What is Research Data Management?
Answer
Research data management is the process of creating organized, documented, accessible, and reusable research data.
In short, it is simply taking care of your research data.
Actions you take now to organize you research data will:
- Helps with research organization and comprehensibility
- Making onboarding to projects easier
- Ensure better control of your data in the future
- Make it easier to share your data with others
Taking the time now to manage your data will save you time later on in your research, along with the following benefits:
- Meet grant funding agency requirements
- Ensure research integrity and replication
- Ensure your research data and records are accurate, complete, authentic, and reliable
- Increase your own research efficiency
- Save time and resources in the long run
- Enhance data security and minimize the risk of data loss
- Prevent duplication of effort by enabling others to use your data
- Comply with disciplinary and industrial best practices