We are Still Here, too! Research Data Management at Universities of Applied Sciences Approaches From the Project "FDM@HAW.rlp" in the German State Rhineland-Palatinate

The objective of the German non-profit association NFDI (German short form for ”National Research Data Infrastructure”) is to make the data stock of the entire German science system accessible to the public. To do so, it should involve all stakeholders. However, currently the Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) are underrepresented in the NFDI, and there is a danger of neglecting their needs. Therefore, we present the project ”Research Data Management at Universities of Applied Sciences in the State of Rhineland-Palatinate” (FDM@HAW.rlp), which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and financed within the Recovery and Resilience Facility of the European Union. In the project, seven public UAS in Rhineland-Palatinate and the Catholic University of Applied Sciences (CUAS) Mainz follow a common goal: They intend to establish an institutional RDM within a period of three years by building up competencies at the UAS, setting up services for researchers and finding solutions for a common technical infrastructure.