About CFDE
The NIH Common Fund programs generate datasets from a variety of projects ranging from genomics to phenotypes. The Common Fund Data Ecosystem (CFDE) aims to facilitate improved discovery, reuse, integration, and analyses of these datasets to form novel hypotheses for accelerating discoveries in biomedical research. The CFDE is organized around five Centers that integrate data, resources, and knowledge from many Common Fund Programs. The resources created by the Centers empower the research community to use Common Fund data sets for novel scientific research that was impossible before.
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Training
The CFDE Training Center (TC) serves as a central hub to support current and prospective Common Fund Data Ecosystem (CFDE) users in their learning journey. Working collaboratively with other Centers, funded programs, and projects, the TC addresses training needs while promoting community engagement. Its goal is to expand the CFDE user base and empower users to confidently work with increasingly complex datasets.
The CFDE Training Center aims to provide comprehensive omics skills development consisting of six key elements of focus:
- Understanding the specific areas of biology needed for each dataset that is part of CFDE
- Leveraging biological reference databases and querying biological data
- Automating tasks with shell scripting
- Programming and software tools
- Statistical methods and data visualization
- Advanced computing and collaboration tools
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Knowledge
The Knowledge Center (KC) integrates data and knowledge generated by ground-breaking research programs in the NIH Common Fund Data Ecosystem. Use the KC to see curated and precomputed analyses of data within and across Common Fund projects.
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Data
The CFDE Workbench provides data and information portals that enables users to access CF data, query biological entities, and engage with standardized, FAIR, AI-ready resources for biomedical research collaboration.
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Cloud (Coming Soon)
The CFDE Cloud Workspace enables researchers to analyze, integrate, and share data with powerful tools, fostering collaboration and accelerating discoveries through free computational resources and training.
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Coordination
The CONNECT ICC enhances CFDE research by streamlining operations, improving data sustainability, and fostering collaboration through expert leadership, Agile management, and innovative evaluation metrics.
Additional Information
Common Fund Data Ecosystem Programs
Learn about Common Fund Programs partnered with CFDE through the Data Resource Center.
Learn in-depth information about each of the CFDE programs, including descriptions, omics-types, entities, and data resources through the Knowledge Center.
The Common Fund Data Ecosystem (CFDE) Training Center (TC) is supported in whole by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund under award 1OT2OD037922-01. The contents of the training activities are solely the responsibility of the CFDE TC and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.