Data Management Toolkit @ UNH

Research data management is a key aspect of responsible research practice. It involves strategies for handling, accessing, and adding value to research data throughout its lifecycle. This includes secure storage, long-term preservation, and the sharing and reuse of data and documentation.

Data management helps you:

• Protect your data from loss
• Easily locate your data when needed
• Ensure data security
• Facilitate data reuse
• Share your data with others
• Recognize datasets as scholarly output
• Enhance research integrity, reproducibility, and transparency

UNH recognizes the Code of Federal Regulations definition of research data as "the recorded factual material commonly accepted in the scientific community as necessary to validate research findings, but not any of the following: Preliminary analyses, drafts of scientific papers, plans for future research, peer reviews, or communications with colleagues." You can learn more about examples and exclusions from the UNH Policy on Ownership, Management, and Sharing of Research Data.