Natural & Engineering Sciences
The Thematic Digital Competence Centre (TDCC) for the Natural & Engineering Sciences (NES) is a network organisation that brings together researchers, local DCC’s and other research support staff, infrastructure providers, knowledge and expertise networks, as well as other strategic initiatives within the NES domain.
The aim of the TDCC-NES is to ensure researchers and support staff have the competencies, the services, and the tools necessary to manage data and software in a FAIR manner, by identifying challenges that are common across multiple institutions and initiating collaborative projects to mitigate them.
See below for our latest events and news
The TDCC-NES is an investment by NWO as part of the implementation plan for investments in digital research infrastructure in the Netherlands. It is also supported in-kind by its stakeholders and is hosted in the 4TU.ResearchData team at TU Delft. Funding supports a small staff office, network activities, and an annual project funding call.
Upcoming TDCC-NES Events
TDCC-NES demonstration booth at CHAINS 2025
The Thematic Digital Competence Centre for the Natural and Engineering Sciences (TDCC-NES) will host a demonstration booth at NWO CHAINS 2025, on behalf of the project FAIR4ChemNL, which started in September 2025. NWO CHAINS is the annual Dutch chemistry conference, where chemists, from PhD students and postdocs to professors and R&D scientists, in science and […]
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Advanced Computing User Day: TDCC-NES project session
Once again, the Thematic Digital Competence Centre for the Natural and Engineering Sciences (TDCC-NES) will host a booth at the Advanced Computing User Day, in Utrecht on 4th December. This year, we’re especially pleased that one of the TDCC-NES projects will also be presented. Serkan Girgin will lead a session “How can a community-driven approach […]
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FAIR4Instruments workshop
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Date: February 12-13, 2026 Location: Utrecht (Domstad) Participation is invitation-based. If you would like to join the FAIR4Instruments workshop, please fill in the expression of interest form. For any questions or further details, feel free to reach out at nes@tdcc.nl Scientific instruments, ranging from microscopes and telescopes to digital sensing systems, play a crucial role […]
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Turning ideas into action at the National Research Software Day
TDCC-NES: turning ideas into action at the National Research Software Day 2025 The Thematic Digital Competence Centre for the Natural and Engineering Sciences (TDCC-NES) will help to turn ideas into...
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Help to Shape the Future of Digital Skills Training in the NES Domain
The TDCC-NES–funded project “Building digital skills training and lesson development capacity in the Netherlands NES domain” is conducting a short survey to gather input from the community. The project aims...
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Creating space for our community: the story of our NES Col-Lab Retreat
Creating space for our community: the story of our NES Col-Lab Retreat How did we get to organising a retreat? The role of the Thematic Digital Competence Centre (TDCC) for...
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