On 4 July 2025, the German Council for Information Infrastructures (RfII) published a new position paper entitled "Performance in Responsibility". In it, the committee calls for a common vision and reliable responsibilities for the organisation of research-enabling information infrastructures in Germany.
Key points include the sustainable organisation of funding structures, better interaction between central components such as AI, high-performance computing and research software, as well as prudent political coordination. The RfII sees a particular need for action in the commitment to the long-term operation of federated data infrastructures such as the NFDI.
In order to overcome individual project-based solutions, the RfII also proposes a staged funding procedure, whereby greater use should also be made of the constitutional scope for joint tasks of the federal and state governments in science, research and information security.
The full position paper (German) is available as a PDF download at the bottom of this page.
You can find a corresponding press release from the RfII here: To the press release (German)