[Nhcoll-l] New Publication & Podcast Outline BIOFAIR Roadmap for an Integrated Data Network

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New Publication & Podcast Outline BIOFAIR Roadmap for an Integrated Biological and Environmental Data Network



Building an Integrated Data Future for Biodiversity Science



The Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN), in partnership with the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), has released a new roadmap for developing an integrated biological and environmental data network. The Building an Integrated, Open, Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (BIOFAIR) Data Network project aims to connect fragmented data across biodiversity collections and other biological and environmental data repositories to address urgent global challenges--ranging from biodiversity loss and climate change to invasive species and emerging diseases.

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Illustration of the cross-cutting themes identified in the community-developed roadmap toward an open and integrated data network.

Outlined in a new BioScience article<https://t.congressweb.com/l/?VJKMSDKFBPXOIAB>, the roadmap reflects extensive community engagement, including six listening sessions and a follow-up workshop with experts from more than 140 organizations and initiatives. The resulting framework identifies five key priorities: gap analysis, technological capacity, best practices, education and training, and community building. With over a billion specimens housed in U.S. biodiversity collections, integrating these data with ecological, genetic, and environmental datasets could unlock transformative research across biology, ecology, public health, and environmental science. Achieving this vision will require both robust technical infrastructure and a collaborative, inclusive community. Read the press release<https://t.congressweb.com/l/?VJKMSDKFBPGCNOX>.

Members of the BIOFAIR Data Network steering committee also discussed project outcomes in a recent episode<https://t.congressweb.com/l/?VJKMSDKFBPUYOIV> of the BioScience Talks podcast.



The culminating event of the project, Open Mic for Data!, scheduled for October 30, 2025, will feature lightning presentations about ongoing data integration work and provide a forum for sharing new ideas and connecting with potential collaborators. Learn more and register to attend.<https://t.congressweb.com/l/?VJKMSDKFBPYSAMF>



Funded by the National Science Foundation (DBI award no. 2303588), more information about the BIOFAIR project is available at bcon.aibs.org/biofair<https://t.congressweb.com/l/?VJKMSDKFBPVBYLE>

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