Leiden, June 2026 – Two pioneering projects from Leiden University have been awarded funding through the Dutch Research Council’s Thematic Digital Competence Centres (TDCC) programme, sharing part of a total €840,000 allocated to Life Science & Health initiatives. In total, 12 projects across the Netherlands received support.
The TDCCs are national networks that help researchers harness digital data and technology, connecting expertise and driving innovation. The Leiden projects focus on advancing bioinformatics standards and improving the use of patient-generated health data.
The first project, FAIRworkflow, led by Hailiang Mei (LUMC), tackles the challenge of fragmented workflow systems in modern biology. By uniting researchers, clinicians, and students, the initiative aims to establish shared standards, harmonisation tools, open repositories, and training resources to make biological data analysis more transparent, reproducible, and directly applicable to healthcare and scientific research.
The second project, led by Wessel Kraaij (Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science), focuses on identifying the top ten solutions for sharing patient-generated health data. The team will evaluate how these solutions meet FAIR principles for secure data exchange, improve data management practices, and design a roadmap to enhance access to citizen-generated health data.
Together, these projects highlight Leiden University’s leadership in digital health innovation, ensuring that advances in data-driven science contribute to better healthcare, stronger research practices, and broader societal impact.
