We support your research data management!
The Research Data Service Center supports Research Data Management throughout the entire research process – from research project planning and application filing to the publication and archiving of research data.
We help you implement your Research Data Management (RDM) in line with the good research practices, the FAIR principles, and open science. The Service Center provides advice and designs basic, general RDM services for researchers across the University of Bonn.
The Research Data Service Center is a joint initiative of the University IT and Data Center (Hochschulrechenzentrum, HRZ) and the Bonn University and State Library (Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn, ULB Bonn).
Securing endangered Research Data: Infrastructure and Support Services
Do you know of any endangered, highly relevant data sets in your field of research?
Research data is coming under pressure. In some regions impactful research data even face deletion or manipulation. When published datasets abroad suddenly become unavailable, the consequences for research here can be severe. Losing access means losing evidence, reproducibility, and entire research lines. In North Rhine-Westphalia, we already have a broad https://www.fdm.nrw/technische-fdm-landesdiensteinfrastructure offering to ensure the preservation and accessibility of endangered data sets, e.g. from abroad. Additionally, the German Research Foundation has now launched a „Funding Initiative to secure endangered data repositories and promote data resilience 2025 to 2027“.
Let’s secure endangered data before they disappear! We are here to help. Contact us via forschungsdatensicherung-nrw@listserv.dfn.de or directly via researchdata@uni-bonn.de.
Research data policy for the University of Bonn
The research data policy defines binding guidelines for the handling of research data at the University of Bonn. The policy is supplemented by recommendations for action to support the practical implementation of RDM in everyday research.
You can find more information about the policy and the associated recommendations for action here.
Services
Skills & Support
We support your RDM with consulting, training, and other services.
Storage Solutions
We provide guidance and solutions for storing, publishing, and preserving your research data.
Tools
We offer tools for documenting, processing, and collaboratively working on research data.
Preserve
We facilitate long-term preservation, findability, and accessibility of your research data.
Other service providers for RDM, Digital & Open Science
Advisory Board for Research Data (WBDF)
The scientific advisory board with the focus on research data management at the University of Bonn.
Open Science
The promotion of an Open Science culture is an important pillar of the Excellence Strategy of the University of Bonn.
Open Science comprises a series of measures aimed at ensuring transparency, traceability and reproducibility are met by the increasingly digital scientific community. By incorporating structured research data management into your work, you ensure that your research data are understandable and reusable, also beyond your current project.
In addition to the Research Data Service Center, the Open Access Service Center supports you in making your research results openly accessible.
