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Research Data Support

• Research Data Support Team

  Data stewards in the faculties and the library can help you with research data management issues, like writing your data management plan, advise you about storing, sharing and securing your research data and help you with publishing, archiving and registering research data. Meet the support team here.

• RDM support desk

  The VU RDM Support Desk provides first-line practical assistance, help and advice with any RDM-related questions, including (but not limited to):

  • Writing data management paragraphs & plans
  • Making your research FAIR
  • RDM training
  • Handling sensitive data and the General Data Protection Regulation (GPDR)
  • Data security and data classifications
  • Data storage, archiving, publishing, sharing solutions. 
  • Solutions for non-digital data
  • Data ownership and licensing, and exploitation of data
    
    Contact the RDM Support Desk: rdm@vu.nl

• Privacy Champions

  Privacy Champions in the faculties and Legal Affairs can help you with privacy and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) issues, like how to process sensitive personal data, using a data processing agreement or questions related to data protection. Meet the Privacy champions here. 

• RDM in your faculty

  Research (data) support is organised in all faculties and some research institutes, consisting of data stewards, privacy champions and other research support experts. Faculties have their own RDM-policies, following the general VU-RDM-policy and their own support pages. You can find faculty support here.

• IT services

  Do you need help with devices, data storage, do you want to request IT facilities or need IT for your research? Servicenow facilitates VU IT and RDM services and includes forms to request several IT and RDM services, such as SciStor, Research Drive and Yoda.

• Tailored IT for researchers

  IT for research is the IT department dedicated to providing tailor-made solutions for researchers.
  Get in touch by sending an e-mail to itvo.ucit@vu.nl.

• Innovation Exchange - Grants Office

  The IXA-GO department (Innovation Exchange Amsterdam - Grants Office) is supporting researchers in the field of valorisation and research grants. 

  • Find information about grants and legal help with the VU Amsterdam Grants Office, or mail your question to subsidiedesk@vu.nl. 
  • Information about valorisation can be found at Innovation Exchange Amsterdam, they can be reached via info@ixa.nl. 

• Community

  All researchers and research support professionals who are interested in research data management are welcome to join the VU RDM Community. The objective of the network is to exchange knowledge and inspire each other.

• Network Research Data Support (NeRDS)

  The Network Research Data Support (NeRDS) helps researchers get support, services and solutions to manage their data and software to work in line with the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles. An overview of the usage of RDM services and infrastructure in 2023 is given in the RDM monitor.