The NFDI is a programme designed to establish and develop services, organisations and infrastructures that support the handling of research data. It is jointly funded by the federal government and the state governments until 2028, for the time being. The NFDI consists of disciplinary consortia incorporating both, researchers and infrastructure providers. They are expected to assess and eventually meet the needs and requirements of the respective disciplines by providing suitable services. The goal is a gradual harmonisation of methods and standards as well as the integration of distributed infrastructures, first within each discipline, but eventually also on an interdisciplinary level.
Many issues and challenges affect all, or at least most disciplines. They are hence worked on in so-called sections, which are working groups composed of members from different consortia. There are currently five such sections, and each presented a concept paper (in German with English abstracts):
The Association German National Research Data Infrastructure was founded jointly by the federal government and the state governments in October 2020. Its purpose is establishing and developing an overarching research data management in Germany. Many German research institutions have since joined the association, including Leibniz University Hannover. It is represented in the member assembly by its chief information officer.
NFDI consortia and their contact persons at LUH
The NFDI consortia strive to integrate as many researchers as possible, taking up their proposals and inviting them to contribute. If you have any questions about a particular consortium or would like to get involved, please get in touch with the contact persons at LUH or TIB listed below, if available and known. The relevant consortia are marked with an *. Otherwise, external contact persons are listed on the respective linked websites.
Humanities and Sociel Sciences
- BERD@NFDI - NFDI for Business, Economic and Related Data
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* KonsortSWD - Consortium for the Social, Behavioural, Educational and Economic Sciences
Prof. Dr. Monika Jungbauer-GansProf. Dr. Monika Jungbauer-Gans
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* NFDI4Culture - Consortium for research data on material and immateral cultural heritage
Prof. Dr. Ina BlümelProf. Dr. Ina Blümel
- NFDI4Memory
- NFDI4Objects – Research Data Infrastructure for the Material Remains of Human History
- Text+ - Language- and text-based Research Data Infrastructure
Engineering Sciences
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* NFDI4DataScience - NFDI for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Markus StockerDr. Markus Stocker
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* NFDI4Energy - National Research Data Infrastructure for Interdisciplinary Energy System Research
Prof. Dr. Sören AuerProf. Dr. Sören Auer
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* NFDI4Ing - NFDI for Engineering Sciences
M. Sc. Max Leo WawerPhoneM. Sc. Max Leo WawerPhone
- NFDI-MatWerk - National Research Data Infrastructure for Materials Science and Engineering
- NFDIxCS – National Research Data Infrastructure for and with Computer Science
Life Sciences
- DataPLANT - Data in Plant Research
- FAIRagro – FAIR Data Infrastructure for Agrosystems
- NFDI4Immuno – National Research Data Infrastructure for Immunology
- GHGA - German Human Genome–Phenome Archive
- NFDI4Biodiversity - Biodiversity, Ecology and Environmental Data
- NFDI4BIOIMAGE - National research data infrastructure for microscopy and bioimage analysis
- NFDI4Health - NFDI for Personal Health Data
- NFDI4Microbiota - NFDI for Microbiota Research
Mathematics and Natural Sciences
- DAPHNE4NFDI - DAta from PHoton and Neutron Experiments for NFDI
- FAIRmat - FAIR Data Infrastructure for Condensed-Matter Physics and the Chemical Physics of Solids
- NFDI4Cat - NFDI for Catalysis-Related Sciences
- MaRDI - Mathematical Research Data Initiative
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* NFDI4Chem - Chemistry Consortium in the NFDI
Dr. Oliver Koepler (TIB)Dr. Oliver Koepler (TIB)
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* NFDI4Earth - NFDI Consortium Earth System Sciences
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Monika SesterProf. Dr.-Ing. habil. Monika Sester
- PUNCH4NFDI - Particles, Universe, NuClei and Hadrons for the NFDI