HMC Projects: Driving Innovation through Collaboration

HMC projects are at the heart of innovation within the Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration. They bring together interdisciplinary teams across Helmholtz Centres to develop practical solutions for metadata, research data management, and digital infrastructures.

Funded projects address real-world challenges in data documentation, enrichment, and interoperability, contributing to the implementation of FAIR data principles and strengthening the Helmholtz data ecosystem.

Project calls as a driver of innovation

The annual HMC Project Call is the central instrument for initiating these projects. It supports interdisciplinary, cross-centre collaborations that are closely aligned with the HMC vision and its operational units (HMC Hubs).

Each year, selected projects receive funding of up to €400,000 (with co-funding from participating centres), contributing to a total annual investment of around €1.2 million through the Helmholtz Initiative and Networking Fund.

From idea to sustainable impact

HMC supports funded projects throughout their lifecycle:

• facilitating networking and collaboration

• providing guidance on scope, implementation, and scalability

• ensuring alignment with HMC standards and infrastructure

This close collaboration ensures that project outcomes are not isolated results, but are sustainably integrated into the HMC portfolio and the broader Helmholtz community.

Explore our funded projects and learn more about current and past HMC Project Calls: www.helmholtz-metadaten.de/inf-projects

Join our Mattermost Group "HMC Public" to find partners for the next HMC Project Call.