Last updated on 27 August 2026
The faculty and VU offer several services & tools that can assist you with your research data management.
Introductory information on the VU-wide services for research data management, such as DMPonline, Qualtrics, and Research Drive can be found on this VU Library page. For IT support, use the IT Service Portal.
Further detail on how to securely use VU-wide services for the kind of data collected in the faculty are found in the following guidance pages:
- YODA for data storage and archiving
- Other data storage options
- Tools for secure data transfer
- Transcription services: Use either Amberscript or Transcript Online to ensure that your data are protected by our agreements with these service providers. If using Amberscript, you must log in to Amberscript with your VU Single Sign-On to ensure our agreements apply.
At the faculty, we have some additional services & software tools to assist you with your research process:
- Technical Support for Research (TO3): supports faculty staff and students with research equipment, software and laboratories
- Castor EDC: software for medical data collection and storage in structured databases
- Survalyzer: questionnaire software that serves as an alternative to Qualtrics
- Informed Consent Generator: a tool that assists researchers in creator information letters and informed consent forms that suit their specific use-case
- Data risk levels assessment: a tool that assists FGB researchers in determining how high risk their data are and, based on their risk level, how they should ensure the data are kept secure
- For POW researchers, there is a DMP database available to help you write a DMP that suits pedagogical research. For access to this database, contact w.hugens@vu.nl or research.data.fgb@vu.nl.