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• Core Motivation
• of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
  (BMBF)
• - push a modern (virtual) research infrastructure
  in Germany
• Notes from 01.04.08
• Funding of infrastructure is an enduring
  process the responsibility is not yet defined
• -gt funding of projects
• actual running projects
• TextGrid, D-Spin, eAQUA
• considering ESFRI roadmap and projects (CLARIN,
  DARIAH et al.)

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• Evaluation and recommendation
• by the German Council of Science and Humanities
  (Wissenschaftsrat)
• Launched in January 2008
• Draft of an experts report November 2009
• Main topic which infrastructure must a scientist
  have in the future for an excellent research
• Fields Social Science (RatSWD und SOEP)
• Humanities
• Recommendation identifying appropriate
  infrastructures and the way to them by
  considering the international and especially the
  European situation

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Core Question What is the best way to support
ones subject area?- it seems that those
projects are outstanding successful which are
initiated out of the subjects and academics
with their specific business and needs-
Helpful overview of state of the art and
activities in the humanities- Situation of the
small academics draft of a mapping
http//www.hrk.de/de/brennpunkte/4013.php
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• Possibly planned announcement for eHumanities
• by Dep. 722
• - in obedience of the activities and developments
  in the scientific sector
• - as many information out of the projects to
  specify an announcement
• Conclusion BMBF is still in a phase of
  orientation!