The German Network for Bioinformatics Infrastructure (de.NBI) initiative, a project of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), was started on 1 March 2015. The de.NBI goals are summarized in its mission statement: “de.NBI provides comprehensive first-class bioinformatics services to users in basic and applied life science research. The de.NBI program coordinates bioinformatics training and education in Germany and the cooperation of the German bioinformatics community with international bioinformatics network structures.”