About
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) gathers information from its funded projects on an annual basis. Some information is collected from all members of a coordinated programme, such as a collaborative research centre.
TRR379 collects the DFG survey data using the same infrastructure that is employed for research metadata collection and management, rather than the PDF-form based approach suggested by the DFG.
This offers the following advantages:
- members only have to enter their details in the first survey, and can efficiently resubmit updated records in subsequent years
- members can consent to having a subset of their information be used to create and update a profile page on their person on the TRR379 website with no additional effort
- members can consent to having basic information (e.g., name, ORCID) on them be made available in other TRR379 services, for example for reporting publications, or data annotation, to avoid repeated, manual information entry
The TRR379 Q02 project develops and operates this service.
Components
Data & privacy policy
This section describes the personal information we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, and how we protect it. In full compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”), this document also explains the various rights of the data subject, including the right of access and the right to erasure (aka “the right to be forgotten”).
What data do we collect?
Each time this website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the accessing computer. The following data is collected:
- Information about the type of browser and the version used
- The IP address of the user
- Visited URLs on our website
- Date and time of access
This information is collected to be able to fulfill access requests, and to detect and prevent abuse of the provided service. This information is deleted after seven days.
Users can only submit or retrieve a survey record with a personalized access token. On submission, an identifier for the submitter, and the time of submission is stored together with the submitted record. This is necessary to be able to verify who submitted a survey record, and whom to contact in case question regarding the submitted information arise.
Users can opt into a retention of their submitted information for the survey to be conducted in the following year. Users can also opt into permitting the use of a defined subset of the submitted information for a contributor webpage on the main TRR379 website, or in other TRR379 metadata systems, such as the research metadata system. Any information that a user did not explicitly consented to be reused or retained is deleted when the survey data for a particular year has been submitted to the DFG.
For information on data protection regulations covering submitted information after they have been received by the DFG, see the DFG privacy policy (Research Funding point IV, under point 10).
Data protection rights
Every user is entitled to the following:
- The right to access - You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- The right to rectification - You have the right to request the correction of any information you believe to be inaccurate. You also have the right to request completion of information you believe to be incomplete.
- The right to erasure - You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data.
- The right to restrict processing - You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.
- The right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data.
- The right to data portability - You have the right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact the FZJ DPO.
What are cookies and how are they used on this website?
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When this website is visited, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.
We use cookies to:
- Store authentication information
- Save personal preferences like the selected language
These cookies are necessary for the functionality of the website. We do not use third-party and/or advertising cookies.
Privacy policies of other websites
This website might contain links to or embedded content from other websites, especially in user submitted content. Our privacy policy applies only to the this service, if you click on a link to an external website you should inspect their privacy policy.
How Do We Secure Our Infrastructure?
We adhere to a number of industry best practices for securing our infrastructure, which include:
- We restrict access to all servers containing personal information to only a few employees in the company.
- We disable password access to all servers (access is only through revocable keys).
- All servers are regularly updated with the latest security patches.
- All staff operating the service are trained on our privacy policy.
Changes to our privacy policy
Any changes to this privacy policy will be published at this location. This privacy policy was last updated on 18 August 2025.
How to contact us
Any requests regarding this privacy policy should be directed at the FZJ DPO. For other requests regarding this service, contact the TRR379 coordination mailing list at FZJ.
You have the right to appeal to the data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR). The supervisory authority responsible is:
The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Graurheindorfer Str. 153, 53117 Bonn, Germany
e-mail: poststelle@bfdi.bund.de