In the race to accelerate finding effective treatments, vaccines and monitoring systems to fright the current COVD-19 outbreak, researchers need to work together and collaborate. Beyond keeping resilient secure connectivity available and delivering services to support research, the Research & Education community is committed to setting guidelines and best practices on the vital data sharing needed to optimize research. The attached documents outline the initial launch of some of these pan-European and global efforts, with additional reference resources. For more information on the Research Data Alliance (RDA), the global fast track COVID-19 working group, or to learn how IUCC can assist in getting resources and data sharing platforms required, please contact us.