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Project

ELIXIR-EXCELERATE

Title ELIXIR-EXCELERATE: Fast-track ELIXIR implementation and drive early user exploitation across the life-sciences.
Grant Agreement Number 676559
Funding Programmes H2020
Budget Total: €19,051,482.00, EC Contribution: €19,051,482.00
Dates 01/09/2015 - 31/08/2019
Project URL https://www.elixir-europe.org/
Scientific Domain Biological and Medical Sciences
Type Of Project RIA
Abstract The life sciences are undergoing a transformation. Modern experimental tools study the molecules, reactions, and organisation of life in unprecedented detail. The precipitous drop in costs for high-throughput biology has enabled European research laboratories to produce an ever-increasing amount of data. Life scientists are rapidly generating the most complex and heterogeneous datasets that science can currently imagine, with unprecedented volumes of biological data to manage. Data will only generate long-term value if it is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Re-usable (FAIR). This requires a scalable infrastructure that connects local, national and European efforts and provides standards, tools and training for data stewardship. Formally established as a legal entity in January 2014, ELIXIR - the European life science Infrastructure for Biological Information - is a distributed organisation comprising national bioinformatics research infrastructures and the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). This coordinated infrastructure includes data standards, exchange, interoperability, storage, security and training. Recognising the importance of a data foundation for European life sciences, the ESFRI and European Council named ELIXIR as one of Europe’s priority Research Infrastructures. In response ELIXIR have developed ELIXIR-EXCELERATE. The project will fast-track ELIXIR’s early implementation phase by i) coordinate and enhance existing resources into a world-leading data service for academia and industry, ii) grow bioinformatics capacity and competence across Europe, and iii) complete the management processes needed for a large distributed infrastructure. ELIXIR-EXCELERATE will deliver a step-change in the life sciences. It will enable cost-effective and sustainable management and re-use of data for millions of users across the globe and improve the competitiveness of European life science industries through accessible data and robust standards and tools.
Coordinator
(Organisation name and Country, EC contribution to budget) 		EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY, Germany, (€5,331,849.35)
Partners
(Organisation name and Country, EC contribution to budget) 		THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, (€629,963.75)
UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI, Slovenia, (€315,162.50)
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark, (€1,100,000.00)
SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS, Switzerland, (€1,448,770.00)
NACIONALNI INSTITUT ZA BIOLOGIJO, Slovenia, (€120,632.50)
NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET, Norway, (€120,000.00)
UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN, Norway, (€220,051.25)
Masarykova univerzita, Czech Republic, (€503,750.00)
THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM., Israel, (€180,000.00)
CENTRO DE CIENCIAS DO MAR DO ALGARVE, Portugal, (€80,532.00)
LINKOPINGS UNIVERSITET, Sweden, (€780,000.00)
INESC ID - INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA DE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES, INVESTIGACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTO EM LISBOA, Portugal, (€170,000.00)
INSTITUT PASTEUR, France, (€179,900.00)
FUNDACIO PRIVADA CENTRE DE REGULACIO GENOMICA, Spain, (€440,000.00)
VIB, Belgium, (€240,000.00)
UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA, Spain, (€160,056.25)
UNIVERSITETET I OSLO, Norway, (€120,000.00)
TARTU ULIKOOL, Estonia, (€550,002.50)
UNIVERSITETET I TROMSOE, Norway, (€426,640.00)
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH CENTER ALEXANDER FLEMING, Greece, (€60,000.00)
FUNDACION CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES ONCOLOGICAS CARLOS III, Spain, (€380,000.00)
FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS, Greece, (€40,000.00)
CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, Spain, (€40,000.00)
UNIVERSIDAD DE MALAGA, Spain, (€40,000.00)
FUNDACAO CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN, Portugal, (€180,000.00)
CESNET ZAJMOVE SDRUZENI PRAVNICKYCH OSOB, Czech Republic, (€120,000.00)
THE GENOME ANALYSIS CENTRE, United Kingdom, (€180,000.00)
THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, United Kingdom, (€678,202.50)
CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT, France, (€120,846.25)
FUNDACIO INSTITUT MAR D INVESTIGACIONS MEDIQUES IMIM, Spain, (€40,000.00)
INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA EXPERIMENTAL E TECNOLOGICA, Portugal, (€100,000.00)
STICHTING NETHERLANDS BIOINFORMATICS CENTRE, Netherlands, (€1,175,000.00)
FUNDACION DE LA COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION PRINCIPEFELIPE, Spain, (€40,000.00)
USTAV ORGANICKE CHEMIE A BIOCHEMIE, AV CR, V.V.I., Czech Republic, (€180,000.00)