Create
Before you start to collect or create research data, you need to make decisions, find out what the research data requirements of your funder and / or the University are and plan accordingly. Issues about the management of research data therefore start at the beginning of the research lifecycle.
Advice and support is available here to steer you through this “create” stage:
- What the bid process is
- What support you can access through the bid process
- What University policy and other requirements are relevant
- What requirements research funders place upon you
- What is data management planning, what does it entail, how you can benefit from it, and who can help you through this
- Specific advice about what you need to do
- Implications of the Freedom of Information Act and FoI requests
- Responsibilities regarding data protection and research ethics
- Intellectual Property Rights
- What you need to think about in terms of electronic file formats and software
