Stronger together: Advancing the data repository ecosystem through strategic coopetition

Recorded: Monday 13 October 2025
Title: Stronger together: Advancing the data repository ecosystem through strategic coopetition
Presenters: Ana Van Gulick, Ishwar Chandramouliswaran, Kristi Holmes, Mark Jahnel, Matt Buys

DESCRIPTION
The NIH Office of Data Science Strategy launched the Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative (GREI) in February 2022, in recognition of the key role generalist repositories play in the NIH data sharing landscape to support the FAIR sharing of data and other research outputs. The GREI program represents a groundbreaking collaborative model that brings together seven repositories (Dataverse, Dryad, Figshare, Mendeley Data, Open Science Framework, Vivli, and Zenodo) to enhance data sharing and reuse in alignment with NIH's mission. By prioritizing user needs, adopting shared standards, and creating flexible governance, GREI has modeled an innovative approach to balancing competition and cooperation among diverse repository partners.

In this session, we will build off a previous GREI presentation at SciDataCon in Salzburg in 2023 highlighting work in progress at the midpoint of the program. As we approach the next phase of the program, we look forward to sharing the impact of the work we have accomplished together, as well as the challenges and successes of the coopetition model itself.

Our proposed session agenda includes short presentations from GREI team members highlighting GREI accomplishments, impact, and future directions. We will thread interactive polls throughout the session, and follow this with a facilitated discussion (~30 minutes) and Q&A focused on the SciDataCon audience’s suggestions for future GREI efforts.

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