Infrastruktureinrichtungen in Forschungsprojekten – Spagat oder Chance?

Research projects and infrastructure facilities at universities today face special challenges: on the one hand, an orientation towards supra-regional standard services is required. On the other hand, many projects require research-related services that allow for constructive, adapted and rapid assistance. The initiatives for a National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) or National High Performance Computing (NHR) promise solutions to this balancing act, but strong support structures and low-threshold services at the respective universities remain necessary. A change in peoples’ minds is also central to this process: new professional fields with a corresponding culture of recognition and incentive structures, the willingness to react flexibly and agilely to requirements, and the establishment of an enabling culture in which researchers and infrastructure facilities meet at eye level are prerequisites for actively shaping the change towards optimal research support.