The Common Fund
Data Ecosystem
The Common Fund generates a diverse array of valuable data sets and knowledge resources intended for the research community.
However, these resources are dispersed across multiple locations, making it challenging to navigate and utilize them efficiently. To address this, the Common Fund Data Ecosystem (CFDE) was established to facilitate the broad use of Common Fund data to drive discovery. The CFDE is structured around six centers that work collaboratively to integrate metadata, data, tools, and knowledge from participating Common Fund programs. These collective efforts enable researchers to generate hypotheses, make discoveries, and validate findings, leading to new insights into health and disease.
The CFDE Centers
Data Resource Center
Explore Harmonized Common Fund Datasets
The CFDE Data Resource Center (DRC) hosts the CFDE Workbench, a comprehensive platform that provides harmonized metadata, processed data, and tools for data analysis across NIH Common Fund programs.
Knowledge Center
Discover Knowledge Extracted from CFDE Datasets
The CFDE Knowledge Center (KC) translates complex Common Fund data into highly curated biological insights using tailored visualizations to help researchers easily analyze genes, phenotypes, and pathways from across NIH Common Fund programs.
Cloud Workspace Implementation Center
Sign Up for Your Own CFDE Cloud Workspace
The CFDE Cloud Workspace provides researchers with a free cloud computing platform that serves Galaxy to analyze and integrate large NIH Common Fund datasets using a variety of workflows.
Training Center
Acquire Skills in Using CFDE Datasets and Tools
The CFDE Training Center is dedicated to expanding the user base of NIH Common Fund and CFDE resources by delivering educational and outreach activities such as workshops, competitions, hackathons, webinars, and podcasts.
Integration and Coordination Center
Learn How to Engage with the CFDE Consortium
CFDE CONNECT is the Integration and Coordination Center (ICC) of the CFDE. The center is dedicated to organizing the CFDE consortium and for developing evaluation and sustainability methods for Common Fund programs and the CFDE.
Data Coordination Centers
Learn About the Participating Common Fund Programs
Working alongside the CFDE Centers, the Data Coordination Centers (DCCs) implement shared metadata standards, participate in partnerships, and improve the FAIRness and AI-readiness of their data, metadata, and tools.