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The second FAIRagro Use Case call was a complete success – with a total of 16 proposals submitted, not only in terms of quantity, but above all in terms of quality: many of the proposals were characterized by high scientific quality and relevance to central challenges of research data management (RDM) in agricultural research. Focus…

Our co-applicant Thünen Institute has an exciting vacancy for a Geoinformation Specialist (m/f/d). The main tasks: Evaluation of existing and creation of new technical concepts on Thünen-relevant geodata issues and their responsible implementation with a direct employee; representation of the Thünen Institute in general geodata matters to the outside world; management of the Thünen-wide working…

Our co-applicant Information Center for Life Sciences (ZB MED) has an exciting new video online: Sophie Boße, FAIRagro Training Coordinator and Lucia Vedder, FAIRagro Datasteward, explain in conversation with Elke Roesner (Head of Marketing ZB MED) what our goals are at FAIRagro, what we actually do and have already achieved and what challenges still lie…

Just published as Open Access in the European Journal of Soil Science is the article “Facilitating Effective Reuse of Soil Research Data: The BonaRes Repository” (Lachmuth S, Dönmez C, Hoffmann C, Specka X, Svoboda N, Helming K (2025), co-financed by FAIRagro. European Journal of Soil Science 76(2), e70103. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.70103). The publication highlights the role of…

A total of ten NFDI consortia from the earth, chemical and life sciences have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support a network called the “Geo-Chem-Life Science Helpdesk Cluster”. The helpdesks of the NFDI consortia play an important role in the initial contact between the communities from different scientific fields and the respective consortium.…

On Monday, April 7, 2025, the second edition of the FAIRagro Talk | Monday Motivation took place. Amit Srivasrava and Kaushik Muduchuru gave almost 40 colleagues exciting insights into their work on Use Case 7 “NEXT-Gen-EXPERT” under the title “Climate Data for Agricultural Science – Enhancing Resolution and Accessibility”. For anyone who missed the talk…

The OSIRIS consortium has – for the first time worldwide – taken on the challenge of making the large national collections of natural, technical and cultural history accessible as a comprehensive national infrastructure, making them globally accessible, strategically developing them in their entirety and preserving them as the heritage of mankind. 17 institutions with large…

The members of the then newly elected Community Advisory Board were introduced at last year’s FAIRagro Community Summit and met for the first time. This year, the nine members of the body relevant to FAIRagro will meet in Berlin with the members of our Steering Committee on June 2 and 3 to reflect and discuss…

Join us in advocating for FAIR research data management – for a FAIR data future in agriculture and beyond!

Register now for the second part of our workshop series “Don’t panic! A Survival Guide for Law and Ethics in Research” on May 7, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.