Kategorie: ‘RWTH Best Practices’
TdF Review 2025
And it’s already done: Research Data Day (TdF) in North Rhine-Westphalia 2025 is one of the biggest events in the field of research data management (RDM) and takes place once a year. This year, the RDM action day took place on November 18, 2025, under the motto “FAIR Data – FAIR Play: It’s All a Question of Lineup.” Once again, RWTH Aachen University and Forschungszentrum Jülich organized a joint information and networking event, which this time took place on the premises of the IT Center. Read our article to find out what impressions we gained from the day.
FAIRplay in Practice – DALIA
Looking back at NRW Research Data Day (TdF) on 18 November 2025, we are providing you with a further insight into our “RDM Practice” and “RDM Services” areas. During the event, participants had the opportunity to explore various aspects of research data management (RDM) and connect with other RDM practitioners.
This article provides an overview of the contribution „DALIA – A Platform for the Provision of Teaching and Training Contents in Data Literacy“.
FAIRplay in Practice – NFDI4Microbiota
To celebrate Research Data Day in North Rhine-Westphalia (TdF) on November 18, 2025, we would like to give you a sneak preview of our “RDM Practice” and “RDM Services” arenas. These are well worth exploring today on Research Data Management (RDM) Action Day. This article provides an overview of the poster contribution “Life Cycle of Metagenomic Research Data Management” by the data steward Catherine Gonzalez.
Join us on TdF, engage in dialogue with the contributors and enjoy networking opportunities with other RDM enthusiasts!
FAIRplay in Practice – Base4NFDI
On the occasion of Research Data Day in North Rhine-Westphalia (TdF) on November 18, 2025, we would like to give you a preview of our “RDM Practice” and “RDM Services” arenas. These are worth venturing into on Research Data Management (RDM) Day. This article provides an overview of the poster contribution “Playing FAIR with Base4NFDI – Scoring Across Scientific Disciplines” by Base4NFDI. Join us on TdF, engage in dialogue with the contributors and enjoy networking opportunities with other RDM enthusiasts!
FAIRplay in Practice – NFDI4Ing
On the occastion of Research Data Day in North Rhine-Westphalia (TdF) on November 18, 2025, we would like to give you a preview of our “RDM Practice” and “RDM Services” arenas. These are worth venturing into on the action day for research data management (RDM). This article provides an overview of the contributions by NFDI4ING. Join us on TdF, engage in dialogue with the contributors and enjoy networking opportunities with other RDM enthusiasts!
FAIRplay in Practice – NFDI4Chem
To celebrate NRW Research Data Day (TdF) on November 18, 2025, we would like to give you a sneak preview of our “RDM Practice” and “RDM Services” arenas. These are worth venturing into on the action day for research data management (RDM). This article provides an overview of the contribution by Fabian Fink (RWTH Aachen University) entitled “All Chemists publish FAIR data.”
Take part in TdF, engage in dialogue with the contributors, and take advantage of the opportunity to network with other RDM enthusiasts!
FAIRplay in Practice – Coscine and AIMS
On the occasion of the Research Data Day (TdF) on November 18, 2025, we would like to give you a preview of our “RDM Practice ” and “RDM Services ” arenas. These are worth venturing into on Research Data Management (RDM) Day. In this article, you will get a preview of Coscine and AIMS at TdF! Meet the people behind Coscine and AIMS and learn more about the latest developments of the two RDM platforms.
Join us at TdF, engage in dialogue with the contributors, and take advantage of the networking opportunities with other RDM members!
RDM Network Meeting in June 2025: Coscine in Practice
In June, a special session titled ‘Coscine in Practice‘ was held in the ‘Online topic special’ format. The event provided Coscine users, interested parties, and RDM Network Meeting participants with an excellent opportunity to share their experiences and learn from each other.
Second Advanced User Meeting of Coscine.nrw

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On April 29, 2025, the second user meeting of Coscine.nrw took place. The event not only offered exciting insights into current developments in the research data management (RDM) platform, but was above all interactive. In a creative group work phase, participants jointly developed specific criteria for evaluating storage space requests—an important building block for the review process of the new DataStorage.nrw storage system.
The RDM Annual Review 2024

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2024 was another exciting year for research data management (RDM). At RWTH Aachen University and beyond, numerous events, new initiatives and exciting developments have further advanced RDM. It was a year full of innovations, challenges and inspiring encounters. Let’s take a look at the highlights of the past year!










