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Manage research data

Research data is a valuable research output that can be published and cited alongside your publication and other outputs such as software, code and algorithms.

  • Managing your project's data for long-term preservation, discovery and reuse.
  • Use UQ eSpace, or an appropriate repository, and public open access when you can.
  • Select the best licence for your work to facilitate sharing.

Manage your research data

Create a data management plan

Plan to meet funder data requirements, for secure storage and access, retention and to prepare for publishing opportunities.

Ethical data management

Manage your data ethically. Seek consent when sharing data and tips for engaging with Indigenous knowledge and data.

Store and organise data

Actively curate, organise and securely store data during your project for retention and reuse.

Share and reuse data

Publish in a data repository, data access levels, licencing and more.

Research data guides

Research data guide

Sources of published research data from government, institutional repositories and more.

Publish a dataset with UQRDM and UQ eSpace

Use UQ Research Data Manager to deposit, share and preserve datasets in UQ eSpace.

Data Deposit Checklist

Prepare your data for publishing before deplositing your dataset in UQ eSpace.

About UQ Research Data Manager

Use the UQ Research Data Manager to store and manage research data for research projects.

About Digital Research Notebooks

Use Digital Research Notebooks, to organise, store, curate and share all your project's research or laboratory data.

Australian Government datasets

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Access Australian Government datasets for research

Datasets from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Tax Office, Department of Social Services and Dataplace.