The Estonian Genome Project is a population-based biological database and biobank which was established in 2000 to improve public health in Estonia.

[1] The project organizers invited input broadly from many sectors in planning to establish the EGF.

[2] The project was also presented as a cultural investment towards strengthening national identity by contributing to global research.

[4] An early goal of the project was to collect biological specimens and health data from 70% of Estonia's population of 1.4 million within its first 10 years.

[5] By 2004, the EGF had collected data from 10,000 people but faced fiscal reorganization as they and their primary financier, EGeen, dissolved their partnership.