AGATE

A European Gateway for the
Academies of Sciences and Humanities

A joint portal of the

Welcome to AGATE

The fundamental research of the European Academies of Sciences and Humanities significantly contributes to the study and preservation of Europe’s cultural heritage. AGATE pursues the long-term goal of a pan-European digital platform that improves the visibility and findability of the academies’ SSH research and promotes international cooperation. The database currently contains ongoing research projects that have been funded or are being funded in the German Academies' Programme since 1979. The Academies' Programme is the joint research programme of the German Academies, funded equally by the federal and state governments and coordinated by the Union of the German Academies. Some academy projects, however, reach much further into the past. The oldest project in the database is the "Inscriptiones Graecae", which was started in 1815. Additionally, projects from the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences have been added.

Entry points to AGATE

AGATE offers various ways to find, search and reuse information. Metadata on research projects, research resources and the participating academies can be found via dedicated search indices. AGATE also offers a RESTful Metadata API and a SPARQL endpoint for further machine processing and data based research.

Research Projects

The structured cataloguing of research projects forms the core of AGATE. These can be searched and filtered in a structured manner using a dedicated index.

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Research Resources

Editions, collections, dictionaries and software are created in academy projects. These can be found by filtering according to aspects such as data access and content-related topics.

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Participating academies

AGATE serves to present the research of the academy landscape. More information on the participating academies can be found via a dedicated search index.

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Metadata API

AGATE provides access to all recorded research information for structured machine requests via a RESTful Metadata API.

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SPARQL Endpoint

For further processing, the metadata recorded in AGATE for all entities is made available for queries and further processing via a SPARQL endpoint.

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Projects by Type

Editions, dictionaries, collections and data repositories form the core of the research projects of the German Academies' Programme (coordinated by the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities) and the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences. The following diagram provides an overview of the current distribution of research projects along this classification.

Featured Countries Map

AGATE offers you the possibility to search for Research Projects by several facets. One of those is to filter Research Projects by Country. Clicking on the following map will guide you directly to Projects in the Project Database filtered by the German Academies' Programme or projects from the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Most Common Disciplines

Research in the humanities plays a decisive role in basic research, as guaranteed by the academies' long-term research. This not only contributes to a fundamental understanding of cultural heritage, but also enables a reflective approach to history and the foundations of our social contexts. By categorizing research projects with academic disciplines according to the DFG subject classification in AGATE, it is possible to gain an overview of the extent to which research topics are currently being investigated in academic long-term research in which disciplines.