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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Purpose

This Request for Information (RFI) is to solicit public comments on existing immunology resources, the future needs of the research community, and potential future direction(s) of data and knowledge management that will enable the Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation (DAIT), National Institute of Allergy and infectious Diseases (NIAID), to determine the need for a knowledgebase for immunology research and, if so, its scope and functionalities.

Background

Scientific knowledge generated from immunology research has been primarily disseminated in the form of research manuscripts published through the literature. Although this process has served researchers well in the past, the sheer volume and complexity of knowledge now being generated in immunology research has become a barrier to efficient and comprehensive knowledge consumption.

Digital resources do exist for immunology knowledge; however, these resources remain siloed and lack concerted efforts for cross-resource standardization, authentication, and integration.

Information Requested

This RFI seeks broad input from all stakeholders with an interest in immunology knowledge management.

Areas of possible comment include but are not limited to:

• Existing resources available for the community to build knowledgebases.
• Barriers to extracting knowledge comprehensively from various existing resources.
• Barriers to generating new knowledge from existing data/information resources.
• Standards and transformation methods for distributing and integrating disparate knowledge information.
• Existing workforce or workforce development for immunology knowledge management.
• Existing knowledge centers that aggregate, analyze, and disseminate knowledge for immunology research.
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications that will provide high quality knowledge content as requested by immunologists.
• Potential solutions to existing biases in knowledge resources.

Submitting a Response

RFI responses should be directed to Quan Chen, Ph.D., NIAID Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation, via e-mail at quan.chen@nih.gov.

Responses must be received by June 28, 2024.

Responses to this RFI are voluntary. This RFI is for planning purposes only and should not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Federal Government, the National Institutes of Health, or NIAID. The NIH does not intend to make any award in response to this RFI or to pay for either the preparation of information submitted or the Government’s use of such information.

Responses should be limited to no more than 10 pages and emailed as an attachment (Microsoft Word or PDF).  No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. Submitted data and information will not be returned and will not be considered confidential.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Quan Chen, Ph.D.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Email: quan.chen@nih.gov