Current projects
AI4VET4AI - AI-powered Next Generation of VET
Duration:
June 2023 - June 2027
AV-EFI - Automated interlocking system for audiovisual holdings via uniform film identifiers
In the AV-EFI project, a cross-institutional, web-based system is being developed and tested, with Persistent Identifiers (PID) in a central role. This system will serve to identify and link films, their versions and data objects from heterogeneous collections.
Duration:
November 2023 – October 2025
Base4NFDI - Basic Services for the National Research Data Infrastructure
The National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) creates a digital knowledge repository, enhancing data access and reuse across disciplines. Base4NFDI develops cross-disciplinary services to improve research data management and networking in Germany.
Duration:
March 2023 – February 2028
BITS - BluePrints for the Integration of Terminology Services in Earth System Sciences
A Terminology Service (TS) will be established at the TIB for subfields of Earth System Science and integrated into two data repositories (DKRZ and SGN). The experience will be used to create blueprints for connecting other repositories to the TS
Duration:
July 2023 – Juny 2026
CRAFT-OA - Creating a Robust Accessible Federated Technology for Open Access
Advancement of institutional publishing services within the diamond open access model
Duration:
January2023 – December 2025
DALIA - Knowledge base for "FAIR data usage and supply"
Development of an Open Educational Content Recommendation system (as a knowledge base) in the field of Research Data Management (RDM)
Duration:
November 2022 – October 2025
DigiBound - DigiBound - Development, evaluation, and implementation of a modular training concept for the promotion of Boundary Management as a self-regulation competency in children and adolescents
The aim is to develop a modular training program designed to promote boundary management as a digital competence in students. The training will be co-created with the target group and published as OER.
Duration:
April 2025 – March 2028
DigiUni - Digital university - Open ukrainian initiative
DigiUni aims to develop an open digital education environment for Ukrainian universities. The project emphasises the importance of digitalization for the continuity and success of educational institutions in Ukraine. It seeks to leverage European universities’ experience in developing integrated digital solutions and to foster cooperation between Ukrainian and European partners.
Duration:
December 2023 – November 2027
DiNaMo - Digitalisation for Sustainable Mobility
Exploring the potential and barriers associated with attending virtual conferences. The goal is to develop a service package to assist organisers in understanding, planning and running virtual conferences.
Duration:
September 2023 – August 2026
DIPONI - Digital transformation in polymer processing: interoperability and machine learning solutions to optimize processes and increase sustainability in the industrial environment
DIPONI digitizes the rubber life cycle, uses AI to control the manufacturing process and minimizes waste through early material testing - for greater resource efficiency and CO₂ savings in the rubber industry.
Duration:
May 2025 – April 2029
EOSC EDEN - Enhancing Digital preservation strategies at European and National level
The EU-funded EOSC EDEN project aims to develop a framework to identify data candidates for long-term preservation through assessments of use, quality, and benefits. It also plans the creation of a reappraisal model to periodically re-evaluate candidates as well as the development and testing of prototype services and tools for the curation and long-term archiving of research data from various disciplines.
Duration:
January 2025 – December 2027
FAIR2Adapt - FAIR to Adapt to Climate Change
FAIR2Adapt strengthens climate resilience across Europe through efficient knowledge sharing and reuse, enabling the development of scientific and comprehensive climate adaptation strategies.
Duration:
January 2025 – December 2027
FID Materials Science - Scientific Information Service for Materials Science
The goal is to develop and sustainably establish the specialised information service as a supraregional, central MatWerk portal.
Duration:
2024 - 2027
FID move - Specialised Information Service for Mobility and Transport Research
In the Specialised Information Service for Mobility and Transport Research - FID move for short - the TIB Hannover has been working together with project partner SLUB Dresden since 2018 to develop a customised, reliable and user-friendly service offering for researchers in mobility and transport research. The aim is to support researchers throughout the entire research cycle and to establish FID move as a central point of contact for the transport research community
Duration:
July 2024 - June 2027
GESAH+ - Digitisation and specialist indexing of the graphic stocks of the collection of architect Albrecht Haupt
In the GESAH+ project, the digitisation and indexing of the Albrecht Haupt Collection is being continued. The aim is to make this important collection digitally available to the public. The cataloguing tool TIB SAH digital will be further expanded.
Duration:
February 2023 – January 2026
GROBI - Graphical Observatories for Bibliometrical Analyses
Observatories are being developed as reusable open source infrastructures for bibliometric monitoring in various scenarios, with a focus on easier access to bibliometric analyses and visualisations.
Duration:
January 2025 – June 2027
IDAHO - IDentificAtion of hurdles to open access publishing for researchers with weak institutional ties - epistemic injustice in scientific publishing
IDAHO identifies barriers and hurdles to OA publishing for researchers with weak institutional ties, assesses the impact of OA journal policies and identifies ways to remove the hurdles.
Duration:
September 2023 – August 2025
InArbeit - Intelligenter Arbeitsmarkt? Auswirkungen der KI-Transformation auf Berufe, Branchen und Regionen
The Intelligent Labour Market? project aims to capture the changes in the labour market based on AI demand in occupations, sectors and regions and thus to investigate the employment effects of the AI transformation.
Duration:
2023 - 2025
InSuKa - Intelligent search engine for finding optimized rubber compounds
Development of a digital InSuKa app for the rubber industry to increase the efficiency of material and production development along the manufacturing process of elastomer products.
Duration:
June 2023 – May 2026
Interactive Data Exchange - Interactive data exchange between research data repositories by means of knowledge graphs in Lower Saxony - A feasibility study
The networking of existing research data sets from digital data repositories in Lower Saxony that are subject to a re-use license by means of knowledge graphs will significantly improve the re-usability of these data and make new knowledge (discoverable)
Joint Lab of HsH and TIB - Initial funding Joint Lab Future Libraries & Research Data
Activities in research, development and teaching on “Future Libraries & Research Data” will be carried out in the Joint Lab of HsH and TIB Hannover, which was founded in 2023.
Duration:
March 2023 – December 2025
KIViPro - Promoting and learning Artificial-intelligence-supported scientific video production
KiViPro is a modular training programme for video production using AI. The programme enables (young) scientists, (university) lecturers and teachers to efficiently create, edit and publish knowledge videos in the sense of co-design.vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
Duration:
1 August 2024 – 31 January 2026
KOALA-AV - Building, expanding and anchoring consortial open access solutions
KOALA-AV is dedicated to establishing consortial funding models for APC-free Open Access publishing ("Diamond Open Access"). In this way, it supports the sustainable anchoring of science-friendly alternatives to fee-based publishing.
Duration:
September 2023 – October 2025
KOMET - Collaborative enrichment of the metadata commons to foster a diverse OA ecosystem
The KOMET project promotes the transformation of science towards a diverse and participatory OA culture by supporting independent, oftentimes scholar-led OA journals in professionalising their metadata processes.
Duration:
September 2023 – August 2025
Leibniz AI Academy - Hybrid Micro-Degrees for Academic Training
Development and establishment of a transcurricular, cross-disciplinary micro-degree program "Leibniz AI Academy" at Leibniz Universität Hannover (LUH)
Duration:
Devember 2021 – November 2025
LL SYSTAIN - Leibniz Lab Systemic Sustainability
Central knowledge and consulting hub on issues of biodiversity, climate, agriculture and nutrition in the Leibniz Lab ”Systemic Sustainability”. The focus is on the complex question: How can we effectively protect biodiversity and the climate and at the same time achieve resilient agriculture to ensure food security?
Duration:
April 2024 - März 2027
Mehr-OA - Benefits of open access for data-driven research and development – finding, comparing and linking open access publications more easily
Illustrate the benefits of Open Access for individual researchers.
Advance machine-supported reuse of openly accessible scientific knowledge.
Interlink open scientific knowledge with data, patents, instruments, and other information.
Use the potential of open-access repositories for publishing innovative publications formats.
Duration:
September 2023 – August 2026
NFDI4Chem - Chemistry consortium with the National Research Data Infrastructure NFDI
The aim of NFDI4Chem is to build an open and FAIR infrastructure for research data management in chemistry
Duration:
October 2020 – September 2025
NFDI4Culture - Consortium for research data on material and immaterial cultural heritage
NFDI4Culture aims to improve the research data infrastructure in the fields of musicology, art history and architecture, performance, theater, film and media studies together with the respective scientific communities.
Duration:
October 2020 - September 2025
NFDI4Earth - NFDI Consortium Earth System Sciences
NFDI4Earth is a community-driven process providing researchers with FAIR, coherent, and open access to all relevant Earth System data, to innovative research data management and data science methods.
Duration:
January 2022 - December 2026
NFDI4Ing - National Research Data Infrastructure for Engineering Sciences
NFDI4Ing aims to create a common environment for the secure management and re-use of engineering research data. For this purpose, so-called archetypes were defined within a bottom-up process, which describe the research methods and processes used in the engineering sub-disciplines.
Duration:
October 2020 – September 2025
open-access.network 2 - Joint project: Competence and networking platform in the field of Open Access
Creation of information material, organisation of training events and networking opportunities on open access publishing (with a focus on Germany).
Duration:
January 2023 – December 2025
PANTER - Publishing ANalytics TrackER
PANTER establishes an open monitor for funding models, prices, and price developments in the open access journal market.
Duration:
September 2023 – August 2025
PID Network Deutschland - Network for fostering persistent identifiers in science and culture
The aim of the project "PID Network Germany" is to establish a network of already existing and currently emerging actors in research and culture that promotes and consolidates the application, implementation, standardisation and international connectivity of PID systems at local, national and international level.
Duration:
2023 – 2026
PID4NFDI - Persistent Identifier Services for the German National Research Data Infrastructure
PID4NFDI serves to establish a basic service within the NFDI for better integration of Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) into NFDI services.
Duration:
1 January 2025 – 31 December 2026
Remedy - Rights management and provision of sensitive AV media using the example of medical films from the former IWF gGmbH
The goal is to create the conditions for making the medical history films of the former IWF digitally accessible via the TIB AV-Portal.
Duration:
April 2025 – October 2026
Research Data Management Tailored Forming - Vocabulary-oriented research data management for tailored forming process chains
The aim of the INF project is the development of an adapted research data and knowledge management system in the SFB 1153.
Duration:
July 2023 – June 2027 (3rd funding period)
SC4EU - True demand-driven semiconductor supply chains for Europe
The goals of SC4EU project are:
- Mitigation of the chip shortage
- Reduction of bullwhip effect in the semiconductor industry
- True-demand based demand forecast
- Resilient and sustainable semiconductor supply chains
- Promotion of data sharing.
Duration:
Dezember 2023 - November 2026
Train-the-Trainer - Supporting Online Teaching, Promoting Open Education: Train-the-Trainer Program for Student Assistants
The goal of the project is the development and implementation of a continuing education program for student assistants in in Lower Saxony's universities that focuses on the development of open educational materials for online teaching
Duration:
June 2020 – July 2027
Translation Rights - Historische Datenbank zum Übersetzungsmarkt für deutschsprachige Literatur und Literatur auf Deutsch
Literary-historical and statistical research of translations on the basis of open bibliographical metadata in a knowledge graph.
Duration:
2025-2028
TrustKG - A Framework for Knowledge Graphs based on Semantic Integration, Representation, and Curation of Scientific Data to enable Trustable and Interpretable Knowledge Exploration and Discovery
The project will develop computational methods for transforming biomedical data into semantically rich and linked knowledge graphs. These methods will enable interpretable large-scale data integration to empower Artificial Intelligence with semantic descriptions and transparency.
Duration:
October 2021 – September 2026
twillo - OER-portal Lower Saxony
During the second funding period, the project aims to further develop the portal twillo, which supports teaching staff in academia in their creation and compilation of high-quality open educational resources (OER).
Duration:
August 2023 – July 2027
University Journals - Role of University Journals in Scholarly Communication in Academic Publisher Oligopoly Environment
Evaluate university journals' role in scholarly communication, assessing their ability to compete with commercial publishers by analyzing profiles, funding models, and structures. Identify regional differences, challenges, and promote inclusivity and diversity.
Duration:
15 July 2024 – 14 July 2026
ViP@Scale - Visual and Multimodal Patent Search at Scale
The goal of this project is to develop novel deep learning approaches for information extraction from text and images in multimodal patents to improve search in large patent collections.
Duration:
April 2023 – March 2025
WeDi-OGT - Tools and formats for a digitally actionable culture of remembrance - the 'Gestapo.Terror.Places' model
WeDi-OGT researches the crimes of the Gestapo and visualises them on the interactive digital map "Gestapo.Terror.Places". Digital tools are also being developed to support the digital skills of memorial sites and the people involved there.
Duration:
January 2024 - December 2025
- ADAPT - Implementation of an adaptive continuing education support system in the field of nursing
- ADSEE - Applied Data Science Educational Ecosystem
- AtMoDat - Atmospheric model data: Data Quality, Curation Criteria and DOI Branding
- B!SON - Bibliometric and Semantic Open Access Recommender Network
- B!SON NDS - B!SON in Lower Saxony
- BigMedilytics - Big Data for Medical Analytics
- BIPER - Business Informatics Programme Reengineering
- BOOST 4.0 - Big Data Value Spaces for COmpetitiveness of European COnnected Smart FacTories 4.0
- BRIDGE-US - Big Data Made in Germany inspiring the US
- CHOAT-HEP - The opportunities and challenges involved in the national implementation of an international Open Access transition project using the example of high energy physics (CHOAT-HEP)
- CLARIFY - Cancer Long Survivors Artificial Intelligence Follow Up
- CLEOPATRA - Cross-lingual Event-centric Open Analytics Research Academy
- Coding da Vinci Niedersachsen 2020 -
- ConfIDent - A Service for Open Research Information on Conferences
- CoScience - Collaborative research and publishing via the web
- DELFT - The Digitization of the Collection of Ethnological Films
- DiASPora - Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information (BacDive & Semantics)
- DP4lib - Digital Preservation for Libraries
- DURAARK - DURAble ARchitectural Knowledge
- English-language extension of the TIB AV Portal -
- ENVRI-FAIR - ENVironmental Research Infrastructures building Fair services Accessible for society, Innovation and Research
- EUROPEANA MEDIA - Europeana Enhanced Unified Playout Service (EUPS)
- Europeana XX Century of Change -
- ExpResViP - Exploitation of research results through visual patent retrieval
- FAIRIO - FAIR Research Information in Open Infrastructures
- FakeNarratives - Understanding Narratives of Disinformation: a Comparison between Public Service and Alternative News Videos
- FID BAUdigital - Specialised Information Service Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urban Studies digital
- FID Materials Science 1 - Scientific Information Service for Materials Science
- FID Mathematik: Maths Beyond Text - Specialised Information Service Mathematics: Maths Beyond Text
- FID move 2 - Specialised Information Service Mobility and Transport
- FOSTER Book Sprint - Erstellung eines "Open Science Education Handbook" im Rahmen eines von TIB und FOSTER Plus organisierten Book Sprints
- Further development of linked open data services -
- GESAH - Digitisation and specialist indexing of the Individual Graphic Sheets of the Collection of Architect Albrecht Haupt
- GESAH – Garden Design - Indexing of horticultural prints from the Albrecht Haupt Collection
- iART - An interactive analysis and retrieval tool for supporting image-oriented research processes
- IASiS - Big Data for Precision Medicine
- ImProVIT - Transforming big data into knowledge: for deep immunoprofiling in vaccination, infectious diseases, and transplantation
- InclusiveOCW - Inclusive, collaborative creation and usage of open courseware in the professional promotion of people with visual impairments
- Knowledge Exchange -
- KOALA - Konsortiale Open-Access-Lösungen aufbauen
- KomFor - Kompetenzzentrum für Forschungsdaten aus Erde und Umwelt
- LaZAR - Web platform for the processing, publication and digital preservation of research data from the regional science
- Leibniz Data Manager (LDM-Explore) - A tool to search and explore digital artefacts across different repositories and evaluate their potential re-use
- LeibnizData - Leibniz Network for Open Research Data
- MediaFutures - Data-driven innovation hub for the media value chain
- Migration of the AV portal to TIB's infrastructure -
- Move&Mint -
- NMC Horizon Report – Library Edition -
- NOA - Reuse of open access media
- NursingAI - Redefining Nursing Skills for AI and robotization in health care
- Oeduverse - Advancing Sustainable Research Careers
- OER-Portal NDS - Development of an OER portal for Lower Saxony
- OGT - Places of Gestapo terror in present-day Lower Saxony
- Open Science VIVO beta - VIVO for Scientific Communities: Open Science VIVO beta
- open-access.network - Competence and networking platform in the field of Open Access
- OPTIMETA - Strengthening the Open Access Publishing System through Open Citations and Spatiotemporal Metadata
- ORCID DE 2 - Consolidation of the ORCID Information Infrastructure in Germany
- OSCAR - Online, open learning recommendations and mentoring towards Sustainable research CAReers
- P4-LUCAT - Personalised Medicine: Multidisciplinary Research Towards Implementation
- PID4NFDI - Persistent Identifier Services for the German National Research Data Infrastructure
- PLATOON - Digital PLAtform and analytics TOOls for eNergy
- PROBADO - Prototypical operation for general documents
- QualiChain - Decentralised Qualifications’ Verification and Management for Learner Empowerment, Education, Reengineering and Public Sector Transformation
- RADAR - Research Data Repository
- Remember Me! - Digitally unlocking memories and places
- ReMO - Researcher Mental Health Observatory
- ROSI - Reference Implementation for Open Scientometric Indicators
- S+T+ARTS Cross-Fertilization - S+T+ARTS Cross-Fertilization Program: Business acceleration guidance for S+T+ARTS projects as part of the S+T+ARTS PRIZE Project - A grand prize for merging science, technology and art
- SALIENT - Search as Learning – Investigating, Enhancing and Predicting Learning during Multimodal Web Search
- SC³ - Semantically Connected Semiconductor Supply Chains
- ScienceGRAPH - Knowledge Graph based Representation, Augmentation and Exploration of Scholarly Communication
- SCOAP³-DH - Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics – German higher education institutions
- SlideWiki -
- Specialised Information Service Mobility and Transport -
- Specialised Information Services for Pharmacy: digital preservation and document delivery -
- STREAM - Semantic representation, networking and curation of quality-assured material data
- TAPIR - Partially Automated Persistent Identifier-based Reporting
- TextTransfer - Korpusgestützte Erkennung von Verwertungsmustern in wissenschaftlichen Texten
- TIB AV-Analytics - Development of a software platform for systematic film and video analysis
- TIB AV-Portal – further developments 2016 -
- TIB AV-Portal – further developments 2017 -
- TIB Labs -
- TIB-FIS-Discovery -
- TIB-Transfer - Development and implementation of a technology transfer concept for research results at the TIB
- TIB-Transfer II - Professionalisation and continuation of the technology transfer concept for research results at the German National Library of Science and Technology
- TOERN - Sharing Open Educational Resources on the National Education Platform
- TrenDTF - Preparation and Analysis of German Research Reports on the Indicators of Research Currentity and Trends
- TRUSTS - Trusted Secure Data Sharing Space
- vascoda 2010 - Developing the central vascoda portal and the subject specific portals in terms of function and content
- VCD-Modul - Integration of a new VCD module into the AV portal
- Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Chemie II - Personalised information services for chemical research and industry
- VisInfo -
- VIVA - Visual information retrieval in video archives
- WBsmart - A smart, AI-based digital further education space for elderly care by means of personalised recommendation systems
- WDAqua - Answering Questions using Web Data
- WikiRemembrance - Researching and remembering National Socialism using participatory platforms such as Wikidata