RDM What is research data management?

“Research data management concerns the organisation of data, from its entry to the research cycle through to the dissemination and archiving of valuable results. It aims to ensure reliable verification of results, and permits new and innovative research built on existing information."

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Learn about FAIR DATA
Learn about FAIR DATA
FAIR principles are internationally shared standards for managing research data, in accordance with the requirements of institutions and funders, geared at making research outputs available for open access.
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Create your Data Management Plan
Create your Data Management Plan
A Data Management Plan (DMP) is a structured document that describes the multiple steps necessary for producing, analyzing, preserving and sharing the data generated in a research project.
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Share your data on Data@UNIMI
Share your data on Data@UNIMI
Data@UNIMI is UNIMI’s research data repository, built on the open-source software Dataverse, and certified with the CoreTrustSeal, which guarantees the trustworthiness of the repository itself and that data is FAIRly managed.
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To help you better manage and share your data according to FAIR principles, we provide a wide range of activities that you can discover by browsing the links below

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FAIR data management and openness of research data can not only bring significant benefits to researchers themselves and to the entire community, but are also amongst the main requirements of funders and scientific journals, and National Research Evaluation Agencies as well, on the basis of the commitments defined by the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment, are requesting researchers to include datasets among research outputs for evaluation purposes, therefore here on the right are some useful resources to help you

Tools for using UNIMI’s FAIR research data repository Dataverse
Tools for writing the perfect FAIR compliant DMP
Tools for properly and FAIRly managing your research data
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Mag, Wed, 2025
Book your appointment with us!

Having doubts about the use of Dataverse? Not sure about how to structure your DMP? Want more information on the research data management trainings available?

At this link https://rdm.unimi.it/dedicated-support/, you can both find the different e-mails available for contacting us depending on the preferred type of assistance or get in touch with us by booking online support call with us on MS Teams!

Appointments can be booked every Friday between 14 and 15.30, and are open to maximum 9 people a day. Once you have booked your preferred time slot, the data stewards will be back at you via e-mail to communicate the MS Teams link and further information.

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RDM
Book your appointment with us!

Having doubts about the use of Dataverse? Not sure about how to structure your DMP? Want more information on the research data management trainings available?

At this link https://rdm.unimi.it/dedicated-support/, you can both find the different e-mails available for contacting us depending on the preferred type of assistance or get in touch with us by booking online support call with us on MS Teams!

Appointments can be booked every Friday between 14 and 15.30, and are open to maximum 9 people a day. Once you have booked your preferred time slot, the data stewards will be back at you via e-mail to communicate the MS Teams link and further information.

Mag, Tue, 2025
Publication of the RDM checklist

UNIMI's data stewards are delighted to announce the publication of the RDM checklist on Zenodo to support researchers and the academic community in the proper management of research data. It highlights 19 steps for effectively planning, collecting, analysing, preserving and sharing research data; also providing useful insights, best practices and resources.

Check it out here: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15465239

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RDM
Publication of the RDM checklist

UNIMI's data stewards are delighted to announce the publication of the RDM checklist on Zenodo to support researchers and the academic community in the proper management of research data. It highlights 19 steps for effectively planning, collecting, analysing, preserving and sharing research data; also providing useful insights, best practices and resources.

Check it out here: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15465239

Mar, Tue, 2025
Join us in a FAIRification workshop

Our data stewards will be holding a full-day workshop dedicated to the FAIRification of research data during the 4th annual meeting of Italian Reproducibility Network (ITRN) on Febraury, 13th at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

Find out how to enroll and more info here: https://www.itrn.org/itrn-scientific-events/itrn-meeting

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RDM
Join us in a FAIRification workshop

Our data stewards will be holding a full-day workshop dedicated to the FAIRification of research data during the 4th annual meeting of Italian Reproducibility Network (ITRN) on Febraury, 13th at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

Find out how to enroll and more info here: https://www.itrn.org/itrn-scientific-events/itrn-meeting