July 21, 2026
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET
Ruth L Kirschstein Auditorium, Natcher building 45, NIH Campus
Bethesda, MD NIH Videocast
Registration: https://forms.office.com/g/JQA2y4usvT
The Data Sharing Index (S-index) Challenge, is a National Institutes of Health $1-million competition aimed at incentivizing data sharing by calling on entrants to develop a robust novel metric that rewards researchers who share high-quality data. This event will announce the winners of the NIH S-Index Challenge, which is led by the National Eye Institute (NEI) with contributions from multiple National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs). NIH Director, Jay Battacharya will deliver the keynote, followed by a winning team presentation and panel discussions focused on implementation. This event is open to public. Please register using the form below. For assistance, including the need for sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodation to participate in this event please contact Kathryn DeMott 5 days prior to the event at kathryn.demott@nih.gov