Data Management Recommendations for Research Centres and Programmes

The Data Management Planning for ESRC Research Data-Rich Investments project (DMP-ESRC) is funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) under the Managing Research Data Programme. It aims to: -evaluate existing data management practices amongst researchers in the social sciences community, in particular in large research investments -help develop and integrate effective data management planning procedures and tools into the research lifecycle -increase the data management and sharing capability of research hubs within the social sciences through support and training The project is coordinated by the Research Data Management Support Service at the UK Data Archive in collaboration with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Policy and Resources Directorate. The project has been working closely with the following ESRC research investments: -New Dynamics of Ageing (NDA) Programme -Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC) -Centre for Social and Economic Research on Innovation in Genomics (Innogen) -Third Sector Research Centre (TSRC) Research Centres and Programmes were selected based on the stage of research, research domains and re-use potential of resulting data. Presented in this report are generic data management planning recommendations for research centres, based on information gathered on current data management practices and needs from researchers, centre managers and directors in the four collaborating research centres and programme.