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The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), through the SPLICE project supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, invites proposals to develop high-throughput publishing workflows for DNA-derived biodiversity data. This initiative aims to strengthen the standardized sharing and regular updating of environmental DNA (eDNA) and sequence-based biodiversity observations through the GBIF network. Funding of up to €20,000 per project is available to support organizations managing large DNA-derived datasets in creating scalable, sustainable, and FAIR-aligned data-sharing pipelines.

Projects should focus on integrating DNA-derived biodiversity data into GBIF’s global infrastructure, improving interoperability, enabling rich metadata, supporting updates through automated pipelines, and enhancing data quality and policy relevance. Successful applicants will receive seed funding to design technical specifications with the GBIF Secretariat, including data and metadata mapping strategies, updating mechanisms, and long-term maintenance plans. Contracts are expected to begin on 1 October 2026, with projects completed within eight months. Selected participants will join an online start-up webinar in October 2026 and a mid-project meeting in February 2027.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants must be legal entities such as research institutions, universities, museums, NGOs, or government agencies registered and endorsed as GBIF data publishers. Applicants must manage substantial DNA or biodiversity data resources that can be published under an open CC0 1.0 or CC-BY 4.0 license and demonstrate technical capacity to design and implement data-sharing pipelines. Funding cannot be used for overhead costs, bank fees, postal or courier services, exchange rate losses, reimbursable taxes, fieldwork, collection of new field data, or laboratory research. All work must be carried out at the applicant’s premises, with remote technical guidance provided by the GBIF Secretariat.

Post Date: June 22, 2026