<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="DE-AT">For immediate release<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="DE-AT"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="DE-AT">Vienna, Austria, January 19th 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="DE-AT"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="DE-AT">Today initiated the Austrian national survey regarding research data.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="DE-AT"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="DE-AT">This survey is performed within the scope of e-Infrastructures Austria, which is a project sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW). Within this context, this is the first time a nation wide survey regarding research data is performed in Austria.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="DE-AT"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="DE-AT">Participants include all scientists and researchers from all participating project partners.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="DE-AT"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="DE-AT">Dr. Christian Gumpenberger from the Library Services of the University of Vienna and Team Leader of the workgroup responsible for the survey reports:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="DE-AT"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><span lang="DE-AT">„The objective of the survey</span></b><span lang="DE-AT"> is twofold, first to find out the status quo of managing research data in Austria, and second to determine the requirements for future research data services„<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="DE-AT"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="DE-AT">„<b>The goal of e-Infrastructures Austria</b> is the implementation of services, technical infrastructures and a knowledge network for the sharing and archiving of publications, multimedia, and other data from research and science“, informs Dr. Paolo Budroni, Managing Director of e-Infrastuctures.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="DE-AT"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="DE-AT">The survey will be active until March 31st. 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="DE-AT"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="DE-AT">The results of the survey will be published on the website of the project in Autumn 2015 </span><span lang="DE-AT"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.e-infrastructures.at/">www.e-infrastructures.at</a></span><span lang="DE-AT">.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="DE-AT"> </span></div><div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">For more information about the survey or about the project e-infrastructures, please contact Mag. Bárbara Sánchez <a target="_blank" href="mailto:barbara.sanchez@univie.ac.at">barbara.sanchez@univie.ac.at</a></div><div><br></div><div>-JoséLuis <br>Technical Project Manager, e-Infrastructures</div><div><br>*********************************************<br>JoséLuis Preza<br><a target="_blank" href="mailto:JL@Preza.org">JL@Preza.org</a><br>+43 699 1029 7430<br>Vienna, Austria<br><br>RuheZone - Instrumental Guitar</div><div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.preza.org/RuheZone">www.Preza.org/RuheZone</a></div><div><br></div><div>Orbital Hotel - Space Prog Rock</div><div style=""><a target="_blank" href="http://www.preza.org/OrbitalHotel" style="">www.Preza.org/OrbitalHotel</a></div></span></body></html>