We are very happy that NODES received funding from the Zukunftskolleg, an Institute for Advanced Study located in Konstanz, for an in-person project meeting in 2026 via an Interdisciplinary collaborative project grant. Robert Richer, Milou Sep, Stella Voulgaropoulou, Emma Clephas and Maria Meier will take the opportunity to define the next milestones on the way to develop data templates and infrastructure for NODES, and invite experts on Open Science and data management to get inspirations and ideas on what needs to be considered in respect to these domains.