Dear NFDI4Microbiota community,

This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for the Flex Fund Call for Proposals is three weeks away. The call is open from June 10^th to August 7^th 2024.

What is the aim of the Flex Funds?

The NFDI4Microbiota consortium aims to realize the dynamic adaptation of services and support of further data types, development of new training programs, and improvement of the ability to react to unforeseen technical challenges. Therefore, within the NFDI4Microbiota project work, flexible funding (so called ‘Flex Funds’) for small projects within the research community are available for the years 2023 to 2026. To implement a dynamic system that stays on track with new trends in the field, the Flex Funds will support small projects from the community and active Use Cases.

What are eligible topics?

Eligible topics are as follows:

· Data Brokerage

· Workflow development

· Data storage and workflow execution

· Infrastructure/Services

· Training

· Community engagement and outreach

· Establishment of local data stewards

· Use Case connection or an active Use Case

· Deposition of high quality data sets in public repositories

Details on the eligible topics, further information on the call and the procedure can be found on the NFDI4Microbiota web portal.