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SODA - Desktop Software to Enhance the SPARC Data Curation Workflow

Award Number: OT2OD030213
ORGANIZATION: OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, NIH
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2020
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2025

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SODA - Desktop Software to Enhance the SPARC Data Curation Workflow - As science is becoming data-intensive and collaborative, data sharing and reusing are becoming increasingly important for rapid discovery and innovation. While sharing is as easy as few clicks in this era of digital data, reusing is difficult unless some strict data curation standards are followed. To address this issue, curation guidelines are provided to all SPARC funded researchers for organizing and sharing their datasets such that researchers who were not directly involved in data collection and analysis can rapidly understand and work with the data, as promoted by the FAIR principles. Complying with these guidelines, however, requires additional time investment from the researchers and is subject to human error. The data curation process could thus become time-consuming and overwhelming as more and more data is generated and, eventually, steer the focus away from data collection and analysis. The objective of this project is to continue the development of SODA (Software for Organizing Data Automatically), the software being developed to assist SPARC funded researchers in curating their datasets. Distributed as an opensource and cross-platform desktop application, the goal of SODA is to bridge a long-standing, overlooked gap between comprehensive data standards and their convenient application by researchers. This is achieved by providing an interactive interface that, without requiring any coding knowledge, walks SPARC researchers step-by-step through the data curation process, all the while automating repetitive, complex, and time-consuming tasks. During this phase of development, six new features will be added to SODA: 1) Full file organization interface with lower-level folder support; 2) Collaborative data curation; 3) In-app updating; 4) Enhanced support for generating metadata files; 5) Enhanced dataset validator; 6) File-level curation support. The proposed project is very significant for its potential to simplify and enhance the SPARC data curation process. Computer-assisted data curation will not only reduce the time required by researchers to organize their data but also minimize – if not eliminate – human error. The resulting rapid dissemination of SPARC data will enhance SPARC’s mission of accelerating the development of therapeutic devices that modulate electrical activity in nerves to improve organ function.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2024	THE CALIFORNIA MEDICAL INNOVATIONS INSTITUTE, INC	11107 ROSELLE ST STE 211	SAN DIEGO	IN	92121		USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	1	10/10/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2025	2024	THE CALIFORNIA MEDICAL INNOVATIONS INSTITUTE, INC	11107 ROSELLE ST STE 211	SAN DIEGO	IN	92121		USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	1	4/3/2025	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $676,847 )
2024	2024	THE CALIFORNIA MEDICAL INNOVATIONS INSTITUTE, INC	11107 ROSELLE ST STE 211	SAN DIEGO	IN	92121		USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	002	1	8/9/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$676,847
2024	2023	THE CALIFORNIA MEDICAL INNOVATIONS INSTITUTE, INC	11107 ROSELLE ST STE 211	SAN DIEGO	IN	92121		USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	1	6/6/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2024	2020	THE CALIFORNIA MEDICAL INNOVATIONS INSTITUTE, INC	11107 ROSELLE ST STE 211	SAN DIEGO	IN	92121		USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	1	8/9/2024	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $676,847

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $677,009 )
2023	2023	THE CALIFORNIA MEDICAL INNOVATIONS INSTITUTE, INC.	11107 ROSELLE ST	SAN DIEGO	CA	92121	SAN DIEGO	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	002	1	8/14/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$677,009
2023	2022	THE CALIFORNIA MEDICAL INNOVATIONS INSTITUTE, INC.	11107 ROSELLE ST	SAN DIEGO	CA	92121	SAN DIEGO	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	1	6/14/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2023	2020	THE CALIFORNIA MEDICAL INNOVATIONS INSTITUTE, INC.	11107 ROSELLE ST	SAN DIEGO	CA	92121	SAN DIEGO	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	1	8/14/2023	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $677,009

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $507,896 )
2022	2022	CALIFORNIA MEDICAL INNOVATIONS INSTITUTE STE	11107 ROSELLE ST	SAN DIEGO	CA	92121	SAN DIEGO	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	002	1	9/2/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$507,896
2022	2021	CALIFORNIA MEDICAL INNOVATIONS INSTITUTE, INC., THE	11107 ROSELLE ST	SAN DIEGO	CA	92121	SAN DIEGO	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	1	4/1/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2022	2020	CALIFORNIA MEDICAL INNOVATIONS INSTITUTE STE	11107 ROSELLE ST	SAN DIEGO	CA	92121	SAN DIEGO	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	1	9/1/2022	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $507,896

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $733,675 )
2021	2021	CALIFORNIA MEDICAL INNOVATIONS INSTITUTE, INC., THE	11107 ROSELLE ST	SAN DIEGO	CA	92121	SAN DIEGO	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	1	8/30/2021	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$733,675
2021	2020	CALIFORNIA MEDICAL INNOVATIONS INSTITUTE, INC., THE	11107 ROSELLE ST	SAN DIEGO	CA	92121	SAN DIEGO	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	1	8/30/2021	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $733,675

Grand Total All Awards = $2,595,427

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SODA - Desktop Software to Enhance the SPARC Data Curation Workflow

Award Number: OT2OD030213

ORGANIZATION: OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, NIH

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2020

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2025

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