National Reserach Data Infrastructure (NFDI)
In 2016, the German Council for Scientific Information Infrastructures (Rat für Informationsdienstleistungen, RfII) recommended in its position paper "Performance from diversity" [pdf, 1 mb] de (German) the establishment of a National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) , whereupon the NFDI funding program was initiated by the German Research Foundation (DFG) on June, 6th 2019.
The aim of the NFDI program is to improve management, long-term storage and accessibility of research data in accordance with the FAIR principles . The programme, which is financed by federal and state governments, will fund up to 30 consortia for a maximum of 5 years, initially.
On 26 June 2020 the Joint Science Conference (GWK) decided for the funding of nine NFDI consortia from the first application round ( press release ). The funding decision by the GWK on the applications for the second round took place in June 2021 ( press release ). The GKW will decide on the funding of Basic Service Initiatives as well as on the funding of the Specialist Consortia from the third round in November 2022 ( Information for Researchers ).
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Videos about the NFDI
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In its video "What is the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI)" the DFG explains the position of the NFDI in the national research data landscape, its goals and its structure with a focus on the NFDI consortia and their challenges.
The DFG organizes the review process for consortia in the context of establishing the NFDI. In its video "The NFDI Review Process" the DFG explains how the review process in the second selection round will be conducted, what is expected from reviewers and presents some important background information.
The graphics from the two videos are provided by the DFG for re-use, eg in talks and presentations on the NFDI.
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Information and documents from the DFG
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- Statement of the NFDI Expert Committee (May 2019, German)
- Second statement of the NFDI Expert Committee (November 2020)
- Call for Consortia Proposals (June 2019)
- Statistical overview of proposals for NFDI (November 2019) [pdf, 645 kb] de
- Statistical overview of funded consortia (June 2020, German)
- Call for Consortia Proposals (2nd Round, May 2020)
- Statistical overview of proposals (2nd Round, September 2020, German)
- FAQs (February 2021, German)
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Discussion and position papers
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- Position paper of the German Council for Scientific Information Infrastructures (RfII) (2016) [pdf, 1 mb] de
- Discussion paper of the RfII (2017) [pdf, 438 kb] de
- Discussion paper of the RfII (2018a) [pdf, 502 kb] de
- Discussion paper of the RfII (2018b) [pdf, 509 kb] de
- Discussion paper of the Alliance of Science Organizations (2018) [pdf, 119 kb] de
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NFDI-related workshops
Since 1 March 2020 Prof Dr York Sure-Vetter is the director of the NFDI. The directorate supports the consortia in organizational and networking efforts. Further information regarding the directorate can be found on the official NFDI website . Job offers from NFDI consortia are presented as well.
On 15 June 2020 the Leipzig- Berlin Declaration on NFDI Cross-Cutting Topics ("Berlin Declaration on NFDI Cross-Cutting Topics") was published. Therein 27 consortia declare their contribution to the joint development of defined cross-cutting topics and fields of action in the context of the NFDI.
NFDI consortia are funded in three rounds of calls for proposals. A large number of consortia submitted letters of intent to the DFG under the NFDI funding programme. Many of the consortia involve partners from Thuringia ( NFDI consortia incl. participants from Thuringia ). Two of the NFDI consortia with participants from Thuringia (NFDI4Biodiversity and NFDI4Chem) were funded in the first application round ( press release de ).
The Research Data Management Helpdesk and the Thuringian Competence Network for Research Data Management support and connect the participating institutions.
NFDI sections
In addition to the consortia, there are cross-cutting issues that are treated as separate sections . These are:
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