The FAIR Island Project’s goal is to translate the broader FAIR principles into a set of specific requirements and implementable activities that demonstrate how good data management practices and policies accelerate research to the benefit of all stakeholders. The Project is a collaboration between the California Digital Library; Metadata Game Changers LLC; the University of California, Berkeley Gump South Pacific Research Station, located on the island of Moorea; and the Tetiaroa Society, which operates Tetiaroa’s recently established field station. The Project started in early 2020 with generous support from the University of California and it is now funded by NSF Grant 2132549 (full proposal text). This first annual report covers initial work through December 2021.