Research Data Management

Research Data Management at the FBN

Research data is generated throughout the entire scientific process: from the planning and conduct of an experiment through to the analysis and publication of the results. Handling this data responsibly is an essential prerequisite for research that is transparent, reproducible and usable in the long term.

Support from the Data Service Centre

Research data management at the Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) is coordinated by the Data Service Centre (DSC). It supports staff throughout the entire life cycle of research data.
The advisory services offered include, amongst other things:

• Creation and further development of data management plans
• Structured documentation of research data
• Maintenance of laboratory notebooks
• Secure storage and long-term archiving
• Preparation and publication of data
• Regulation of data access and re-use

The aim is to make research data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable in accordance with the FAIR principles. In this way, research data management simultaneously strengthens Open Science and good scientific practice at the FBN.

Advice, training and resources

The Data Service Centre regularly offers training courses and workshops on various topics relating to research data management. FBN staff can also find checklists, templates and further information materials on the intranet to support their day-to-day research work.
Individual advice is available for project-specific queries. In this way, the Data Service Centre supports researchers in developing suitable structures at an early stage for the collection, documentation, preservation and publication of their data.