RIS Synergy, a project funded by the BMBWF as part of the ‘Digital and Social Transformation in Higher Education’ call, has come to an end after a period of 4 years and 10 months. Around 80 participants attended the final event, taking place on 5 March 2025 at TUtheSky, with a project presentation, panel discussion and a festive conclusion.

As part of the RIS Synergy subproject 2, a concept study on a national research portal for Austria was conducted and has now been published.

On Tuesday, 19th November, 2024, the last RIS Office of the project period took place at TU Wien. Over the past few years, the RIS Office proved itself as a tried-and-tested co-working mode: Once a month, different partner institutions invited the project team to come visit and work together.

On 10th and 11th October, another RIS Synergy consortium meeting took place at the University of Vienna. The meeting’s focal points were the concept study for a national research portal and the consolidation of RIS Synergy’s project results.

In collaboration with expert representatives of different portals, RIS Synergy produced a screencast about national and regional research portals.

This year’s EARMA Conference took place 23-25 April in Odense, Denmark. Representatives of the project consortium introduced an international audience to the RIS Synergy interfaces and the concept study for a national research portal.