Project „Data Literacy in NFDI“ has started

(Published on 22.08.2022) Data literacy describes the ability to understand and implement the planned handling of digital data. It is therefore a requirement for effective research data management. One goal of the association National Research Data Infrastructure...

NFDI comments on the EU Open Data draft

(Veröffentlicht am 23.06.2022) The European Commission has presented a draft implementing regulation regarding the availability of public datasets. [1] As part of a feedback process, the sections Ethical, Legal & Social Aspects (ELSA), Common Infrastructures...

NFDI publishes statement on the EU Data Act

(Published on 18.05.2022) The Data Act of the European Union is to regulate the accessibility of data in the future. As part of a feedback procedure, the ELSA (Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects) section in the NFDI association has submitted an opinion on the draft...

NFDI consortia publish statement on basic services

(Published on 18.01.2022, uptaded on 15.02.2022) At the Consortia Assembly of the Association German National Research Data Infrastructure on 14 January, the consortia represented in it approved the publication of a collective statement on the topic of basic services...

Members elected for Board of Trustees

(Published on 10.11.2021) We congratulate Prof. Vivien Petras, PhD, Prof. Dr. Dörte Schmidt and Dr. Sonja Schimmler on their new function.The Board of Trustees is the administrative-strategic control organ of the association.  Among other things, it monitors the...

GWK decides on funding for the NFDI Directorate

(Published on 08.11.2021) The directorate of the German National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) e.V. association will be funded by the federal and state governments with a sum of 17.5 million euros from 2022 to 2028. The decision on funding was made by the Joint...