In this session we will present the work and experiences implementing PIDs and metadata workflows in a Neuroscience PhD research project, and walk the audience through the research project life cycle from the perspectives of the key PIDs – the roles they play in each stage of the research process, and what action items researchers should check off as they manage and share their research, to make sure the open research infrastructure is utilized to the fullest to optimize the FAIRness of each output. The session will contain four short talks explaining the FAIR workflows approach, the importance of aggregating information at the project level, the resulting project dashboard, and most importantly, the experiences of the researcher applying FAIR workflows to his research project. This will demonstrate the primary PID use cases throughout the research project life cycle and how they can be integrated into the day-to-day practices.