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.

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.

The next event in the webinar series "Research Data Management in Austria" will focus on the topic "OMERO – A Platform for Image Data Management".

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.

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.

The annual project meeting of “Shared RDM” took place at Graz University of Technology from September 23 to 24. The focus was on how cooperation between universities can be continued on a sustainable basis even after the official end of the project.

On September 8 and 9, the University of Vienna invited Austrian and international guests to an open science exchange.

The second edition of the Conference on Research Data Infrastructure (CoRDI) brought together national and international experts in Aachen from August 26 to 28, 2025. The venue was the C.A.R.L. lecture hall center at RWTH Aachen University. The event offered a diverse program of keynotes, presentations, poster sessions, and a “market of opportunities”—all united under the guiding principle of generating more knowledge through the effective use of research data.

Members of Graz University of Technology and TU Wien participated in this year's partner workshop in Hamburg as part of the InvenioRDM community—a dynamic and collaborative event that drives the future of InvenioRDM.

On February 17-19, our colleagues Andrés Tabima, Valentin Futterer (both TU Wien) and Laura Thaci (TU Graz) presented their work at the International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC) in The Hague.