National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI)
"The aim of the national research data infrastructure (NFDI) is to systematically manage scientific and research data, provide long-term data storage, backup and accessibility, and network the data both nationally and internationally. The NFDI will bring multiple stakeholders together in a coordinated network of consortia tasked with providing science-driven data services to research communities."
German Research Foundation (DFG)
This is a new type of structure that is designed at right angles to the existing pillars of the science system. It is characterized by
- a distributed, networked infrastructure for data producers and users
- Service portfolios, which are organized along technical-thematic domains
- a science-guided design
By 15 October 2019, more than 20 subject-related consortia had applied to the DFG in the first round of calls for proposals. In 2020, the first NFDI consortia will begin work alongside the NFDI Directorate in Karlsruhe.
Related Links
- Detailed presentation on the DFG website: https://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/nfdi/index.html
- Recommendations of the Council for Information Infrastructure (Rat für InformationsInfrastrukturen - RfII): http://www.rfii.de/en/topics/
- Position Paper (German) of the NFDI State Initiative and the FDM Expert Group of the Digital University NRW, 2018
- Brand, O., Jagusch, G., & Stille, W. (2019). Neuer Archipel oder gemeinsame Verstetigung? Wie Landesinitiativen zum Forschungsdatenmanagement und die Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur (NFDI) verzahnt werden können und müssen!. OBib. Das Offene Bibliotheksjournal / Herausgeber VDB, 6(2), 142149. https://doi.org/10.5282/obib/2019H2S142-149
- Allianz der deutschen Wissenschaftsorganisationen: Diskussionspapier zur Ausarbeitung einer Bund-Länder-Vereinbarung zum Aufbau einer Nationalen Forschungsdateninfrastruktur, August 2018