{"id":861,"date":"2023-02-02T13:50:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T12:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/?page_id=861"},"modified":"2026-05-22T10:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:51:19","slug":"competence-unit-for-research-data-and-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/","title":{"rendered":"FAU Competence Center for Research Data and Information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide hero-faculty-other is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column hero-faculty-content-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column hero-faculty-content is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FAU Competence Center for Research Data and Information<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hero-mobile-optional is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"hero-text wp-block-paragraph\">Research Data Management by researchers for researchers<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column hero-faculty-bg-left is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column hero-faculty-bg-right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-dark-theme\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-16905 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/files\/2026\/05\/AdobeStock_422318363_bearbeitet-1024x568.jpeg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/files\/2026\/05\/AdobeStock_422318363_bearbeitet-1024x568.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/files\/2026\/05\/AdobeStock_422318363_bearbeitet-300x166.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/files\/2026\/05\/AdobeStock_422318363_bearbeitet-768x426.jpeg 768w, 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eResearch.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-fau-elemental-fau-meta-headline\" id=\"headline-ffc89ff4-1a56-49dc-9fd1-ada8ff57a132\">News<\/h2>\n\n\n<section class=\"fau-list-item wp-block-fau-elemental-fau-teaser-grid\" id=\"fau-teaser-grid-6ba8bbb0\" aria-label=\"Content grid\" role=\"region\" data-grid-id=\"fau-teaser-grid-6ba8bbb0\" data-custom-block-id=\"fau-teaser-grid-6ba8bbb0\" data-variant=\"post\" data-category=\"0\" data-tags=\"\" data-author=\"0\" data-year=\"0\" data-month=\"0\" data-day=\"0\" data-posts-per-page=\"6\" data-display-style=\"teaser-grid\" data-teaser-layout=\"3m\" data-order-by=\"date\" data-order=\"DESC\" data-heading-level=\"h4\" data-show-pagination=\"false\" data-pagination-type=\"numbers\" data-nonce=\"1a7f28bdeb\" data-current-page=\"1\"><ul class=\"fau-teaser-grid teaser-grid layout-3m\" aria-label=\"Content items\" data-variant=\"post\"><li><a class=\"teaser-item-link teaser-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/en\/2024\/10\/23\/halloween-escape-room-aus-den-klauen-des-forschungsdaten-grauens\/\"><article class=\"post-teaser\" data-variant=\"post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/en\/2024\/10\/23\/halloween-escape-room-aus-den-klauen-des-forschungsdaten-grauens\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-labelledby=\"teaser-title-10355\"><div class=\"teaser-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"teaser-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/files\/2024\/10\/Halloween__QUER_QR.pdf-scaled-e1761134456770-768x402.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"Data (Horror) Escape Room &#8211; no more Fear of Data Management\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/files\/2024\/10\/Halloween__QUER_QR.pdf-scaled-e1761134456770-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/files\/2024\/10\/Halloween__QUER_QR.pdf-scaled-e1761134456770-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/files\/2024\/10\/Halloween__QUER_QR.pdf-scaled-e1761134456770-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/files\/2024\/10\/Halloween__QUER_QR.pdf-scaled-e1761134456770-1536x804.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/files\/2024\/10\/Halloween__QUER_QR.pdf-scaled-e1761134456770-2048x1072.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/files\/2024\/10\/Halloween__QUER_QR.pdf-scaled-e1761134456770-459x240.jpg 459w, https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/files\/2024\/10\/Halloween__QUER_QR.pdf-scaled-e1761134456770-480x251.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/files\/2024\/10\/Halloween__QUER_QR.pdf-scaled-e1761134456770-898x470.jpg 898w\" \/><\/div><div class=\"teaser-meta\"><time datetime=\"2024-10-23 09:47:21\"><span class=\"date-day\">23<\/span><span class=\"date-month-year\">OCT 2024<\/span><\/time><\/div><\/div><div class=\"teaser-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"teaser-content\"><div class=\"content-column\"><span class=\"category\">General<\/span><h4 class=\"clamp-3\" id=\"teaser-title-10355\">Data (Horror) Escape Room &#8211; no more Fear of Data Management<\/h4><div class=\"excerpt clamp-3\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Greetings! Are you interested in unsolved mysteries? Do you like collaborative games and escape rooms? And you may or may not have heard of something called (Research) Data Management? Then you should try the \u201cData (Horror) Escape Room\u201d, developed by VU Amsterdam, Eindhoven University of Technology and Leiden University. We invite you to an online [&hellip;]<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">Greetings! Are you interested in unsolved mysteries? Do you like collaborative games and escape rooms? And you may or may not have heard of something called (Research) Data Management? Then you should try the \u201cData (Horror) Escape Room\u201d, developed by VU Amsterdam, Eindhoven University of Technology and Leiden University. We invite you to an online [&hellip;]<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"button-teaser\"><span class=\"wp-block-button__link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Read more about Data (Horror) Escape Room &#8211; no more Fear of Data Management<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"teaser-item-link teaser-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/en\/2023\/10\/30\/wisski-systems-now-based-on-drupal-10\/\"><article class=\"post-teaser\" data-variant=\"post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/en\/2023\/10\/30\/wisski-systems-now-based-on-drupal-10\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-labelledby=\"teaser-title-3129\"><div class=\"teaser-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"teaser-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/files\/2023\/10\/logo-1.svg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"WissKI systems now based on Drupal 10\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><div class=\"teaser-meta\"><time datetime=\"2023-10-30 14:11:52\"><span class=\"date-day\">30<\/span><span class=\"date-month-year\">OCT 2023<\/span><\/time><\/div><\/div><div class=\"teaser-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"teaser-content\"><div class=\"content-column\"><span class=\"category\">General<\/span><h4 class=\"clamp-3\" id=\"teaser-title-3129\">WissKI systems now based on Drupal 10<\/h4><div class=\"excerpt clamp-3\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">CDI hosts Drupal-based WissKI systems for scientists as part of the FAUWissKICloud. At the beginning of November, support for Drupal 9 ends. After several months of work, the migration to Drupal 10 and PHP 8.1 is finally complete. These updates include all WissKI Distillery-based systems at https:\/\/wisski.data.fau.de\/ as well as systems created as part of [&hellip;]<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">CDI hosts Drupal-based WissKI systems for scientists as part of the FAUWissKICloud. At the beginning of November, support for Drupal 9 ends. After several months of work, the migration to Drupal 10 and PHP 8.1 is finally complete. These updates include all WissKI Distillery-based systems at https:\/\/wisski.data.fau.de\/ as well as systems created as part of [&hellip;]<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"button-teaser\"><span class=\"wp-block-button__link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Read more about WissKI systems now based on Drupal 10<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-fau-elemental-fau-meta-headline\" id=\"headline-5d5d11b0-5e3a-4897-9a38-c1f42bcd5f6d\">Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:forschungsdaten@fau.de\">forschungsdaten@fau.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-fau-elemental-fau-meta-headline\" id=\"headline-ef3533b4-8458-428d-9efe-b10c3099d19f\">Links<\/h2>\n\n\n<section class=\"fau-list-item wp-block-fau-elemental-fau-teaser-grid\" id=\"fau-teaser-grid-9f2250b7\" aria-label=\"Content grid\" role=\"region\" data-grid-id=\"fau-teaser-grid-9f2250b7\" data-custom-block-id=\"fau-teaser-grid-9f2250b7\" data-variant=\"page\" data-category=\"0\" data-tags=\"\" data-author=\"0\" data-year=\"0\" data-month=\"0\" data-day=\"0\" data-posts-per-page=\"6\" data-display-style=\"teaser-grid\" data-teaser-layout=\"2s-left\" data-order-by=\"date\" data-order=\"DESC\" data-heading-level=\"h4\" data-show-pagination=\"false\" data-pagination-type=\"numbers\" data-nonce=\"1a7f28bdeb\" data-current-page=\"1\"><ul class=\"fau-teaser-grid teaser-grid layout-2s layout-2s-left\" aria-label=\"Content items\" data-variant=\"page\"><li><a class=\"teaser-item-link teaser-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/en\/services\/\"><article class=\"page-teaser\" data-variant=\"page\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/en\/services\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-labelledby=\"teaser-title-936\"><div class=\"teaser-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"teaser-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/wp-content\/themes\/FAU-Elemental\/assets\/images\/Default_FAU_Schloss_blau.webp\" alt=\"Support and Services\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><time datetime=\"2023-03-16 00:00:05\" class=\"date-meta-hidden\" data-created=\"2023-03-16 00:00:05\" data-modified=\"2024-04-09 14:56:53\"><\/time><\/div><div class=\"teaser-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"teaser-content\"><div class=\"content-column\"><h4 class=\"clamp-3\" id=\"teaser-title-936\">Support and Services<\/h4><div class=\"excerpt clamp-3\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">The CDI develops and operates various services in partnership with the University Library, the Erlangen Regional Computing Center (RRZE), the Medical Center for Information and Communication Technology (MIK) and researchers at FAU. The services cover the entire spectrum of research data management, from advice on applications to the handling of research data during the project [&hellip;]<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">The CDI develops and operates various services in partnership with the University Library, the Erlangen Regional Computing Center (RRZE), the Medical Center for Information and Communication Technology (MIK) and researchers at FAU. The services cover the entire spectrum of research data management, from advice on applications to the handling of research data during the project [&hellip;]<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"button-teaser\"><span class=\"wp-block-button__link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Read more about Support and Services<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"teaser-item-link teaser-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/en\/informationen\/glossary\/\"><article class=\"page-teaser\" data-variant=\"page\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/en\/informationen\/glossary\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-labelledby=\"teaser-title-962\"><div class=\"teaser-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"teaser-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cdi.fau.de\/wp-content\/themes\/FAU-Elemental\/assets\/images\/Default_FAU_Schloss_blau.webp\" alt=\"A-Z Glossary Research Data\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><time datetime=\"2023-03-22 13:39:04\" class=\"date-meta-hidden\" data-created=\"2023-03-22 13:39:04\" data-modified=\"2024-04-09 10:39:07\"><\/time><\/div><div class=\"teaser-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"teaser-content\"><div class=\"content-column\"><h4 class=\"clamp-3\" id=\"teaser-title-962\">A-Z Glossary Research Data<\/h4><div class=\"excerpt clamp-3\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\"><\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"button-teaser\"><span class=\"wp-block-button__link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Read more about A-Z Glossary Research Data<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-fau-elemental-fau-meta-headline\" id=\"headline-9c6d849a-d765-4203-b6ef-e354da1dec50\">Upcoming events<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"rrze-calendar\"><ul class=\"events-list\"><li class=\"event-item\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Event\"><div class=\"event-date\"><div class=\"day-month\"><div class=\"day\">12<\/div><div class=\"month\">Jun<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"event-info\"><div class=\"event-time\">10:00 &ndash; 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