Open data commons for stroke research to speed better treatments
Official title: CRCNS: Open Data Commons for Stroke Research - Promoting FAIR Data Through Community-Driven Design
Funded at University of California, San Diego · NIH-11538878 · Data updated 2026-11-12
A national project to build an open, community-guided data platform so scientists share and reuse preclinical stroke research data to help translate lab findings into effective therapies.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of California, San Diego NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (La Jolla, United States) |
| Project start | September 8, 2026 |
| Project end | August 31, 2031 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $173,786 |
| NIH project number | 1R01NS153771-01 |
| Project ID | NIH-11538878 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Patients with stroke or stroke-related conditions could benefit indirectly as new therapies advance from preclinical to clinical testing.
✕Less likely to help
This grant is focused on data infrastructure; individual patients may not directly participate.
What this research studies
This project creates ODC-Stroke, a cloud-based, federated data platform that makes preclinical stroke data more Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. It will help researchers publish and share datasets with standardized terms, linking data with DOIs and ORCID to improve attribution. International working groups will develop common data elements to harmonize variables across studies and enable large-scale analyses that could accelerate progress toward better therapies for stroke.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, clinicians and researchers could access richer, harmonized data to identify promising treatment avenues faster and more reliably.
How similar studies have gone: Previous Open Data Commons platforms (OI SCI/TBI) have shown value in data sharing and harmonization, supporting this approach for stroke.
Where this research is happening
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University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Grethe, Jeffrey S. — University of California, San Diego
- Study coordinator: Grethe, Jeffrey S.
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About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.