FAIRify

Acronym: FAIRify
Title: FAIRify your metabolomics data: achieving convergence on standards for reuse-ready data and workflows (FAIRify)
Keywords:  Metabolomics, FAIR Data, FAIR Workflows, Data Stewardship Practices, Data Stewardship Training 
Project lead:  Prof. dr. T. (Thomas) Hankemeier
Start date: 01.08.2025
Ends on: 31.07.2027
Duration: 24 Months
Status: TDCC-LSH Programme Board & NWO approved

Public Summary​

Metabolomics is a data-rich field undergoing rapid growth. The FAIR principles provide guidance on how to make data Findable, Accessible, automatically Interoperable, and maximally Reusable. Scalable solutions for making metabolomics data FAIR can only be built on broadly accepted agreements on FAIR standards. In project FAIRify, the Netherlands Metabolomics Community will work together to develop processes for catalysing convergence onto FAIR standards for metabolomics. This process will be used to FAIRify high-priority data and will itself be reusable in other omics fields and after the project ends. FAIRify kick-starts a culture of FAIR data creation and stewardship for metabolomics research.

Responsible institution(s) and department(s)​

● Leiden University (LU), Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) department, MAC, Faculty of Science Data Steward
● Maastricht University (UM), BiGCaT/NUTRIM
● Wageningen University & Research (WUR), Plant Sciences & Bioinformatics department
● Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences department
● Radboud University Medical Center (RUMC), TML, Department of Human Genetics
● Utrecht University (UU), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine department
● Amsterdam University Medical Center (AUMC), Genetic Metabolic Diseases department
● University of Groningen (RUG), Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy
● Health RI / Benelux Metabolomics Centre
● TNO, Digital Health Innovations
● GO FAIR Foundation