Bausteine FDM: Special issue on NFDI published
NFDI and the nine consortia of the first round of funding introduce themselves.
(Published on 03.08.2021) A Bausteine Forschungsdatenmanagement special issue about NFDI was published online at the end of July. On more than 130 pages, the NFDI office (Geschäftsstelle) and the nine consortia of the first round of funding provide insights into the structure of the association, their plans and visions. From the perspective of various research disciplines, they explain why effective research data management is so important, what challenges exist and what solutions NFDI offers. The complete issue can be accessed online for free. The individual texts are available as PDF files. Click here for the special issue: Nr. 2/2021 of Bausteine Forschungsdatenmanagement.
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Statement on the Federal Ministry of Education and Research’s (BMBF) key issues paper on the Research Data Act
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Funding for new basic services for Jupyter notebooks, data management plans and knowledge graphs
The basic service initiatives Jupyter4NFDI, DMP4NFDI and KGI4NFDI have submitted applications for funding. At its meeting on 12 April, the Consortia Assembly (KV) of the NFDI Association voted in favour of funding the three applications. This means that the projects can start their first phase (initialisation phase) in the near future. The funding will be provided via Base4NFDI.
New chairs elected for the Consortium Assembly
The Consortium Assembly of the NFDI Association elected new chairpersons at its meeting on 12 April 2024. Prof Dr Christoph Eberl (NFDI-MatWerk), Dr Barbara Ebert (NFDI4Biodiversity) and Prof Dr Stefanie Weidtkamp-Peters (NFDI4BIOIMAGE) will hold the chairmanship for the next two-year term of office as a cooperative team.
