Data Management Support

Support offered by DMS

Data Management Support (DMS) at SLU is a university-wide support function. DMS provide support to researchers, doctoral students, students as well as environmental monitoring and assessment staff in matters concerning the management of data. 

For example, we can assist you with: 

• getting started with data management
  • offering training (both individual- and group-based) on all aspects of data management
  • giving workshops/seminars on data management related issues
  • providing guidance on data management, data formats, data documentation, metadata standards, funder requirements, FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data, data archiving etc.
• data management planning and data management plans (DMPs)
  • helping with data management planning in general
  • providing a DMP template that meets funders' (e.g., Formas and VR) expectations
  • offering support in creating a DMP and/or discussing a DMP's content
  • providing a review service for DMPs
  • helping with data management and open science related sections in research proposals
• publishing data
  • providing advice on suitable data repositories
  • advising on how to prepare data prior to publishing and/or archiving
  • reviewing and curating data as part of submissions to the SND research data catalogue.

Contact DMS

Contact DMS using dms@slu.se.

DMS staff