Current: Information on securing endangered research data in NRW
Information and support services in NRW
In response to global political developments and their impact on the storage of research data, the DFG published the "Funding initiative for securing endangered data stocks and data resilience 2025 - 2027" at the end of October 2025. In North Rhine-Westphalia, we already have interlocking infrastructures that can be used in the event of a data backup.
The state initiative fdm.nrw (DE) has set up a central contact point in consultation with the participating infrastructures, which researchers can use to get in touch about further steps for securing endangered data, e.g. from abroad.
All essential information is summarized in the following document. Please forward this information within the university to relevant stakeholders, e.g. researchers or colleagues who work with endangered data.
Managing research data
The e-Science Service team is a joint initiative of the University Library (UB) and the Center for Information and Media Technology (ZIMT). It supports you throughout the entire data life cycle - from planning, collection and documentation to archiving and publication.
Saving research data
Services at the university for storing research data during a project and beyond.
University's own repository FoDaSi
FoDaSi offers the possibility of long-term storage of research data in the university's own management system and making it freely available in accordance with the FAIR principles.
Scientific computing (HPC)
ZIMT operates the OMNI cluster and other computing systems to enable scientists at the University of Siegen to perform scientific computing.
Storage services
ZIMT provides a central infrastructure for file-based storage services.
Cloud
Sciebo is a non-commercial, NRW-wide cloud storage service for research, studies and teaching, operated by universities for universities, to securely synchronize, store and collaboratively share files, with a focus on data security through storage in NRW.