JISC has organised a grouping of projects interested in data curation in and out of repositories, including DataShare and the Data Audit Framework. One of the key areas of shared concerns is training.

The CARMEN Neuroinformatics Project (Code Analysis, Repository and Modelling for e-Neuroscience) is a four-year e-Science pilot project funded by the EPSRC. The objective of the project is to create a virtual laboratory in which data on neuronal activity (electrical and optical measures) can be shared, stored, manipulated and modelled. The project currently involves a consortium of 20 academic investigators from 11 universities as well as commercial and international associates, but will expand to include new core partners over the coming years. CARMEN is supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

Publication and quality assurance of research data outputs - a RIN/JISC/NERC commissioned report investigating (i) the nature and range of arragements for making research data as widely available as possible and (ii) the role that data outputs currently play alongside or as an alternative to conventional publications in the research communication process. The short project will be completed by Jan. 2008

Three Australian Commonwealth Government funded projects - ARROW, DART, ARCHER setup to support scholarly outputs and the e-research life cycle

Timescapes project, funded by ESRC, led by Leeds with Qualidata and Edinburgh and other partners. About archiving and sharing longitudinal qualitative data, with an emphasis on secondary analysis of qualitative data.

"The DCC SCARP Project will investigate disciplinary attitudes and approaches to data deposit, sharing and re-use, curation and preservation. It will do this through a range of methods..."

The JISC-funded Source-to-Output Repositories project wiki. StORe is an initiative to begin the process of adding significant value to the intellectual products of academic research, and the new knowledge established as a consequence of it ...