Data Working Group

Embed FDA Tool

Investments in action
Ethiopia: Ethiosis and the Digital Agriculture Roadmap (DAR)
Soil Information Systems (SISs): making soil data accessible

CGIAR: Recipes and tools
CGIAR: Workflows
CGIAR Recipe: Complete the Getting Started section
CGIAR Recipe: Assess FAIR potential
CGIAR Recipe: Complete the Direction Setting section
Independent workflow CGIAR Recipe: Complete the Direction Setting section
CGIAR Recipe: Complete the Implementation section
CGIAR Recipe: Create reviews and change logs
CGIAR Recipe: Assess FAIR data
DMAP question guidance: Getting Started section
DMAP question guidance: Implementation section
CGIAR glossary and vocabulary tables

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FAIR Process Framework has been developed by the Enabling Data Access (EDA) project team at CABI and is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support the foundation’s Open Access Policy. The FAIR Process Framework is a tool to assist partners in developing data access and management plans (DMAPs) that incorporate FAIR and responsible data practices. Except where otherwise noted, the content on this website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.