EMBRC FAIR Training Course

Make the most of your research data: FAIR data for marine biologists

 

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Learn how to make your research data go further
 

In this EMBRC course on FAIR data for the marine sciences, you will learn what it means to make your data FAIR. FAIR is not only becoming a requirement set by European and national funding agencies, but by making your data FAIR, you are making it easier for others to find, use, and cite your data. We will show you how to make your data Findable to specialists and non-specialists, how make those data Accessible, how to ensure your data are Interoperable and hence how they can be made Reusable. And as an added benefit: data that are FAIR to others are much easier for you to manage yourself.  With practical exercises, this course will kick-start you on your FAIR data journey!

This will be a 3-day course for onsite participants, with the first 2½-days also for online participants. 

All materials will be provided online / open access for future trainers to be able to use "back home" 
 

Learning objectives

Designed by VLIZ and UGent, in this 3 day course you will:

Day 1 & 2, day 3 morning
  • Gain a practical understanding of how to make different types of data FAIR by making them Findable online 
  • Learn about different ways data can be made Accessible  
  • How to make data and metadata Interoperable, so that everyone can read and understand them  
  • Understand how provenance provides Reusability of your data 
  • Learn how a data management plan can bring that all together
Complemented by practical exercises for each lesson. 
 
Day 3 afternoon (on-site only) 

•    Group sessions to practice what you have learned
•    Bring your own data and work with VLIZ experts on improving their FAIRness. 
•    Work with VLIZ experts on tackling your own data management questions and problems. 
 

Target audience

Marine biologists, MSc students (+), future data managers and lab technicians, anyone who has experience collecting and managing data
 

Date

  • On-site: April 1, 2 & 3, 2025 
  • Online: April 1, 2 & 3 (morning), 2025 
     

Location

  • InnovOcean Campus, Oostende, Belgium 
     

Registration

Registration can be done via MarineTraining. Registration will close on March 21, 2025. 

The fee for onsite participants is 250 euro, and for online participants is 150 euro. 

Available seats: 20 on-site participants and 10-15 online participants. 
 

About VLIZ

The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) has a mission to strengthen science-based knowledge about our coasts, seas, and the ocean and to share it as widely as possible. Research and development and a wide range of observations are carried out at the Marine Observations Centre, the Marine Robotics Centre, and the Research Division; at the Data Centre, which is running this course, we manage databases (EurOBIS), data systems, data portals (LifeWatch Belgium’s eLab), marine-related standards (WoRMS, Marine Regions), and work towards open and FAIR data. VLIZ is a partner in EMBRC’s EMO BON project, and in the Open Science team we are doing its data management.
 

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