Rational
Scientific data consists of statistics, results of experiments, measurements, observations resulting from field work, research results, interviews and image recordings and these can be archived and made accessible through repositories compatible with other scientific information management systems.
Recently, major financing entities like the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, the European Commission and the G8 have issued recommendations or mandates for the open access to research data recommending that the “scientific research data should be easily discoverable, accessible, assessable, intelligible, useable, and wherever possible interoperable”. Studies show that making data available increases citations and the researcher’s impact.
This course aims to help researchers and PhD students to better manage their research data in compliance with financing agencies guidelines, and to make data discoverable and citable.
Syllabus
Open Data, Open Access and Open Science
Funder’s mandates relating data – Horizon Europe and FCT
What is open data
Open data initiatives Data repositories
Research Data Management plans
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, students should:
- Be aware of the open access and open science movement.
- Know the national, European, and international initiatives and policies surrounding open access to scientific publications and data.
- Understand the concept of research data, what constitutes research data, and how data differs from other types of information.
- Recognize the importance of managing research materials.
- Discover how to license research data.
- Be able to make a Research Data Management Plan.
- Know where to store your data and how to make it discoverable and citable.
References
- Carroll SR, Garba I, Figueroa-Rodríguez OL, Holbrook J, Lovett R, Materechera S, et al. 2020. The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance. Data Sci J. 19: 43: 1–12. https://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2020-043.
- ELIXIR. Research Data Management Kit: a deliverable from the EU-funded ELIXIR-CONVERGE project. Brussels: ELIXIR; 2021. Available from: https://rdmkit.elixir-europe.org.
- European Commission. AGA: Annotated Model Grant Agreement. Brussels: European Commission; 2020. Available from: https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/amga/h2020-amga_v2.0_en.pdf.
- European Commission. Global Indigenous Data Alliance CARE Principles for Data Governance: GO FAIR Initiative. Brussels: European Commission. Available from: https://www.go-fair.org/go-fair-initiative/.
- European Commission. Program guide of Horizon Europe. Brussels: European Commission; 2020. https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/programme-guide_horizon_en.pdf.
- Open Knowledge Foundation. The Open Data Handbook. Cambridge: Open Knowledge Foundation. Available from: http://opendatahandbook.org/.
- Wilkinson M, Dumontier M, Aalbersberg I, Appleton G, Axton M, Baak A, et al. The FAIR guiding principles for scientific data management and stewardship. Sci Data. 2016; 3: e160018. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.18.