This update is sent weekly on Friday afternoon and goes to ELIXIR key stakeholders. It contains requests for actions regarding operations and developments within ELIXIR. Contact joana.wingender@elixir-europe.org for any questions.
An ELIXIR HoNs shared folder including meeting materials from HoN meetings, reference documents, slides & graphics archive can be found on google drive.
For action
New
The Data and Interoperability Platforms have identified uptake of Bioschemas by Core Data Resources (CDR) as one of the key activities in the 2019-2023 ELIXIR Programme. The ELIXIR-hosted Biohackathon, scheduled to take place from 12-16 November in Paris, includes the topic of "Adding Bioschemas markup to data repositories and developing tools to find, consume and use it" that caters to this specific tasks. We encourage the participation of CDR developers to get a head-start on this CDR-Bioschemas activity. Travel grants are available from the Bioschemas Staff Exchange and Travel Grants programme.
Interested parties please contact Sira Sarntivijai (sirarat.sarntivijai@elixir-europe.org) directly for Biohackathon registration, as public registration is now closed. Some spaces have been internally reserved for this identified mission-driven implementation.
For action
Ongoing
Final Reminder! The Hub will schedule an additional HoN TC in early October 2018 to discuss Node engagement in the ELIXIR proposal for the INFRADEV-3 call, due in March 2019.
Please indicate your availability for the TC via this Doodle poll by Wed, 12 September. The time and date of the TC will be announced at the HoN meeting at the ECCB. The meeting document is available on Google Drive. Community-led Implementation Studies 2019 Request for Proposals
The Call for Proposals is now open and available on Google Drive. Please send completed applications, together with the corresponding Declarations of Support, to proposals@elixir-europe.org by Wed, 31 October.
For information
Proposal for a European Council for Health Research
ELIXIR has been invited to submit thoughts on the concept of a European Council for Health Research as set out in this Google Drive document. ELIXIRs draft response is also available on Google Drive. If you wish to comment, please submit any input in the draft before Wed, 19 September. The draft will also be shared directly with the Human Data Communities in ELIXIR for their input. Any questions, please contact Andy Smith (andrew.smith@elixir-europe.org).
Key dates and meetings
Heads of Nodes meeting @ ECCB 2018
- 13 September 2018, Athens, Greece
ELIXIR Board meeting
- 12-13 November 2018, Ljubljana, Slovenia
ELIXIR 5th Anniversary event
- 11 December 2018, Brussels, Belgium
Heads of Nodes meeting
- 12 December 2018, Brussels, Belgium