What we are doing?
FNS-Cloud will launch a first-generation ‘food cloud’, federating existing and emerging datasets and develop new services to support re-use by researchers.
Existing FNS resources (data, knowledge and tools) for health and agri-food sciences are fragmented, lack critical mass, and access by user communities is ‘unevenly’ distributed. This means data are not readily found, accessible, interoperable or reusable, and existing services focus on clinical, molecular or biological sciences.
Our Consortium
Making food nutrition security data fair
FNS-Cloud will develop an infrastructure and services to exploit food, nutrition and security data for a range of purposes, and integrate with the European Open Science Cloud.
Cloud Technology
Implementing core technologies, so data are findable and accessible
User Communities
Programme of activities describing project outputs including FNS-Cloud Services
Standardisation
Data standardisation and interoperability, and services to support users in re-use
Governance
Open science and open innovation governance framework, and sustainable business model
Addressing inequalities in access to FNS data
Building knowledge and confidence together
Work-based learning is the most effective educational and training strategy for learning and innovation within professional fields, and uses guided and supervised enquiries into real-life ‘messy’ issues to develop academic, professional and technical skills whilst creating new knowledge in the application of theory into practice.
Project Outputs
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FNS-Cloud started on the 1st October 2019 with 35 beneficiaries from 14 countries, and is coordinated by RTDS Group (AT) with scientific coordination provided by Quadram Institute Bioscience (QIB, UK).
Food Nutrition Security Cloud (FNS-Cloud) has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme (H2020-EU.3.2.2.3. – A sustainable and competitive agri-food industry) under Grant Agreement No. 863059. Information and views set out across this website are those of the Consortium and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion or position of the European Union. Neither European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use that may be made of the information contained herein.