NFDI4Microbiota

Central hub for microbiology community
Training
Analytical services
Data accessibility
Standardisation and reproducibility

NFDI4Earth

Earth System Sciences
FAIR Research Data Management
Interoperability of distributed services
User support
Training

GHGA

Research on genetic sequences
Providing a long-term archive
Creating legal-ethical standards
Creating a data portal
Training in data management

KonsortSWD

Social, educational, behavioural
and economic sciences
Research data infrastructure
Sustainable research data management

MaRDI

Mathematics and its applications
Certified results
Confirmable workflows
MaRDI portal
Mathematical knowledge graph

NFDI4DataScience

Data Science & AI
Transparency
Reproducibility
Fairness
Knowledge Graphs

BERD@NFDI

Business, Economics and related areas
Integrated management of data and algorithms
Support and services

NFDI4Biodiversity

Data availability for environmental studies
Evaluating ecological studies
Involving volunteer environmentalists
Data platform

NFDI4Cat

Catalysis research
Digitisation
Education and training
Link to industry

NFDI4Chem

Chemical research
Digitisation
Data management
Legal guidelines
Data analysis

NFDI4Culture

Cultural heritage
Building an infrastructure
Uniting cultural research fields
Creating a data platform

Text+

Language and text data
Collections
Editions
Lexical resources
Tools

NFDI4Health

Personal health data
Data Protection
Record Linkage
Distributed data analysis

NFDI4Ing

Engineering
Processing research
Accessibility
Enabling data sharing
Analysis software

NFDI-MatWerk

Materials Science
Digital Materials Collection
Materials Ontology
Graph Database Infrastructure
Digital Materials Environment

PUNCH4NFDI

Big data and Open data
Digital research products
Data platform for the life cycle
of research products
Data irreversibility

DAPHNE4NFDI

Data for PHoton and Neutron Experiments
Large scale facilities
Interdisciplinarity
FAIRness and transparency
Education and training

FAIRmat

Condensed-matter and chemical-physics
Making data findable and AI ready
Novel Materials Discovery
(NOMAD) Laboratory
FAIR data management

DataPLANT

Plant research
Training in data management
Common standards
Data platform

GHGA

Research on genetic sequences
Providing a long-term archive
Creating legal-ethical standards
Creating a data portal
Training in data management

KonsortSWD

Social, educational, behavioural
and economic sciences
Research data infrastructure
Sustainable research data management

NFDI4Biodiversity

Data availability for environmental studies
Evaluating ecological studies
Involving volunteer environmentalists
Data platform

NFDI4Cat

Catalysis research
Digitisation
Education and training
Link to industry

NFDI4Chem

Chemical research
Digitalisation
Data management
Legal guidelines
Data analysis

NFDI4Culture

Cultural heritage
Building an infrastructure
Uniting cultural research fields
Creating a data platform

NFDI4Health

National infrastructure
Sub-disciplines of medicine
Data management
Legal requirements

NFDI4Ing

Engineering
Processing research
Accessibility
Enabling data sharing
Analysis software

THE ASSOCIATION

The Association

In the German National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI), valuable data from science and research are systematically accessed, networked and made usable in a sustainable and qualitative manner for the entire German science system.

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Association bodies

The Articles of Association provide for five bodies: The Members Assembly, the Board of Trustees, the Scientific Senate, the Consortia Assembly and the Directorate. Together they shape the NFDI. This broad involvement makes it possible to jointly formulate new standards for research data management.

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Members

The 279 member organisations of NFDI broadly represent the scientific landscape in Germany. Members include scientific organisations, universities and colleges, non-university research institutions, professional societies and associations.

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Vision and Mission

“Data as a common good for excellent research, organised by science in Germany” is the vision of NFDI.

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Actors

NFDI is embedded at national level in a network of actors and partners from science and politics. In addition, NFDI is part of international developments and projects, for example the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) or the FAIR-Data Spaces project.

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NEWS

Here you can find current information on the German National Research Data Infrastructure.

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MEMBERSHIP

Legal entities that feel a connection to the Association’s purpose and can make a significant contribution to it can become members of the German National Research Data Infrastructure Association (NFDI). If you are interested in becoming a member of the Association, you can find the current membership application form and the Articles of Association here.

DIRECTORATE AND OFFICE

As the Association’s Board of Directors, the Directorate – consisting of Prof. Dr. York Sure Vetter and Eva Lübke – coordinates the Association’s bodies, supports the strategic cooperation across consortia in terms of content and represents the Association externally. The Directorate is supported by the staff of the NFDI office. This is where the threads of the Association come together. The office is the contact point for internal and external enquiries. The office is located in Karlsruhe.

Prof. Dr. York Sure-Vetter

Director

Eva Lübke

Administrative Director

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CONSORTIA

The consortia are initially funded for up to ten years. During this time, the following goals are to be achieved:

  • Sustainable development and utilisation of research data
  • Establishment of research data management according to the FAIR principles
  • Connection and networking with international initiatives  

ROUND 1

These nine consortia have been funded since October 2020. 

NFDI4Biodiversity

Biodiversity, ecology and environmental data

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NFDI4Cat

NFDI for sciences related to catalysis

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NFDI4Chem

Consortium for Chemistry in the NFDI

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KonsortSWD

Consortium for the Social, Educational, Behavioural and Economic Sciences

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DataPLANT

Data in plant research

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NFDI4Health

National research data infrastructure for personal health data

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GHGA

German Human Genome Phenome Archive

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NFDI4Culture

Consortium for research data on tangible and intangible cultural assets

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NFDI4Ing

National Research Data Infrastructure for the Engineering Sciences

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ROUND 2

These ten consortia have been funded since October 2021. 

BERD@NFDI

NFDI for Business, Economic and Related Data

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DAPHNE4NFDI

DAta from PHoton and Neutron Experiments for NFDI

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FAIRmat

FAIR Data Infrastructure for Condensed-Matter Physics and the Chemical Physics of Solids

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MaRDI

Mathematical Research Data Initiative

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NFDI4DataScience

NFDI for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

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NFDI4Earth

NFDI Consortium Earth System Sciences

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NFDI4Microbiota

NFDI for Microbiota Research

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NFDI-MatWerk

National Research Data Infrastructure for Materials Science and Engineering

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PUNCH4NFDI

Particles, Universe, NuClei and Hadrons for the NFDI

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Text+

Language- and text-based Research Data Infrastructure

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ROUND 3

Funding since March 2023:

  • Base4NFDI: Basic services for NFDI
  • FAIRagro: FAIR Data Infrastructure for Agrosystems
  • NFDI4BIOIMAGE: National research data infrastructure for microscopy and bioimage analysis
  • NFDI4Energy: National Research Data Infrastructure for Interdisciplinary Energy System Research
  • NFDI4Immuno: National Research Data Infrastructure for Immunology
  • NFDI4Memory: The Consortium for the Historically Oriented Humanities
  • NFDI4Objects: Research Data Infrastructure for the Material Remains of Human History
  • NFDIxCS: National Research Data Infrastructure for and with Computer Science

JOBS

Here you can find current job offers of the German National Research Data Infrastructure.

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Adress

Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur (NFDI) e.V.

NFDI-Direktorat
Albert-Nestler-Straße 13 | 76131 Karlsruhe

E-mail

info[at]nfdi.de

 

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