Guidelines - Pilot

FAQ

Note: The first round of pilots is closed. The guidelines here are meant as a preparation for the next call, which is subject to the DFG Funding of NFDI4Earth and will be launched in 2023. Stay tuned !

How to apply for a NFDI4Earth Pilot?

The aim of the Earth System Science Pilots in the NFDI4Earth is to contribute to a broad, sustainable, and innovative development of the consortium. Pilots serve, for instance, for requirements engineering in the different task areas. The extent of a pilot should not exceed 1 person-year.

• Proposals for pilots will be evaluated in an open review process. Both the proposals and the anonymous reviews will be made accessible. By submitting a proposal, you as PI agree to an open access evaluation of the proposal.
  
• Criteria for the evaluation of the pilots will be in equal parts (scored on a 5 points scale for each criterion):

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  Quality and Innovation (relevance beyond state-of-the-art) 
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  Feasibility (leveraging existing technologies)
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  Potential for engaging a broad user community (also potential for linking scientific users and information infrastructures)
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  Potential for integration into the NFDI4Earth (relevance to the NFDI4Earth as whole e.g. in terms of contributing to a measure like education, interoperability, archiving, and clearly addressing relevant aspects of the research data life cycle)

• It is important to note that the selected set of pilots must represent a broad range of disciplines within the Earth System Sciences. Hence, pilots may be selected that score a bit lower than others on the criteria mentioned above in order to cover a wider range of disciplines and interrelations.
• Submissions should follow the template below - text must contain proper references and links where appropriate.
• Pilots must be described as short as possible and not exceed 4 pages. However, we will not exclude anyone who does not exactly respect the constraints. But precise wording is what counts.

Note: If the submitted pilot proposal is successful, the applicant agrees

• that the PIs parent institution will be named as participant (with the PI as representative) of the NFDI4Earth,
• that a letter of commitment is provided in due time (due to DFG regulations the letter has to be signed by your institution),
  
• that the person submitting the pilot will support the proposal writing process as it will be requested by the NFDI4Earth editorial team

Also note: The submission is subject to a review process and does not guarantee any funding!