Merry Christmas and a happy New Year

At the end of the year, TKFDM looks back on an eventful year and would like to thank everyone involved for their dedicated cooperation. Special thanks go to the data stewards and the employees of the FDM-HAWK project, whose expertise has shaped the event formats. We would also like to highlight the support provided by FDM Lower Saxony in evaluating the FAIREST dataset and the valuable exchange within the FDM community. The year 2025 was marked by several milestones for us: The Research Data Scary Tales series was successfully completed and handed over to the community, and the FDM project of the Thuringian Universities of Applied Sciences (FDM-HAWK) also came to an end. At the same time, we are pleased about positive developments: By the end of the year, five universities in Thuringia were already connected to elabFTW and actively using the electronic lab notebook. The focus in the coming year will be on the long-term future of TKFDM. The goal remains to continue to convince the state of Thuringia and its universities of the importance of sustainable research data management.