FAIR Data and Software Award Lower Saxony 2025
On November 24, 2025, the FAIR Data and Software Award Lower Saxony was presented during the Data Days Lower Saxony. We would like to express our sincere thanks to Prof. Dr. York Sure-Vetter, who acted as patron for the award, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Manfred Krafczyk, Vice President for Digitalization and Sustainability at the Technical University of Braunschweig, for his motivating welcome speech, and Prof. Dr. Norbert Lossau from the Hochschule.digital Niedersachsen for the ceremonial presentation of the award to the winners.
The award was presented in three categories: Dataset and Software, each with prize money of €4,500, as well as a special prize, awarded for the first time, with prize money of €500.
Category Dataset
In the category Dataset, the award was presented to:
Abdulraheem Salaymeh (HAWK)
Prof. Stefan Holler (HAWK)
Prof. Irene Peters (Hafencity Universität Hamburg)
for their dataset:
Semantically enriched statewide building dataset based on the Lower Saxony 3D Building Model for urban planning applications
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16741445
Category Software
In the category Software, the award was presented to:
Corinna Thoben (TU Braunschweig)
Prof. Boas Pucker (Universität Bonn)
for their software:
basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) annotator
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7903959
Category Special Prize
In the category Special Prize, the award was presented to:
Prof. Dr. Astrid Lampert (TU Braunschweig)
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Rausch (TU Braunschweig)
Dr.-Ing. Konrad Bärfuss (TU Braunschweig)
Dipl.-Ing. Rudolf Hankers (TU Braunschweig)
Dipl.-Ing. Mark Bitter (TU Braunschweig)
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Feuerle (TU Braunschweig)
Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Cremer (TU Braunschweig)
Dipl.-Ing. Maik Angermann (TU Braunschweig)
Dr.-Ing. Jonas Spoor (TU Braunschweig)
for their dataset:
In-situ airborne measurements of atmospheric and sea surface parameters related to offshore wind parks in the German Bight
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.955382
