 CCPN was initially started in 1999 in the United Kingdom but collaborates with NMR and software development groups worldwide.The Collaborative Computing project for NMR spectroscopy was set up in with three main aims; to create a common standard for representing NMR spectroscopy related data, to create a suite of new open-source NMR software packages and to arrange meetings for the NMR community, including conferences, workshops and courses in order to discuss and spread best-practice within the NMR community, for both computational and non-computational aspects.Primary financial support for CCPN comes from the BBSRC; the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.