The United States National Institutes for Health is very interested in big data and has developed a working group, Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K). This blog post from Sally Rockey, the Deputy Director for Extramural Research, summarizes some of the recent activity of BD2K.
Rockey S. More on Big Data Training for the Scientific Workforce. Available at: http://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2014/03/18/more-on-big-data-training-for-the-scientific-workforce/