<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-m_1460337922031737582gmail-m_1374678615257481176gmail-m_-1894093742491624302gmail-docs-internal-guid-a58cce6a-7fff-bd0a-7853-dbfecca8d2da"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please circulate this email to those who might be interested.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ELIXIR-IT is pleased to announce the upcoming </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Practical course on FAIR Data Stewardship in Life Science. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The course has been organised by ELIXIR Italy, EOSC-Pillar Project, the ICDI Competence Centre, and EOSC-Life, in collaboration with ELIXIR Netherlands. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">IMPORTANT DATES:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">Deadline for applications: </font><b><font color="#ff0000">20</font></b></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#ff0000"> Feb 2022</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Course date: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">2-4-7-9-11 March, 2022</font></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">at</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> 14.30 - 17.30</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">VENUE</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Online</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FEE</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The course does not include any fee. A maximum of <b>25</b> candidates will be selected based on their need for the course as emerging from the application form. Priority will be given to candidates from ELIXIR-IT member institutions.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">COURSE DESCRIPTION</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The course is focused on FAIR data management and stewardship. It provides the skills, tools, and standards required to embed Open Science in the research workflow, covering many aspects, such as Open Science in Horizon Europe, Open Access in publishing, Research Data Management (RDM), FAIR principles, Open Data, and Data Management Plan. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The course has been structured in 5 online training modules, each one built on frontal lessons and several interactions. The detailed program will be available in the next days </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">on the web page</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">TARGET AUDIENCE</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This course is in <b>Italian language</b> (with only one session in English by invited speakers from the Netherlands), aimed at Italian life-science researchers, technicians, data stewards, and data managers, especially if they are involved in projects that require planning and writing a Data Management Plan. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Full details at:</span><a href="https://elixir-iib-training.github.io/website/2020/03/09/RNAseq-and-single-cell_Turin.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://elixir-iib-training.github.io/website/2022/02/16/FAIR_Data_Stewardship-online.html" target="_blank">https://elixir-iib-training.github.io/website/2022/02/16/FAIR_Data_Stewardship-online.html</a></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Should you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the ELIXIR-IT Training Platform at  </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:elixir.ita.training@gmail.com" target="_blank">elixir.ita.training@gmail.com</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kind regards,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Loredana Le Pera (ELIXIR-IIB Deputy Training Coordinator, ISS - FAST, Italy)</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We apologise for cross-posting. Please, email us back with the word REMOVE as the subject line, if you don&#39;t want to receive messages from ELIXIR-IT Training anymore.</span></p></span><font color="#888888"><br><div><br></div></font><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b>ELIXIR-IIB Training </b><div><a href="https://elixir-iib-training.github.io/website/" target="_blank">https://elixir-iib-training.github.io/website/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&amp;id=0B0c7_C2GRNsQTEpVMXRDeDBiQnM&amp;revid=0B0c7_C2GRNsQTXBhc2RHMythRmg2ZCtMeWx1NHBrMUZYMzVZPQ&amp;resourcekey=0-gUB4DZ6sogpYUyEkmJlJ0w" width="96" height="72"><br></div></div></div></div>