Finalists Dutch Data Prize 2024 for FAIR data

The Dutch Data Prize is awarded to a research group or individual who makes research data FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable). From the 52 datasets submitted, the jury has chosen finalists from the natural sciences, social sciences and life sciences. They have a chance to win a prize of 3,500 euros.

Finalists in 3 categories of research

The Dutch Data Prize will be awarded on Thursday 17 October in The Hague. The three finalists in each research category will present their dataset during a 90-second pitch. They will do so during the award ceremony at the FAIR-IMPACT National Roadshow, where the winners will then be announced that same afternoon. The award ceremony can also be followed online.

Finalists in the Natural & Engineering Sciences category

Impact-Aware Robotics Database
Maarten Jongeneel, Alessandro Saccon - Eindhoven University of Technology
The FAIR Model Catalog for Ontology-Driven Conceptual Modelling Research
Pedro Paulo Favato Barcelos - University of Twente
High-resolution SPH simulations of a 2D dam-break flow against a vertical wall
Giordano Lipari - Watermotion | Waterbeweging + Delft University of Technology

Finalists in the Social Sciences & Humanities category

Corpus Gesproken Nederlands
Nelleke Oostdijk - Radboud University
Generations and Gender Survey
Olga Grunwald, Anne Gauthier - Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)
European Olfactory Knowledge Graph (EOKG)
Raphaël Troncy - Humanities Cluster, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)

Finalists in the Life Sciences & Health category

Xeno-canto
Willem-Pier Vellinga - Xeno-canto Foundation for Nature Sounds
Brassicaceae Tree of Life
Kasper Hendriks - Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Minimum Information about a Biosynthetic Gene Cluster
Marnix Medema - Wageningen University and Research

About the Prize

The Dutch Data Prize is awarded every two years to an individual or team that makes reusable research data available. The winners also receive €3,500. Focus is research conducted by research-providing organisations in the Netherlands. The award is a valuable recognition of researchers' contributions to their field and to the principles of FAIR data. The prize money is intended to further improve the FAIRness of data and encourage data reuse. Winners can, for example, use the money to organise a symposium or further increase the accessibility of their research data online. The Dutch Data Prize has been awarded since 2010: see also the overview of previous winners.

Partners

The Dutch Data Prize is an initiative of Research Data Netherlands (RDNL): 4TU.ResearchData, DANS, Health-RI and SURF.