National infrastructure for research data (NFDI)
The National infrastructure for research data (NFDI, Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur) promotes and enhances the infrastructure for research data in Germany with the goal of systematically unlocking, networking, and making valuable datasets from science and research accessible in a sustainable and high-quality manner for the entire German science system.
Source: https://www.nfdi.de/?lang=en
The non-profit association NFDI e.V. was founded to coordinate activities for the establishment of NFDI, with the federal and state governments as founding members. RUB has been a member of the association since 2023. Since 2024, RUB has been represented by Prof. Dr. Anna Tuschling , Institute for Media Studies.
NFDI Consortia
The subject-specific expertise of the NFDI is developed within the consortia of the NFDI. The NFDI comprises 26 consortia and the association of consortia, Base4NFDI. The consortia, selected through a science-guided process by the DFG, cover diverse scientific disciplines, ranging from cultural, social, humanities, and engineering sciences to life and natural sciences.
RUB's participation in the NFDI consortia
- RUB as co-applicant -
Condensed matter physics
and chemical physics
Participating RUB researchers:
Prof. Dr. Silvana Botti
Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
ICAMS
Materials science and
engineering
RUB participation
Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
ICAMS
- RUB participation -
Research with photons and
neutrons at large-scale
research facilities
RUB participation
Faculty for Chemistry and Biochemistry
Pflanzenforschung
Participating RUB researchers:
Prof. Dr. Ute Krämer
Faculty for Biology and Biotechnology
Scientific Advisory Board
Material and immaterial
cultural heritage
Participating RUB researchers:
Prof. Dr. Anna Tuschling
Institute for Media Studies, Faculty of Philology
Steering Board 2021-2024
Earth system sciences
Participating RUB researchers:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Rienow
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Valerie Graw
Faculty of Geography and Geosciences
Epidemiological and
clinical research data
Participating RUB researchers:
Prof. Dr. Thomas Behrens
Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance
Engineering sciences
Participating RUB researchers:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus König
Institute for Computational Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
as well as ICAMS
Historical Humanities
Participating RUB researchers:
Prof. Dr. Frederik Elwert
Prof. Dr. Jessie Pons
Prof. Dr. Kianoosh Rezania
Center for Religious Studies, CERES
Microbiota Research
Participating RUB researchers:
Prof. Dr. Franz Narberhaus
Faculty for Biology and Biotechnology
Material remains of
human history
Participating RUB researchers:
Prof. Dr. Constance von Rüden
Prof. Dr. Thomas Stöllner
Institute of Archaeological Studies, Faculty of History
Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Leibniz Research Museum for Geo-resources
Particle, astro, astroparticle,
hadron and nuclear
physics
Participating RUB researchers:
Prof. Dr. Hendrik Hildebrandt
Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Text- and language-based
research
Participating RUB researchers:
Prof. Dr. Tatjana Scheffler
German Studies Department, Faculty of Philology
- Further consortia without RUB participation -
Business, economics and
social sciences
Agrosystems research
German
human genome-phenome archive
Social, behavioural, educational,
and economic sciences
Mathematics
Computer Science
Biodiversity and
environmental data
Microscopy and bioimage analysis
Research in the field of
catalysis
Chemistry
Data science and
artificial intelligence
Interdisciplinary energy
system research
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