Embedded in the BMBF's website at www.datenportal.bmbf.de, the data portal has been offering online access to statistical data from the BMBF's core areas - research, development and innovation (in close connection with the Federal Report on Research and Innovation - BuFi) and the education sector in combination with contextual structural data on population, labor market and macroeconomics - since 2011.
This involves preparing the data in such a way that it is as comprehensible as possible for non-experts, but still meets the requirements of scientific comprehensibility in order to ensure that the data can be processed accordingly. As such, this data is provided for decision-makers and researchers in the field of politics, administration, science and and the economy, but also for the interested public. It is therefore part of the federal government's Open Data Initiative for the research and education landscape in Germany. The number of visitors accessing the data portal is currently around 16,000 per month (approx. 3,000 visitors per week). A large proportion of the inquiries come from people working in the scientific field.
The current project phase is dedicated to a relaunch of the data portal. One focus is on improving user-friendliness and further developing the data portal's search functionality.
This involves preparing the data in such a way that it is as comprehensible as possible for non-experts, but still meets the requirements of scientific comprehensibility in order to ensure that the data can be processed accordingly. As such, this data is provided for decision-makers and researchers in the field of politics, administration, science and and the economy, but also for the interested public. It is therefore part of the federal government's Open Data Initiative for the research and education landscape in Germany. The number of visitors accessing the data portal is currently around 16,000 per month (approx. 3,000 visitors per week). A large proportion of the inquiries come from people working in the scientific field.
The current project phase is dedicated to a relaunch of the data portal. One focus is on improving user-friendliness and further developing the data portal's search functionality.
