On 23 June 2026, the final meeting of the Shared RDM Services & Infrastructure project took place at Graz University of Technology. Representatives from the partner universities came together to review the project’s results, exchange experiences and celebrate the successful collaboration over the past three years.

We are celebrating the release of version 5.0 of the open-source software DAMAP.

In the RIS Synergy Tool FUNDify, funding for mobility programs can now be entered as well.

Together with nine researchers, we have highlighted examples of how the FAIR principles are being implemented in various fields, thereby promoting the tools and services that TU Wien has introduced or expanded during the Shared RDM project.

What’s happening with the National RDM Exchange at the moment? Find out more here.

On March 3, the webinar “The Barcelona Declaration: Why Open Research Information Matters,” coordinated by the Cluster Research+Data, took place. With around 100 participants, the event was of interest to a considerable number of national and international people of the research community.

The 3rd FAIR Digital Objects Conference will take place at TU Wien from March 24 to 27, 2026. This event will explore the development of FAIR digital objects and their role in establishing a trustworthy, global data landscape.

Clear, accessible and organised according to FAIR principles – the projects and activities of the Cluster Research+Data in the newly structured knowledge database

The next event in the webinar series ‘Research Data Management in Austria’ will focus on the topic of ‘Research (Data) Infrastructures for the Digital Humanities’. Walter Scholger will give us an insight into CLARIAH-AT and the two overarching ERICs DARIAH-EU and CLARIN-ERIC.

As part of the cluster's ongoing development as an information hub and networking platform, there has been a minor rebranding: “Cluster Research Data” has been renamed the “Cluster Research+Data”.

During International Love Data Week, which this year will focus on the question "Where's the data?", the University of Graz will host a full-day event on this topic.

The FAIR & AI Symposium, organised under Cluster Forschungsdaten, brought together a vibrant community of researchers, infrastructure specialists, data stewards, and policy experts to explore one of today’s most pressing intersections: the evolving relationship between FAIR research data and artificial intelligence (AI). Held in the magnificent Aula of TU Graz’ historic main building, the rich program sparked lively discussions on how data management and AI development can advance together in a responsible and sustainable way.