RDMTraining4NFDI Proposal Integration Phase: Research Data Management Training for the German National Research Data Infrastructure

RDMTraining4NFDI supports multipliers across NFDI consortia to strengthen their research data management (RDM) competencies and training skills. The service aims to provide training and consultancy on didactic approaches, promote the creation and reuse of FAIR training materials, drive standardisation in training materials, and support the development of an RDM credential framework. This includes developing certification criteria for training materials in a community-driven review process, as well as a practical certification process for training units and courses.

Base4NFDI proposal RDMTraining4NFDI - Competence Training for Research Data Management

Base4NFDI proposal RDMTraining4NFDI - Competence Training for Research Data Management   Summary: The training of research data management (RDM) skills ‒ including the handling of data, metadata, software and machine learning models in line with FAIR and open science principles ‒ is fundamental to the success of the NFDI (National Research Data Infrastructure). In the initialisation phase, the proposed "RDMTraining4NFDI" basic service aims to provide four solutions to the NFDI consortia and their research communities: (1) modular teaching materials, didactic concepts and workflows for discipline-specific training programmes; (2) two formats (a workshop series and a Summer School) for training data stewards and trainers; (3) a certification concept to document the acquisition of RDM skills in different formats; (4) a communication network of experts in RDM training. The materials will be made freely available through public repositories as open educational resources (OERs) under the CC-BY licence and will be registered in the DALIA platform with a rich set of metadata. Subsequent phases will explore further options such as additional training formats, workflows for integrating new content into the collection and an accreditation process. The basic service will facilitate the efficient ongoing development and dissemination of high-quality training materials and will lay the groundwork for extensive, standardised and certified capacity building. In doing so, it will catalyse the broad adoption of FAIR principles and open science practices by the (German) research community.

New funding approved for basic services RDMTraining4NFDI, PID4NFDI and TS4NFDI | NFDI