“Data is the new oil, but if they are not refined, they cannot be used.” – how all five departmental research institutions under the umbrella of the Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry, and Tourism (StMELF) are introducing coordinated research data management (RDM) with the support of FAIRagro:
October 2024: Raising awareness: Workshop at StMELF with 120 participants
January to April 2025: Development of a DMP template for StMELF’s annual research funding and integration of the DMP template into FAIRagro’s publicly accessible RDMO instance
April 2025: Call for proposals for StMELF funding for 2025 with the obligation to submit a DMP in FAIRagro’s RDMO instance
By December 2025: Approx. 100 submissions of outlines, support and review of the mandatory questions submitted
December 2025: Completion of the FDM and Open Science guidelines for the StMELF
Planned: New call for proposals after user feedback, workshop with the presidents of the departmental research institutes to improve understanding and acceptance
Positive aspects so far:
- Greater awareness of good FDM among researchers and project managers
- More effective workflows between IT and science
- Better exchange of information between research institutes and the ministry
- Significantly less effort in the long term
Dr. Mirjam Prinz, Department of Research and Innovation, StMELF: “Culture change needs time – and a lot of communication.”
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