Connecting Industry
with Top Talent
in Data Curation
Curation is hard. Let us help.
Curation is an essential component for success in science: extracting data from the literature; placing experimental observations into a structured, queryable context; integrating data from diverse sources; and creating meaningful visualizations.
Effective curation facilitates new insights into your data.
But curation isn't easy. It's time consuming. It requires a broad understanding of modern research coupled with deep, domain specific knowledge. For this reason, many curators are Ph.D. level scientists with a background in bench experimental science. Many work in academic positions and aren't easy to identify, contact, and hire. Until now.
What We Do
The Curator Alliance simplifies the process of
hiring the best data curators in the world.
We build teams of curators and manage projects
to solve your data curation problems quickly and economically.
Managed Projects
We'll help you define deliverables and milestones for your project, then seek out the very best curators to meet these objectives. For managed projects, we'll handle everything, from subcontracting with curators, navigating any conflicts-of-interest and non-disclosure agreements, to overseeing progress, assessing quality, integrating results with on-prem data warehouses, handling payments, and final project sign-off. We'll keep you apprised every step of the way and you can watch our progress in real-time with our collaborative tools for secure data sharing.
Work directly with curators
Once we've found curators that match the objectives of your project, we can step out of the way allowing you to work directly with the curation team. The choice is yours.
About Our Services
Areas of expertise
- Human diseases
- Rare diseases and variation
- Gene models
- Protein families
- Metabolic pathways
- Genomics
- Bioinformatics
- Ontology development and curation
- Financial and Quantitative Analysis
- Data extraction and processing
- Data visualization
- On/off-prem data integration
- Cloud architecture and cost analytics
About our curators and data scientists
- 10 countries
- 12 languages
- 85% hold top degree in field
Professional Services
Complete project management
- Team building
- Contract negotiations
- Draft requirements
- Project management
- QA/QC testing
- Escrow
Who We Are
Frequently Asked Questions
For Curators
How do I get listed with The Curator Alliance?
Easy! Simply send us your contact information. We will review your details and ping you periodically with projects in your areas of expertise.
I'm new to contract work and have no idea how it works. Can you help?
You bet! We will help with all phases of the project, including negotiating your rate, writing an effective contract, addressing potential conflicts-of-interest, understanding the terms of NDAs, all the way to delivering your project. We want to ensure mutual success for yourself AND our clients. Projects are typically limited in scope and you will work as a freelance contractor in your spare cycles.
For Industry Partners
I'm looking for a curator. How do I find one?
Easy! Contact us with a brief description of your project. We can meet by email, phone, Skype, Google Hangouts, or even in person. We'll help you structure your project and match you with the very best data scientists and curators.
I'm worried about hiring an inexperienced contractor.
Don't worry! We can manage all aspects of your curation project for you if you choose, or you can interact directly with curators of your choice. Either way, we thoroughly vet all affiliated curators and guarantee the quality of their work.