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Launched: 2026
Record Updated: Sep 15, 2026
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An open-source project to harness the scientific and public health potential of pathogen genome data.

Domain Relevance

  • Basic medicine
  • Other medical sciences
  • Other social sciences
  • Political science
  • Sociology

Mission

Nextstrain is a project to harness the scientific and public health potential of pathogen genome data. It’s made up of many different parts that all work together. Through our website, nextstrain.org, we provide a continually-updated view of publicly available data with powerful analyses and visualizations showing pathogen evolution and epidemic spread. Through our open-source software tools, we aim to help you analyze and visualize your own data in the same way. Our goal is to aid epidemiological understanding and improve outbreak response.

Key Achievements

Key achiemenets:
1. this
2. that
3. the other

Technical Attributes

Maintenance Status

Actively Maintained

Open Code Repository

Implemented

Technical Documentation

Implemented

Code License

Implemented

Open Product Roadmap

Implemented

Technical Attribute Statements

Programming Languages

  • clojure
  • kotlin
  • r
  • rust

Technology Readiness Level

  • Actual system proven in operational environment

Code Licenses Used

  • BSD licenses
  • MIT License
  • Other
Other:
other

Content Licensing

  • Creative commons licenses
  • Traditional copyright

Standards

Metadata

  • DataCite metadata schema
  • Signposting

Persistent Identifier

  • OpenURL
  • Research Organization Registry
Other:
other

Security

  • CIS Critical Security Controls
  • NIST SP 800-171 for the protection of controlled unclassified information
Other:
other

Preservation

  • OAIS
Other:
other

Metrics

  • Make Data Count

Hosting Options

  • Through solution or third party vendor

Integrations

  • Archipelago Commons

Community Engagement

Community Engagement

Implemented

Community Statements

User Contribution Pathways

  • Contribute funds
  • Contribute to user research or user testing

Community Engagement Activities

  • Conference participation
  • Interest, working, user, or advisory groups

Engagement with Values Frameworks

  • FOREST Framework for Values-Driven Scholarly Communication

More About Community Engagement

User Contribution Pathways:

other

Community Engagement Activities:

these

Policies & Governance

Policies

Commitment to Equity & Inclusion

Implemented

Privacy Policy

Implemented

Web Accessibility Statement

Implemented
Applies to Solution

Governance Records

Implemented

Governance Structure & Processes

Implemented

Transparent Pricing and Cost Expectations

Implemented

Policy Statements

Access Conditions

  • Fee required
  • Other
Other:
Access conditions other

Board Structure

  • Multi-board governance

Board Level

  • Host

Community Governance

  • Formal

Additional Information

Organizational History

History

Organizational Structure

Business or Ownership Model

Distributed institutional partnership

Full-time Staff

1-5

Volunteers

6-10

Funding

Primary Funding Source

  • Contributions

Revenue Sources

  • Corporate sponsorship
  • In-kind contributions
  • Other
Other:
revenue source other field

Financial Reporting Level

  • Provider

Funding Needs

Needs

Fiscal Host

Fiscal host