Simplify your research data management with helpful tools and resources, such as data management plans, DMPonline, and metadata. Plan how to make your data FAIR and store research data, both during and after the research process. On this page, you will find essential information and direct links to valuable resources.
Many large research funding bodies require a data management plan (DMP) when you apply for research funding. Umeå University also recommends that researchers draw up a data management plan at the beginning of each research project. Use the tool DMPonline to compile and manage your plan.
Research funders such as Formas and the Swedish Research Council require that your data management follows the FAIR principles. The goal is for your research data management to maintain a high and consistent quality.
At the Swedish National Data Service (SND), you can read more about what it means to make your data FAIR:
Metadata is information that describes your research data. It is used in repositories, such as the SND catalogue, and when archiving. A central part of the FAIR principles is to create metadata descriptions of your data; your work is facilitated if you are systematic from the beginning.
There are significant advantages to planning how to structure folders and files for yourself and potential collaborators. You also need to plan how to document your research data management in terms of, for example, information classification and risk analysis.
You must store your research data securely during and after your research work. Your research data should be archived at the University, and you can also make your data available in a repository. In the planning phase, you need to consider whether you will be handling personal data or other data with high protection values that cannot be published openly.
Each department is responsible for archiving research documents produced by its researchers. Always contact the department’s archive coordinator and registrar early in the research process to get information on how to archive your research material.
