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Research Support Portal

Select your faculty/institute, a support area, and the phase of your research project to see information relevant to you.

Data management

Research data management (RDM) is the creation, storage, maintenance, disclosure, archiving and long-term preservation of research data. It is important in order to:

  • Ensure the quality, findability and accessibility of research data;
  • Increase the visibility and impact of research;
  • Comply with requirements from the university and research funders.

Data management plan (DMP)

All information about your data, including online help and courses

Data Management Regulations

University regulations on the management, storage and provision of research data

FAIR data and software

Best practices and support on how to make your data and software FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable)

Research data management checklist

A guide to sound data management at every stage of your research 

Storage finder

Find the right storage solution for your research data, based on your needs.

Data management in grant applications

Advice on how to write a section on data management in your grant application

Long-term data retention

Satisfying the long-term data retention requirements

MRI Data Sharing Guide

A flowchart showing what MRI data you can share and where to find support

Research data services catalogue

All the facilities for data management and storage for your research