ELIXIR CONVERGE

Development and long-term sustainability of new pan-European research infrastructures
Active
R&D Project - European
  • Contact person: Thanasis Vergoulis
  • Start date: 01-02-2020
  • Duration: 36
  • Programme: H2020-INFRADEV-2018-2020 (RIA)
  • Project webpage: https://elixir-europe.org/about-us/how-funded/eu-projects/converge
  • Partners: 1)EMBL-EBI 2) VIB VZW (BE) 3) SIB INSTITUT SUISSE DE BIOINFORMATIQUE (CH) 4) UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS (CY) 5) THE CYPRUS FOUNDATION FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY RESEARCH (CY) 6) USTAV ORGANICKE CHEMIE A BIOCHEMIE, AV CR, V.V.I. (CZ) 7) HITS GGMBH (DE) 8) DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET (DK) 9) TARTU ULIKOOL (EE) 10) BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER – CENTRO NACIONAL DE SUPERCOMPUTACION (ES) 11) CSC-TIETEEN TIETOTEKNIIKAN KESKUS OY (FI) 12) INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RESEARCHE AGRONOMIQUE (FR) 13) CENTRE NATIONAL DE ;A RESEARCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS (FR) 14) BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH CENTER ALEXANDER FLEMING (EL) 15) ATHINA-EREVNITIKO KENTRO KAINOTOMIAS STIS TECHNOLOGIES TIS PLIROFORIAS, TON EPIKOINONION KAI TIS GNOSIS (EL) 16) ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS (EL) 17) MAGYAR TUDOMANYOS AKADEMIA TERMESZETTUDOMANYI KUTATOKOZPONT (HU) 18) UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN (IE) 19) WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE (IL) 20)CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE 21) UNIVERSITE DU LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) 22) STICHTING DTL PROJECTS (NL) 23)UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN (NO) 24) INESC ID – INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIADE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES, INVESTIGACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTO EM LISBOA (PT) 25) FUNDACAO CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN (PT) 26) UPPSALA UNIVERSITET(SE) 27) UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI (Sl) 28) THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER (UK) 29) THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (UK)
ELIXIR-CONVERGE is a project funded by the European Commission to help standardise life science data management across Europe. To achieve this standardisation, the project will develop a data management toolkit for life scientists. The toolkit will help ensure more research data is in the public domain, which will give scientists access to more data. This will allow them to discover new insights into the challenges facing society, such as food security and health in old age, and help stimulate innovation in biomedicine and biotechnology.