FAIR-IMPACT Workshop: Incentives from Funders to Encourage the applications of the FAIR principles

The workshop ‘Incentives from funders to encourage the application of the FAIR principles’ is part of the 2nd edition of the FAIR-IMPACT support programme and was organised on 9 October 2024. Funding can obviously be an important incentive for funders to encourage the application of the FAIR principles. The workshop began with presentations by representatives of funding organisations from France, Poland and Switzerland. France was represented by ANR (Agence Nationale de la recherce), Poland by NCC (National Science Center) and Switzerland by SNSF (Schweizeriger Nationalfionds). Some common themes put forward by the funders were that an Open Access policy is central to their activities, as well as the role of Data Management Plans (DMP) in the funding schemes. A third commonality is the importance of training activities to best inform all stakeholders.