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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