New DFG Information Infrastructure Projects

1. New DFG Information Infrastructure Projects

2. The German Research Foundation • 1998: DFG „Proposals for Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice” “… primary data as the basis for publications shall be securely stored for ten years in a durable form in the institution of their origin. …” • 2003: Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities • 2006: DFG Position PaperScientific Library Services and Information Systems  - Funding Priorities through 2015 • since 2007: frequent workshops and expert round table discussions • 2008: National priority initiative „Digital Information "of the Alliance of German Science Organisations • 2010: GWK/Joint Science Conference by the Federal and Länder Governments Commission on the Future of Information Infrastructure („KII“)

3. Recommendations for Secure Storage and Availability of Digital Primary Research Data Committee on Scientific Library Services and Information Systems Subcommittee on Information Management January 2009 • Definitions of research data, organisational concepts, meta data and standards • Preserving the IPR of scientists and saving their interests in access to data • Free availability on a trans-regional, national and international level • Quality control www.dfg.de/lis/ at „Publications“

4. Research Data Management: DFG Approaches and Strategies • Shaping and moderation of an awareness building process aiming at using digital resources more efficiently, develop and implement appropriate infrastructures and tools and to finally make research data available. (back up andarchivingandre-use). • Close cooperation of scientists (as data producers and providers to data repositories and also as users of those repositories) with experts of the information management jointly shaping the process. • Define discipline specific demands and specifications and include these into the process. • Development of means for publication of research data (incl. peer-review). • Identify best practise examples and use experience. • Initiate pilot and exploration projects.

5. Current Activities Supplement to the Guidelines for Proposal Preparation „ ... If during the proposed project scientific data will be gathered systematically, which may be feasible for later re-use, please describe the means how these data will be securely stored and made available for other scientists. Please regard the standards and the services of existing data repositories, if available in your specific scientific discipline … “ Call for Proposals: Information Infrastructures for Research Data In order to improve the long-term preservation of research data, the German Research Foundation (DFG) issued a call for proposals for projects aimed at developing and optimising information infrastructures that seek to achieve an efficient and sustained use of research data. This initiative is administered by the DFG’s Scientific Library Services and Information Systems (LIS) division. The German Research Foundation supports the systematic collaboration between scientists and information management experts.

6. Call “Information Infrastructures for Research Data”; the Proposals Total Volume: 39.3 Mio Euro 90 Proposals

7. Call “Information Infrastructures for Research Data”; the Review Process Requested Reviews For all proposals we requested two written reviews: by a scientist of the concerned discipline. by an information expert. Evaluation Panel The evaluation panel met at two days in November 2010. It was set up with 7 members of the DFG Review Boards according to the concerned disciplines. 7 experts from libraries, archives and data centres. A decision about the recommendations for funding made by the Evaluation Panel will be made by the DFG Joint Committee. Official letters will be mailed in the second half of April 2011. Projects may start approximately in June 2011.

8. Call “Information Infrastructures for Research Data”; the Projects (1) Projects Recommended for Funding Total Volume: 9.8 Mio Euro; 24.4 % 27 Proposals; 30 % Running Periods: 12 Months: 1 24 Months: 4 30 Months: 1 36 Months: 21 Source: DFG

9. Call “Information Infrastructures for Research Data”; the Projects (2)

10. Call “Information Infrastructures for Research Data”; the Projects (3) • The Projects Characteristics • Data centres for entire disciplines, incl. high volume data. • Systems for linking publications with research data. • Systems offering a persistent identifier service. • Workflow and software development for enhanced data handling. • Long-term storage and archiving systems.

11. What is on the agenda? • Access • Define and resolve means and conditions of permanent and free access (“open access?”). • Discipline specific differences • Define types of data, amount and characteristics, their specific life cycles and usage characteristics. • Incentives for scientists • The willingness to provide access to data for scientific re-use should become standard in science and research. However, data providers have to receive an incentive when doing so (e.g. change in publication culture). • Teaching and qualification • Scientists and data curators • Encourage use of standards, development and implementation of infrastructure • Collaboration between scientists and information management experts • Securing the interoperability of international and interdisciplinary networks

12. Thank you very much for your attention! Stefan.Winkler-Nees@dfg.de