Please see < http://www.nature.com/news/funders-must-encourage-scientists-to-share-1.17718> for an excellent comment on why funders should facilitate sharing scientific data widely. Funders must encourage scientists to share To realize the full potential of large data sets, researchers must agree on better ways to pass data around, says Martin Bobrow <http://www.nature.com/news/funders-must-encourage-scientists-to-share-1.17718#auth-1> 1 <http://www.nature.com/news/funders-must-encourage-scientists-to-share-1.17718#a1> . 10 June 2015 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.