Proposal NFDI4Chem 2025-2030 In the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) — Our Vision: All Chemists Publish FAIR Data

The first funding period of NFDI4Chem established a robust foundation for research data management (RDM) in chemistry by promoting FAIR data principles and creating a cohesive infrastructure to capture well-annotated data early in the lab through electronic lab notebooks (ELNs) and making this data available in public repositories. Key achievements include standardised data formats and metadata, a federated repository environment, and improved data visibility and accessibility. Training programs and outreach have significantly increased awareness and adoption of best RDM practices. In the second funding period, the consortium aims to advance these achievements by consolidating this infrastructure, developing a model for its sustainable maintenance and operation, and fostering cultural change for its widespread adoption. Goals include ensuring seamless data workflows from laboratories to open repositories, enhancing interoperability, and supporting innovative research through AI-ready data. The work plan is organised into six task areas (TAs). TA1 (Management) provides leadership and supports all other TAs in achieving their objectives. TA2 (Smart Lab) aims to develop a fully digital research environment, including an ELN as a modular platform. This environment will support data collection, management, storage, analysis, and sharing. Integrating devices and external resources will enable seamless data transfer to repositories. TA3 (Repositories) will consolidate the repository ecosystem. The goal is to integrate repositories into a federated system for better accessibility and interoperability, ensuring long-term data availability and sustainability. TA4 (Metadata, Data Standards, and Publication Standards) focuses on developing and promoting new data and metadata standards in an international community process. This includes applying ontologies to create a semantic foundation for linking research data, making it machine-readable and enabling knowledge graphs. TA5 (Community and Training) is dedicated to fostering a cultural shift towards digital chemistry through continuous engagement, collecting requirements, and providing extensive training and support through workshops and open education resources. It will promote FAIR-compliant machine learning applications, embedding RDM into academic curricula to ensure future scientists are well-versed in these practices. TA6 (Synergies and Cross-Cutting Topics) aims to enhance collaboration across NFDI consortia and beyond. This includes developing ontologies, terminology services, the search service, and other cross-cutting solutions, integrating these developments into existing infrastructure, enabling interdisciplinary data harmonisation and fostering machine learning applications.

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Research Ideas and Outcomes
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2025-11-26
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https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.11.e177037
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Proposal NFDI4Chem 2025-2030 In the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) — Our Vision: All Chemists Publish FAIR Data

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Proposal NFDI4Chem 2025-2030 In the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) — Our Vision: All Chemists Publish FAIR Data

Philip Strömert, Carsten Kettner, Jochen Ortmeyer, Hans‐Georg Weinig, Peter H. Seeberger, Sonja Herres‐Pawlis, Stefan Kühn, Wendy Patterson, Peter F. Stadler, Robert Strötgen, Nicolas Tielker, Oliver Koepler, Felix Bach, Christoph R. Jacob, Jens Meiler, Jan Lisec, Christoph W. Grathwol, Rainer Haag, Johannes Hunold, Paul Czodrowski, Jorge Ricardo Cunha, Thomas Wilhelm Bocklitz, Albert K. Engstfeld, Thomas Engel, Steffen Neumann, Franziska Baden-Böhm, Christoph Steinbeck, Adric R. Riedel, Tillmann G. Fischer, R. Müller-Pfefferkorn, Kirsten Zeitler, Pierre Tremouilhac, Georg Manolikakes, Giacomo Lanza, Johannes C. Liermann, Wolfgang Wenzel, Johann Seibert, Jens Riedel, Stefan M. Kast, Jürgen Pleiss, Christian Bonatto Minella, Patrick Théato, Franziska Eberl, Werner Brack, Christoph Bannwarth, Frank Biedermann, Ulrich Schatzschneider, Nicole Jung, Ricardo A. Mata, John Jollife, Matthias Müller, P. Friedrich, Theo Bender, Leonie Schuster, Jochen Johannsen, Frank Glorious
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The first funding period of NFDI4Chem established a robust foundation for research data management (RDM) in chemistry by promoting FAIR data principles and creating a cohesive infrastructure to capture well-annotated data early in the lab through electronic lab notebooks (ELNs) and making this data available in public repositories. Key achievements include standardised data formats and metadata, a federated repository environment, and improved data visibility and accessibility. Training programs and outreach have significantly increased awareness and adoption of best RDM practices. In the second funding period, the consortium aims to advance these achievements by consolidating this infrastructure, developing a model for its sustainable maintenance and operation, and fostering cultural change for its widespread adoption. Goals include ensuring seamless data workflows from laboratories to open repositories, enhancing interoperability, and supporting innovative research through AI-ready data. The work plan is organised into six task areas (TAs). TA1 (Management) provides leadership and supports all other TAs in achieving their objectives. TA2 (Smart Lab) aims to develop a fully digital research environment, including an ELN as a modular platform. This environment will support data collection, management, storage, analysis, and sharing. Integrating devices and external resources will enable seamless data transfer to repositories. TA3 (Repositories) will consolidate the repository ecosystem. The goal is to integrate repositories into a federated system for better accessibility and interoperability, ensuring long-term data availability and sustainability. TA4 (Metadata, Data Standards, and Publication Standards) focuses on developing and promoting new data and metadata standards in an international community process. This includes applying ontologies to create a semantic foundation for linking research data, making it machine-readable and enabling knowledge graphs. TA5 (Community and Training) is dedicated to fostering a cultural shift towards digital chemistry through continuous engagement, collecting requirements, and providing extensive training and support through workshops and open education resources. It will promote FAIR-compliant machine learning applications, embedding RDM into academic curricula to ensure future scientists are well-versed in these practices. TA6 (Synergies and Cross-Cutting Topics) aims to enhance collaboration across NFDI consortia and beyond. This includes developing ontologies, terminology services, the search service, and other cross-cutting solutions, integrating these developments into existing infrastructure, enabling interdisciplinary data harmonisation and fostering machine learning applications.

Research Ideas and OutcomesVol. 11
University of Stuttgart (DE), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE), Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (DE), Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing (DE), Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (DE), University of Kaiserslautern (DE), FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure (DE), Universität Ulm (DE), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE), TU Dortmund University (DE), University of Münster (DE), University of Würzburg (DE), Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (DE), Beilstein-Institut (DE), Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) (DE), Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (DE), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Information und Wissen (DE), Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (DE), Institut für Energie- und Umwelttechnik (DE), University of Tartu (EE), University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern (DE), University of Göttingen (DE), Freie Universität Berlin (DE), Friedrich Schiller University Jena (DE), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE), RWTH Aachen University (DE), Leipzig University (DE), Technische Universität Braunschweig (DE)
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