Cooperation is a central building block for our research and development activities. We rely on international scientific exchange, strong specialist communities and scientific and economic connectivity. Together we develop, test and verify strategies, solutions and products for science. We use the insights and results gained in our service portfolio - forward-looking and reliable for our customers.

ArCHOThe research cooperation between the research program “History of the Max Planck Society” (GMPG) based at the Max Planck Institiute for History of Science in Berlin and the Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG) has the goal of creating the scientific concepts and requirements for building a sustainable infrastructure that enables the long-term archiving of research data. Learn more
European Persistent Identifier Consortium (for eResearch) (EPIC)The European Persistent Identifier Consortium (EPIC) was founded in 2009. It currently has nine members who are committed to the development and operation of infrastructures in the field of persistent identifiers, or PID for short. The GWDG is a founding member. Learn more
Göttingen eResearch Alliance (eRA)The Göttingen eResearch Alliance is a dedicated research supporting unit for the Göttingen Campus. Learn more
HeKKSaGOnThe German-Japanese university consortium HeKKSaGOn is an alliance of the Universities Göttingen and Heidelberg and the Karlsruher Institute of Technologie (KIT) with three Japanese universities: Kyoto University, Osaka University and Tohoku University in Sendai. Learn more
Humanities Data Centre (HDC)The Humanities Data Centre (HDC) provides a sustainable storage and presentation of digital research in the humanities and enables its networking and subsequent use. Learn more
MIT BioMANThe collaboration among MIT BioMAN, GWDG and industrial partner Sartorius aims to deepen the understanding of certain chemical compounds – the so-called Extractables & Leachables (E&L). Learn more
National Reserach Data Infrastructure (NFDI)The National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) aims to improve the infrastructure for research data and ensure Germany’s data sovereignty. The GWDG is participating with infrastructure and service offerings as well as expertise. Learn more about the different consortia and our involvement. Learn more
NFDI4BiodiversityNFDI4Biodiversity is a consortium under the umbrella of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) dedicated to the mobilising biodiversity and environmental data for collective use. Learn more
NFDIxCSNational Research Data Infrastructure for and with Computer Science Learn more
Text+Development of a distributed infrastructure for speech language and text data Learn more