What you can receive help with
At Umeå University, there are various ways to receive help with data management. For example, you can receive guidance on how to handle sensitive data, which services to use to store your data and how to make data accessible. You can also receive feedback on your data management plan.
University-wide research data support team
The University has a university-wide, cross-functional support team for research data management that supports you with research data issues in areas such as archiving, law, IT, open data, and information security. Use the contact form below to contact the team.
Contact form for the central research data support team
For individuals providing support for research data management
Do you work with research data support at a department? Then you can join the University’s network for research data support. Use the form above to request more information.
Request support from your department
Some departments at the University offer local support services in managing research data. If your department offers local research data support, this is the first place to address your questions about research data. In some cases, local support may refer you to the research data support team.
Archive coordinator and records manager at the departments
Contact the archives coordinator and the records manager at your department for questions regarding archiving and registering.
Biobank and registry support
If you work with biobank samples and registry data, you can contact the Section of Biobank and Registry Support (BRS), formerly the Department of Biobank Research, at the Faculty of Medicine. They provide advice on ethics, study design and drawing up necessary agreements, and they coordinate the collection of biobank samples and registry data.
Services for researchers (BRS)
Courses on research data management
Umeå University offers a number of courses for staff who have contact with research data. Courses are suitable for anyone managing research data in their role as a researcher, doctoral student, administrator or manager.
Courses, workshops and other training
There are courses, workshops and other training on topics such as:
- secure research data management;
- information classification and risk and vulnerability analysis; and
- writing data management plans.
All courses are listed in Eduadmin and on the library’s website.
Research data management is also included as part of certain training courses.
It is also possible to request customised training, for example for workplace meetings or theme days. Contact the central research data support team with your enquiry.
Swedish National Data Service (SND)
The Swedish National Data Service (SND) is a consortium run by nine higher education institutions, of which Umeå University is one. SND is a national research infrastructure with expertise in the management and accessibility of research data.
Receive advice from domain specialists
SND can help you receive advice from domain specialists. These are active researchers who support their colleagues in research data management within their respective subject areas.
Contact research domain specialists (SND)
National portal for research data
SND is also behind the national portal Researchdata.se, where you can find information on managing research data. Researchdata.se also has a search function where you can search for data from several repositories, including SND’s own.
