Data Curation Network Sustainability and Transition Plan

Abstract

Starting in June 2018 the Data Curation Network (DCN) began a 3-year implementation grant from the Alfred P Sloan Foundation, and based at the University of Minnesota. A major milestone for this implementation phase grant was to “Transition to a sustainable economic model, indicated by resource commitments from existing partners and demand from non-partner institutions for curation-as-a-service.” This document details that transition. Our plan includes a scaled approach toward cost recovery via a tiered membership model supplemented with new grant opportunities. In building this transition plan, the DCN team performed market research, identified a fiscal home, drafted a governance model, and forecasted how the DCN might engage the broader data sharing community and stakeholders.