(Published on 13.12.2021; updated on 01.02.2022) Before the end of January, the German Research Foundation (DFG, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) plans to publish a call for proposals on basic services consortia. We have collected published information on basic services and other interesting publications around the topic in advance.
- Sep 2019: Berlin Declaration on NFDI Cross-Cutting Topics
- Jun 2020: Leipzig-Berlin-Declaration on NFDI Cross-Cutting Topics
- Nov 2020: 2nd statement NFDI-EG: The development of a National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI).
- Mar 2021: NFDI Cross-cutting Topics Workshop Report
- May 2021: DFG Call for proposals 2021 (3rd round of calls)
- Jul 2021: Statement of the NFDI Expert Panel on the preparation and application of basic services for the NFDI
- Oct 2021: Section concept Common Infrastructures
- Oct 2021: Section Concept Meta(data), Terminologies and Provenance
- Dec 2021: Timetable for the application of basic service consortia
- Jan 2022: Joint statement of the NFDI consortia
- Feb 2022: DFG call for proposals: Funding of NFDI-wide basic services
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Impulse papers on NFDI service portfolio and financial flows published
On July 14, 2025, the German Council of Science and Humanities (WR) presented the results of its structural evaluation of the German National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI). In its report, the WR makes recommendations for the further development of NFDI. The NFDI Task Force Governance and Sustainability (TFGS) is also addressing this issue. In its work plan “Steps for the Further Development of our NFDI,” the TFGS has defined clear framework conditions for the further development of the structure and financing of NFDI.
What’s next for NFDI after 2028? German Science and Humanities Council presents evaluation report.
At its meeting on 11 July 2025, the German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat, WR) adopted a report on the structural evaluation of the German National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI). This is highly relevant for the future design of NFDI.
NFDI would like to thank the Council for the numerous valuable impulses that emerged from the report and very much welcomes the recommendation for the further funding and organisation of the network.
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