⏳ Registration closing soon – #HMCConference2026

The deadline to register for the HMC Conference 2026 – Metadata in Action is approaching: 📆 10 April 2026

Join us at @DKFZ in #Heidelberg (28–30 April) for keynotes, talks, interactive workshops, and community exchange around metadata and FAIR data. The programme is currently being finalised .

🔗 Register now via the conference website: https://events.geomar.de/e/HMC-Conference_2026

#HMC2026 #Helmholtz
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🎉 7 projects selected in the #HMC Project Call 2025!

Out of 16 proposals, seven projects will be funded over the next 2 years to advance #FAIRdata, #metadata quality & research data infrastructure.

12 #Helmholtz Centres are involved – highlighting strong collaboration & interdisciplinarity.

👉 More info: https://helmholtz-metadaten.de/news/funding-of-7-new-hmc-projects-confirmed

#HMCproject #OpenScience
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#Helmholtz-Initiative sucht Wege, das #Wasser für die #Zukunft zu sichern: Leipzig ist eine von drei Modellregionen

https://www.l-iz.de/bildung/forschung/2026/03/helmholtz-initiative-sucht-wege-das-wasser-fur-die-zukunft-zu-sichern-leipzig-eine-drei-modellregionen-651855
#Leipzig #Wassermangel #UfZ

Final day at #SWAT4HCLS at AmsterdamUMC! Great to be here with Helmholtz KG team from HMC Hub Information & Health 🚀

Highlights included:
– Tutorials on #GraphRAG, SPARQL & provenance
– Inspiring keynotes by Hannah Bast (QLever) & Janna Hastings (LLMs)
– A buzzing poster session with fantastic discussions

And today we’re presenting:
👉 The Helmholtz Knowledge Graph
– building a semantic interoperability layer across @helmholtz

Come by and chat with us 🙌

@swat4hcls
#KnowledgeGraph #Helmholtz

The new #HelmholtzImaging newsletter is out!

This issue brings together funding calls, opportunities to get involved, and community highlights — from the Project Call 2026 and Best Scientific Image Contest to a call for experts shaping AI in science across Europe.

We’re also hiring a Team Lead at @DKFZ. 👏 Application deadline: March 27, 2026

Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/HI-Newsletter-26

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#Helmholtz #ImagingScience #AI #OpenScience #Research

Dürren, Starkregen, Überschwemmungen – extreme Wetterereignisse nehmen auch in Deutschland durch den #Klimawandel zu. 🌍🌧️🔥

Der #Weltwassertag 💧 erinnert uns daran, wie entscheidend ein nachhaltiger Umgang mit #Wasser für unsere Zukunft ist.

Wie wir den Veränderungen im Wasserkreislauf begegnen können, erforschen wir 🔬 mit einem ganzheitlichen, systemischen Ansatz, wie es nur #Helmholtz kann.

Zentrale Elemente der Initiative sind drei sogenannte Reallabore 🧪: 🧵

What are #Helmholtz data professionals working on? 📊

Over half publish data or software in a FAIR-compliant way!

Join the #FAIR movement!

📊 Dashboard: https://
2024.dashboard.survey.helmholtz-metadaten.de

📔 Report: https://
doi.org/10.3289/HMC_publ_08

#HMCsurvey #FAIRData #Metadata #RDM #HMCrocks

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New training opportunities on #metadata and #FAIRdata practices from the Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC).

Our courses support researchers in improving research data documentation, metadata quality & data reuse.

Upcoming courses include:
• Fundamentals of Scientific Metadata
• Reusability of Scientific Data
• Metadata Management:
Key Essentials & Practice

More information:
https://helmholtz-metadaten.de/hmc-trainings

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