Persistent identifiers (PIDs) play a key role in the FAIR (re)use of research data and are not without reason mentioned explicitly in the FAIR principles: F1. (Meta)data are assigned a globally unique and persistent identifier. Research data should be Accessible,
RIS Synergy establishes the foundation for an Austrian research portal, on the one hand by implementing standardised interfaces between Austrian funding organisations and universities, and on the other hand by undertaking a concept study. In this concept study, we compile
At the invitation of the Policy Committee on Research, we presented the Research Data Cluster and its goals and tasks to the Vice Rectors of Research of all Austrian universities on 15 November 2021. This presentation included the three projects
The projects funded by the BMBWF for the “Digital and Social Transformation” call gave a status update as part of a workshop of the Policy Committee on Digitalization (uniko – Universities Austria). We presented RIS Synergy by means of a
The interface for the exchange of financial project data for the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) went live in July 2021. Until 30 September 2021, universities could transmit the 2020 annual project accounting data for §27 projects using the new interface
On September 2 and 3, 2021, after a project period of one and a half years, the first face-to-face meeting finally took place in order to deepen the previous, very productive online collaboration. The aim of the meeting was the
On September 2nd and 3rd, the RIS Synergy project meeting will take place at the TU Wien, which will be held in person for the first time since the start of the project in March 2020 due to corona. Cooperation
The “Programme Information” team will implement the first component in the implementation phase of the project. The aim is to exchange data on submission options between funding organisations and universities. Essential data on funding programmes (and on calls and current
During the analysis phase, we surveyed, coordinated and documented a consolidated funding and project process. All project partners (funding organisations and research institutions) participated in establishing this process. The process illustrates the order in which data exchange happens throughout the
In a meeting on 15 March 2021, we officially launched Subproject 2: Concept Study for a Research Portal. Presenting a first survey of other national research portals offered first insights into the topic. At the moment, each project partner is
We prioritised the previously defined use case groups (UCGs) in online voting and thus determined the most urgent UCGs as pilots for implementation. In an online follow-up meeting with all project partners, we defined five new working groups that now
Each working group presented its results of the analysis phase in an online project meeting with approx. 50 participants of all 14 project partners, taking place on 27 January 2021. Before the meeting, each working group’s results had been formatted