Help Us Understand How You Use Common Data Elements in NIH-Supported Research

The  NIH Data Science Strategic plan drives us towards having accessible, well-organized, secure, and efficiently operated data resources to maximize the value of data generated from NIH funding. To meet the mark as we move forward, data need to be interoperable, interconnected, harmonized, standardized, and shared where and when appropriate. One way we hit the mark is through encouraging researchers to adopt Common Data Elements (CDEs). CDEs foster rigor, facilitate data sharing, and allow multiple datasets to be integrated. They also help make data more FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable). Many different CDEs are currently in use and can vary across research disciplines, so we would encourage researchers check out databases like the NIH CDE Repository   for examples, tools, and other related resources. Through a recently released Request for Information (NOT-LM-21-005), we seek your thoughts on how you use CDEs, potential challenges to their adoption, and how NIH might facilitate and incentivize their use to help us plan future CDE-related efforts. Do you use CDEs? How have they benefited your work? Did you face any barriers, and how were they overcome? What resources or tools would make it easier for you to use CDEs? Can the NIH CDE Repository be enhanced? Please tell us. We seek general feedback on CDEs regardless of the research topic or disease area. That said, we are especially interested in their use in COVID-19 research. Systematic and consist...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - Category: Research Authors: Tags: blog Open Mike COVID 19 data data management Data sharing Request For Information (RFI) Source Type: funding