diff --git a/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.md b/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.md
index 391b0a4..5866163 100644
--- a/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.md
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@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ and include:
      participation and direction from multiple developers, who come from
      multiple organisations.
      * comment_here
+3. Projects should comply to the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible,
+   Interoperable, Reusable) for digital project artifacts and persons: 
+   * [ ] The project should ensure open access distribution
+   and long-term preservation of digital project artifacts (e.g. releases, datasets)
+   by deposition in a trusted open access repository.
+     * comment_here
+   * [ ] The project should actively use digital persistent identifiers (PIDs)
+   for contributors (e.g. ORCID) and software releases (e.g. DOI) to ensure
+   proper attribution and machine-readable citation
+     * comment_here
+   
+     
 
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