Services
FNH-RI serves the scientific community through three core services: DATA, FACT and TED.
What FNH-RI Provides
FNH-RI is conceived as a European knowledge hub that gives researchers access to data, facilities, tools, training, education and dissemination services across food, nutrition and health research.
The infrastructure is designed to reunite fragmented expertise across nutrition, environmental sustainability and consumer behaviour, supporting healthier and more sustainable diets for 21st century citizens.
- DATA services
- FACT services
- TED services
DATA, FACT and TED
DATA
A platform for sharing existing (meta)data from disciplinary research, supporting meta- and pooled analyses, scenario modelling and monitoring of dietary behaviours.
FACT
Facilities and tools that generate insight into eating patterns, determinants and food environments, including psychology and virtual labs, sensory sciences, neurophysiology and X-omics.
TED
Training, Education and Dissemination services that build transdisciplinary expertise, support researcher exchange and stimulate widespread use of FNH-RI services.
How services drive food system transformation
- Supports interdisciplinary evidence and expertise across nutrition, environmental sustainability and consumer behaviour.
- Creates evidence-based transition pathways towards healthier and more sustainable diets.
- Uses emerging data science technologies and continuous citizen-generated data.
- Extends services to societal stakeholders through training and dissemination.
DATA-services facilitate sharing and reuse of research data. FACT-services open access to facilities and tools that generate new insight beyond existing datasets. TED-services build the human expertise needed for transdisciplinary research and broader societal impact.
When services are planned according to the roadmap
- 2022–2024 – Preparatory phase: preparing services as part of Pillar 3.
- 2025–2029 – Implementation phase: broad library of DATA, FACT and TED services becomes operational.
- 2030–2039 – Operation phase: services adapt to the global research agenda and enable citizen science and innovation.
- 2040–2044 – Termination / next-generation phase: services contribute to a next-generation FNH-RI.
According to the roadmap, service development starts in the preparatory phase, expands substantially in the implementation phase, and then matures during long-term operation.
Hub and National Nodes
Central Hub
The FNH-RI Hub provides the central infrastructure and coordinates access to DATA, FACT and TED services.
National Nodes
Academic and public research organisations are organised through National Nodes, which connect with the Hub and together govern and deliver the services.