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Download two videos  that give a rundown of 8 of the 15 projects from phase 1 of the VRE programme. You may copy or display all or part of these videos for educational or research purposes only. If you wish to use it for any other purpose, please contact projects@jisc.ac.uk 

Programme structure

The programme contains 4 strands:

• Larger scale projects to deploy VRE demonstrators based on existing frameworks, such as Sakai or OGCE
• Projects to identify functionality (in the form of tools and services developed in other projects) which has not hitherto been integrated into the existing framework architectures and to add such functionality to address clear user requirements
• Projects to develop and deploy lightweight, proof-of-concept VRE demonstrators appropriate to the needs and skills of specific communities
• A formative evaluation project to assess, as the programme proceeds, how effectively the selected projects are meeting the aims of the programme; to gather and disseminate best practice; to identify gaps; to raise awareness of the programme and stimulate discussion on VREs in the community; and to form an advisory group representative of all sectors of the research community to make recommendations for further work

Projects

15 projects are funded under the programme as a result of the  JISC Virtual Research Environment circular.

Strand 1

• Sakai VRE for Educational Research 
• Sakai VRE Portal Demonstrator 
• A VRE to Support the Integrative Biology Research Consortium
• EVIE (integration & deployment of existing components within a portal framework)
• ELVI: Evaluation of a Large-scale VRE Implementation
• Meeting Memory Technology Informing Collaboration   

Strand 2

• Implementing the Kepler Workflow Interface into the Cheshire Digital Library Framework
• CSAGE: Collaborative Stereoscopic Access Grid Environment for Experimentation within the Arts & Humanities   

Strand 3

• CORE: Collaborative Orthopaedic Research Environment
• Silchester Roman Town: A Virtual Research Community
• GROWL: VRE Programming Toolkit & Applications
• ISME: Integration & Steering of Multi-Site Experiments to Assemble Engineering Body Scans

Cross-strand

• VRE for the History of Political Discourse 1500-1800
• BVREH: Building A VRE for the Humanities
• IUGO: Conference Information Integration Project

Strand 4

The programme formative evaluation is being conducted by a team of consultants from the Tavistock Institute

Strand 5

VRE Tools and Resources Interoperability project  is being lead by the University of Hull and comprises an international consortium of experts in the field.