NFDI4Immuno welcomes long-term funding for NFDI and sustainable organization of the consortia

On July 10, 2026, the Joint Science Conference (Gemeinsame Wissenschaftkonferenz, GWK) decided to extend the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) beyond 2029 through 2038. With the new agreement between the Federal and the State level (Bund-Länder Vereinbarung), the NFDI gains a long-term perspective . Furthermore, it will evolve into a more coordinated structure that will deepen to support good research data management practices across Germany. A key element of the future structure is the introduction of scientific sections (“Fachbereiche”), which will further strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration within the NFDI, and promote the development of shared services and standards.

NFDI4Immuno warmly welcomes the GWK decision. Robust research data infrastructures are an essential foundation for scientific excellence and medical progress. Long-term funding for the NFDI enables reliable planning and facilitates the sustainable consolidation of shared services, standards, and research data infrastructures across the life sciences, including the immunological community. NFDI4Immuno will continue to build an innovative Data Hub for sharing FAIR immunological data, while supporting the immunological community with data standards and tools for an open science community.

Together with our BioMed Interest Group partners NFDI4Health, NFDI4Microbiota, NFDI4BIOIMAGE and GHGA, our consortium has jointly issued a statement in support of establishing the scientific section ‘Biomedicine’ (Fachbereich Biomedizin). We envisage this section as a coordination hub for biomedical research data, promoting the exchange of best practices, developing shared services and standards, and strengthening ties with initiatives such as NAKO, NUM and genomDE – while remaining open to further partners within and beyond the NFDI. Together, we aim to enhance collaboration between biomedical infrastructures and jointly address the common challenges involved in the management and use of sensitive biomedical research data.

NFDI4Immuno introduces itself to the global AIRR-community

Experts from the NFDI4Immuno team joined the 8th Adaptive Immune Receptor Repertoire (AIRR)-Community Meeting at Yale University in June 8-11. Not only where the experts there to discuss science but they brought a booth to introduce NFDI4Immuno to the global AIRR community. NFDI4Immuno aims to be a FAIR data hub for AIRR-seq data while also providing services and tools for analyzing it. We are glad, that so many scientist came along and showed interest in our consortia. beyond that, we were learning about the needs and interest in the community for a data hub and it’s services. We will continue to work on this to improve AIRR science in a FAIR manner.

NFDI4Immuno was represented at the 19th Annual Interantional Biocuration Conference

NFDI4Immuno participated in the International Biocuration Conference in Cape Town, a specialist meeting that aligns closely with our mission in data standardisation, biocuration, and FAIR immunological data. Our representative delivered a talk on our current work, which prompted several questions during the session and led to in-depth follow-up conversations with participants afterwards. These interactions with experts from leading international institutes underscored the relevance of NFDI4Immuno’s activities and opened up promising perspectives for future collaborations and broader community engagement