2026-06-17

Do you have an AAI-specific use case that you need support to implement? Then this is your chance. The IAM4NFDI project has planned so-called incubator cycles to be able to react flexibly to the wishes of future users. With the incubator cycles you can bring in your ideas and needs for the NFDI-AAI and, thus, help shape its development.

The next incubator cycle starts on August 1st, 2026 and they hereby call for applications. Please note the submission deadline is July 13, 2026. 

What do you have to do?

1. Please look at the attached description of the process
2. Completely fill out the template provided in the process description, describe your incubator project idea and send it to the service by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
3. Present your idea to the Main Incubator Board (MIB) on July 30, 2026 (details to follow) in 5 minutes and answer any remaining questions. Please send the team the presentation afterwards.
4. Your support and participation in the implementation of the incubator cycle is essential – please, plan for this and ensure that you can contribute during the period before submitting your idea.

Please also have a look at their website if you have any further questions about the IAM4NFDI project. You can also find more detailed information in their presentation at the NFDITalk.

IAM4NFDI checks all submissions and, if necessary, reserve them for following incubator cycles. The selection of incubator projects is made in consultation with Base4NFDI and depending on their available capacities. If you have already submitted an idea in one of the last cycles and received feedback that you have been earmarked for the next round, you do not have to submit your idea again - if it has not changed.

They will let you know by July 23, 2026, whether your incubator project idea can be implemented in the next cycle.

2026-06-08

Welcome to the 12th Base4NFDI newsletter!
Every two months we will share the latest updates about upcoming Base-relevant events and presentations, insights into the basic service development, and notify you about interesting resources to keep you informed and inspired. 
Thank you for your support this year and being part of our community. 

 Meet us

• PID4NFDI Workshop: Building Confidence with Research Metadata at Scale, Jun. 15, 2006, 10 am-12 pm, online
• 5th Text+ Plenary 2026, Jun. 15-16​, 2026, Mannheim
• FAIRmat Project Meeting, Jun. 17-19, 2026, Berlin
• Base4NFDI Fireside Chat Interview with Rosie Hicks, Jun. 18​, 2026, 10h CEST, online
• IAM4NFDI Community Workshop, Jun. 18​, 2026, 2-5 pm, online via Zoom.
• Data4Society: 10th Conference on Social and Economic Data, Jun. 22-23​, 2026, Berlin

Brief updates from the basic services

• IAM4NFDI
  
  • IAM4NFDI published the Deliverable 1.5.int: Updated VO Concept – A Case Study on the Implementation of Advanced Requirements for Access Management on Zenodo.
  • The service has published their Integration Phase Achievements on the Base4NFDI website.
  • IAM4NFDI has planned an online Community Workshop for June 18, 2-5 pm. Participate to learn about practical solutions like Virtual Organisations (VOs) and integration scenarios around AcademicID, didmos, RegApp, Unity, and InfraProxy — and exchange experiences with others across the NFDI landscape. No registration required – you can join the meeting directly via Zoom.

• TS4NFDI
  • TS4NFDI submitted a proposal for the Ramp-up Phase on 22 April.
  • A success story from TS4NFDI and the repository RADAR is now published on the NFDI website.

• PID4NFDI
  • On April 22, PID4NFDI submitted its proposal for the Ramp-up phase, receiving a strong 69% approval from the consortia. While this demonstrates substantial backing, it missed the 75% threshold required to move on in the Basic-Service process. The threshold is designed to measure relevance across almost all communities. As many NFDI participants already rely on existing PID-related solutions and practices, additional support through a Basic Service was not viewed as sufficiently urgent by a large-enough group. This outcome should not be seen as a reflection of the initiative’s outstanding contributions, many of which are already broadly used within NFDI. Base4NFDI has greatly appreciated this collaboration that will continue until the end of 2026. While PID4NFDI cannot proceed to become a Basic Service, the results it has already produced will support the communities that still need the help PID4NFDI provided. More information on these reusable results will be shared after finishing their Integration phase. As already announced, Base4NFDI is currently developing a new flexible, modular model to offer targeted support and smaller-scale funding. Base4NFDI warmly invites the PID4NFDI team to stay involved by submitting smaller work packages under this new framework which will be shared with more details later this month.
  • Join the PID metadata online workshop on June 15, 2026 from 10-12h CEST! PID4NFDI brings together beginners and experienced practitioners to explore how DOI metadata can be queried, assessed, and put to work using the DataCite API — turning everyday institutional questions into concrete, reproducible insights. Programme and link to register
  • PID4NFDI has held an NFDITalk on 18 May 2026 to introduce their PID4NFDI Service Components. You can find the recording on Youtube.
  • On June 4, PID4NFDI organised a community workshop on IGSN use cases to gather feedback on the upcoming guidelines and supporting materials for using IGSNs within NFDI. If you would like to provide feedback and review the material, you can find all relevant information and discussion points in this online pad.
  • PID4NFDI will participate in the PIDfest, which will take place in Leiden, the Netherlands, from October 27 to 29, 2026.

• KGI4NFDI
  • The basic service proposal from KGI4NFDI has been accepted for funding of the Integration phase following the Consortia Assembly’s decision. The Integration phase will start later in Summer 2026.
  • Consulting sessions for the service will run throughout the summer – every third Wednesday of the month at 3 PM. For meeting information check out the service website.
  • The team was invited to present the service – and its Integration proposal – at the last NFDI4DataScience Consortium meeting. The community’s feedback included balancing between the different community requirements represented in the KGI Registry – in terms of (metadata) breadth and depth – and potential generalizability, as well as validation considerations for the KGs that are part of this registry.

• DMP4NFDI
  • The DMP4NFDI Training Guideline – How to Plan and Run a Workshop on Data Management Plans is now available on Zenodo.
  • The 2nd Call for Incubators closed at the end of April. 4 new Incubator Projects will start in July with focus on Service Integration, DMP Template Development and Support for Outreach & Training (updates will follow in the next newsletter(s)). Check all projects on the team’s incubator dashboard
  • On 28 and 29 May, the RDMO Hackathon took place at the University of Bremen, organised by GFBio. The DMP4NFDI team took part in the Hackathon. The various working groups focused, among other things, on the integration of Software Management Plans and the NFDI DMP Template Framework. Other topics covered included AI skills and the use of AI agents, improving export functions for views from RDMO, and complex attribute mapping. In doing so, the DMP4NFDI team was not only able to take away important learnings from but also to contribute significantly to the experience of working with the consortia on DMPs and RDMO.

• Jupyter4NFDI
  • Jupyter4NFDI presented their service in a Demo Session on May 5. The recording of the session is now online on Youtube.

• RDMTraining4NFDI
  • The basic service proposal from RDMTraining4NFDI has been accepted for funding of the Integration phase following the Consortia Assembly’s decision. RDMTraining4NFDI’s Integration phase will start in August 2026. Until then the basic service will not be able to carry out any operational activities. Requests still can be sent via their mailing lists. They will be addressed as soon as possible once the basic services resumes. Thank you for your understanding.
  • The RDMTraining4NFDI Report on the evaluation of certification types and processes is published on Zenodo.
  • The service has published the Concept of the RDMTraining4NFDI Hybrid Event on Research Data Management for NFDI Consortia on Zenodo.
  • Apologies – due to technical difficulties, the RDMT4NFDI demo session on April 14 could not be completed. The team will host another session in autumn for their Integration phase. RDMTraining4NFDI has presented their results of the Initialisation Phase at the section EduTrain and published their presentation slides and speaker notes on Zenodo.
  • The service has published their Initialisation Phase Achievements on the Base4NFDI website.

• Accounting4NFDI
  • Accounting4NFDI has published their Initialisation proposal on Zenodo.

Publications and related materials

• Base4NFDI has conducted a virtual workshop on 23 April 2026 with representatives of NFDI consortia and team members of Base4NFDI’s basic services to discuss how to integrate a basic service, what resources are needed, and what challenges the integration can entail. A summary of the event can be found on Zenodo.
• If you need some presentation materials of Base4NFDI, feel free to use our updated presentation materials on Zenodo.

Miscellaneous

• The deadline for the next proposal submission (Round 12 – last one for this year) is due 22 July 2026. More information about the submission process here. Due to the limited funding availability: Until further notice, no new proposals can be submitted to Base4NFDI. Projects that, as of April 2026, are funded in their initialisation or integration phases may submit a proposal for the next phase, depending on the successful completion of their current phase. Priority will be given to the progress of current integration projects into their ramp-up phases.
• The recording of our last Fireside Conversation with Michael Schull (Digital Research Alliance of Canada) is now online on Youtube. Don’t miss our next talk with Rosie Hicks (Australian Research Data Commons) on 18 June 2026 at 10h CEST (8h UTC +2). Register here.

Collaborations

• New frontend of Infra Proxy implemented in collaboration (SER, Jupyter+IAM) Jupyter4NFDI was the first Basic Service to implement IAM4NFDI’s NFDI Infrastructure Proxy for the service login, enabling any community or consortium connected to the NFDI-AAI to use the service. In collaboration with IAM4NFDI, Jupyter4NFDI, and the relevant Base4NFDI Service Stewards, the proxy’s frontend was customized to improve user-friendliness. Access is now available either by selecting the appropriate consortium or via the guest access option. The integration of AcademicID will follow shortly, allowing all four existing IAM4NFDI Community AAI solutions and their connected consortia to be used for login. Concurrently, a user study was launched to gather feedback on the login process.

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