Abstract
Abstract Increasing complexity and volume of research data pose increasing challenges for scientists to manage their data efficiently. At the same time, availability and reuse of research data are becoming more and more important in modern science. The German government has established an initiative to develop research data management (RDM) and to increase accessibility and reusability of research data at the national level, the Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur (NFDI). The NFDI Neuroscience (NFDI-Neuro) consortium aims to represent the neuroscience community in this initiative. Here, we review the needs and challenges in RDM faced by researchers as well as existing and emerging solutions and benefits, and how the NFDI in general and NFDI-Neuro specifically can support a process for making these solutions better available to researchers. To ensure development of sustainable research data management practices, both technical solutions and engagement of the scientific community are essential. NFDI-Neuro is therefore focusing on community building just as much as on improving the accessibility of technical solutions.
Highlights
Access to digital knowledge and management of data from publicly funded research are essential challenges for research and knowledge transfer
The Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur (NFDI) aims to build on and connect existing resources according to a comprehensive concept for research data management (RDM) that is sustainable and competitive in the international context
On a European level, NFDI-Neuro will cooperate with the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and the Network or European Neuroscience Schools (NENS)
Summary
Access to digital knowledge and management of data from publicly funded research are essential challenges for research and knowledge transfer. Scientific outputs will be available via standard interfaces and open-source tools, regardless of authorship and publication venue While this is key for making existing achievements accessible in the future, the approach of interfacing with a plurality of interoperable services (see Hanke et al, this issue) will substantially improve the resilience of today’s research infrastructure, where too often crucial activities depend on a few key pieces (e.g., GitHub or individual data hosting providers). This aims to directly improve the availability of data that are described by detailed, tightly connected metadata. It is an expressed goal of the marketplace to improve the
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