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10.5522/04/25579800.v2 https://figshare.com/articles/presentation/UCL_Research_Data_Policy_2024/25579800 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/61279279 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/open-science-research-support/research-data-management https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/open-science-research-support McMahon, Christiana Christiana McMahon 0000-0002-9330-2686 Wallis, Kirsty Kirsty Wallis 0000-0002-9570-6174 Buckley, Christine Christine Buckley <![CDATA[UCL Research Data Policy 2026]]> Research, science and technology policy UCL Research Data Policy 2026 Research Data Management Research Data Lifecycle Open Science and Scholarship FAIR Data Principles CARE Principles 2026-02-06 2026-02-06 Presentation 2024 University College London Research data management forms the bedrock of robust research practice and gives rise to enhanced efforts to embed open science and scholarship practices across the research data lifecycle in-line with the FAIR1 and CARE2 principles.

At UCL, Research Data Management (RDM) covers the decisions and actions taken by researchers to manage this evidence throughout the research lifecycle — from planning for and carrying out studies, to archiving, preserving, and curating research outputs to enable data discovery, access, and sharing. The UCL Research Data Policy 2026 supports staff and students in managing their research data.

The policy statements are:

1) Ensure data are as open as possible, as closed as necessary.

2) Share responsibility for managing and preserving research data between all members of UCL.

3) Following primary use (e.g. publication) or when research data is archived for longer-term preservation, these data will be made available in a timely fashion.

4) Establish clear lines of responsibility so that research data generated at UCL will always have an owner who is responsible for preserving research data.

5) All research datasets - regardless of where they are archived and how open3 they are - should be recorded in UCL Research Publications Service4 or the UCL Research Data Repository5.

References

  1. Wilkinson, M., Dumontier, M., Aalbersberg, I. et al. The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship. Sci Data 3, 160018 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.18
  2. CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance https://www.gida-global.org/care
  3. Access to research data may be controlled or restricted due to ethical, legal or commercial reasons
  4. Research Publications Service https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/open-science-research-support/open-access/ucls-research-publications-service-rps
  5. UCL Research Data Repository https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/open-science-research-support/research-data-management/ucl-research-data-repository


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