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On February 1, 2022, the DFG published the call for proposals for the so-called NFDI basic services. Base service initiatives are potentially intended to accommodate the needs of all subject and methodological consortia and to realize corresponding services. In the meantime, the 19 funded subject consortia have joined forces to submit a joint funding application…

FAIRagro actively contacted interested participants of the idea Secret Santa organized last year and was able to concretise initial ideas and needs in direct dialogue. We were thus able to determine the potential where and how existing Use Cases can be expanded via our planned onboarding process, as well as how planned services can be…

We submitted our proposal to the DFG on November the 2nd, 2021 and defended it in front of an international review panel on January the 17th, 2022. We have now received positive feedback and would like to thank the reviewers as well as all those involved in the consortium. We are confidently awaiting the results…

Network building among FAIRagro partners goes on. The Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB) is currently testing an instance of SRADI (Smart Rural Areas Data Infrastructure). SRADI is an interdisciplinary data platform for the comprehensive structuring and sharing of research data developed at the World Agricultural Systems Center and the Chair of Geoinformatics…

ZALF operates the BonaRes Repository of Soil and Agricultural Research Data, the portal for more than 400 longterm field experiments in Germany and Europe, and a platform for sustainability assessment of emerging and future soil management practices and technologies. In the third and final funding phase of the BonaRes Centre, the aim is now to…

ZALF is now a member of the NFDI association.

On November 22, 2021, the FAIRagro co-spokespersons met virtually to discuss the next steps regarding the expert review. The evaluation by an international expert panel will take place on January 17, 2022.

We were informed today by DFG that the review of the FAIRagro application will take place on January 17, 2022.

In November 2021, Frank Ewert has presented the recent developments and objectives of the FAIRagro consortium to the German Agricultural Research Alliance (DAFA).

We submitted the FAIRagro proposal to the DFG on November 2, 2021. Now we have to keep our fingers crossed and wait and see. 

Members of FAIRagro and NFDI4Earth today coordinated among themselves on future collaborations. Opportunities for collaboration in the areas of teaching, data stewards, and networking of data infrastructures were identified.

Members of FAIRagro and NFDI4Earth today coordinated among themselves on future collaborations. Opportunities for collaboration in the areas of teaching, data stewards, and networking of data infrastructures were identified.