Global Biodata Coalition announces the first set of Global Core Biodata Resources | Dec 15, 2022

"The Global Biodata Coalition (GBC) has today announced the first list of Global Core Biodata Resources (GCBRs) — a collection of 37 resources whose long term funding and sustainability is critical to life science and biomedical research worldwide. Researchers the world over rely on data resources to manage, curate and provide access to research data. These resources include deposition databases which archive and preserve primary research data, and knowledge bases which draw together and add value to these data through expert curation and annotation — enabling those data to be mined, combined and used to advance research. Like keystone species in an ecosystem, GCBRs represent the most crucial components or nodes within the global life science data infrastructure, whose failure would have a critical impact on the global research endeavour. A key property of the GCBRs is that the data they hold is available openly and can be accessed and used without restriction by researchers the world over. The GBC brings together major public and charitable funders, who are committed to work in partnership to develop more sustainable funding approaches to support biodata resources — many of which currently rely on short-term, unstable funding. ..."

https://globalbiodata.org/scientific-activities/global-core-biodata-resources/