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.
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.
Members
The 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.
Foundation
The Council on Scientific Information Infrastructures (RfII) gave the impulse for the foundation of NFDI with its recommendation in 2016. Since then, consortia have been formed, the first two selection rounds by the DFG have taken place and with the founding of the association in October 2020, NFDI became an independent legal entity.
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.
NEWS
Here you can find current information on the German National Research Data Infrastructure.
One year FAIR Data Spaces
The project FAIR Data Spaces celebrates its first anniversary this week. The project application was submitted to the Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) at the beginning of April last year and the funding already started on 17 May 2021. Since then, the FAIR Data Spaces community has been built up and the first milestones have been reached together.
NFDI publishes statement on the EU Data Act
The Data Act of the European Union is to regulate the accessibility of data in the future. As part of a feedback procedure, the ELSA (Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects) section in the NFDI association has submitted an opinion on the draft law. This statement at EU level is the first of an NFDI section.
New FAIR Data Spaces community newsletter published
The community newsletter kicks off with a special edition containing information about our second FAIR Data Spaces project workshop on 15 March 2022. Our workshop was part of the BMBF event “Leitbild einer fairen Datenökonomie in Deutschland und Europa” (Model of a fair data economy in Germany and Europe), organised by Fraunhofer-Verbund IUK-Technologie and under the patronage of German Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger.
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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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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
info[at]nfdi.de
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