Leeds RoaDMaP (Leeds Research Data Management Pilot)

The Leeds RoaDMaP Project will investigate the requirements for, and pilot the implementation of, an institutional research data management infrastructure, which includes policies, data management plans and guidelines, processes, systems, support and training. The project, led by the University of Leeds Library, builds upon the work started at Leeds as part of a UKRDS feasibility study and will involve a collaboration of staff from the University’s central services and academic departments alongside the DCC and two commercial partners, F5 and National Instruments. The RoaDMaP Project will be able to directly inform the JISC Managing Research Data Programme and the wider community – it will be delivered via a series of work-packages and 3 case studies which relate to the 3 broad stages of the research lifecycle – to ensure that the pilot infrastructure accommodates data management requirements for pre-award, live, and post-award research groups. The work-packages have been defined to address the sections of a research data management infrastructure that other HEIs are considering, and the case studies have been defined to ensure that a cross section (in terms of lifecycle stage, primary role and discipline) of research staff are contributing to project findings.