Data sharing is on everyone’s mind right now, especially since NIH put their data managing and sharing policy into effect on January 25. At INCF, we have been working to facilitate data sharing, reuse, and reproducibility in neuroscience since our inauguration in 2005. Our current focus is on developing, evaluating, and endorsing standards and best practices that facilitate data sharing, open, FAIR, and citable neuroscience, as well as providing the community with resources and training opportunities on how to implement these standards and best practices.

We have just added new FAIR resources to our portal. Here is a summary of the resources INCF offers to researchers on the fundamentals of data sharing and data management:

• The FAIR roadmap

• The INCF Standards and Best Practices Portfolio

• The INCF Infrastructure Portfolio

• The INCF Training Suite

• Community & capacity building

• FAIR consulting services

Learn more about these resources

INCF is a member organization - an active global network of neuroscientists, data scientists, and tool developers that come together to interact and receive feedback in order to solve large and small problems around data sharing and standardization. This network is our greatest resource and it’s open for participation: we have individual and group memberships, both for academic/non-profit groups and for companies in related fields. Many of our working groups are also open to new members. 

Want to get involved? Contact us at info@incf.org!