A collection of short videos designed to help you navigate and make the most of the digital tools, services, and resources available to support you at every stage of the research lifecycle.
Check out the video highlights to get a quick overview of the induction video series and visit our media hopper channel to explore the full collection of video resources relevant to research services and tools.
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Plan & design
Find out exactly where to go for planning and managing your research project.
Relevant resources
- Identify funding opportunities with the Research Professional
- Get support on sourcing grants and funding from the ERO Hubsite
- Budget your project with the Funding Checklist
- Discover available resources, services and tools with the Resource Finder
- Understanding FAIR principles with Research Data Support
- Develop your Data Management Plan with DMPOnline
- Get Copyright advice from experts
- Advice on managing your project from the Project Management Office
Collect & Capture
How to collect and capture research data responsibly, following best practices and using the University’s tools and guidance.
Relevant resources
- Learn how to work with personal data by watching the Spotlight on Personal Data
- Get support for your sponsorship involving healthcare data at Accord
- Info on Data protection and Data Protection Impact Assessment
- Protect your sensitive data with Encryption
- Find the right dataset: Smart Data Foundry, Digimap, Dataloch, Find-Data-Reuse
- Explore Electronic Lab Notebook, Protocols.io
- Transfer your files securely with Datasync
Organise & Store
How to organise, store, and protect your research data using the University’s secure storage solutions and collaborative tools.
Relevant resources
- Store your data safely and learn about Data and computational planning
- Access DataStore and store your data on DataStore safely
- Learn about Trusted Research Environments: Edinburgh International Data Facility and Dataloch
- Find out about GitLab and version control
- Contact IS Helpline for technical support
- Find out more about Data Management at Research Data Service and CMVM Research Data Management
Analyse & interpret
Discover the resources available to speed up your research analysis and enhance your productivity.
Relevant resources
- Run simulations on the University's Supercomputer for free with the standard allocation on Eddie
- Optimise analysis time and resources with ARCHER2
- Create virtual environments with Eleanor
- Improve research efficiency, productivity and innovation with ELM
Manage & Share
How to make your research data secure, accessible, and impactful while meeting FAIR principles and privacy requirements.
Relevant resources
- Share your data with DataShare or preserve your data securely with DataVault;
- Record your research outputs on Pure;
- Identify suitable repositories for research data at re3data-org;
- Learn about archiving personal data following FAIR principles by watching Spotlight on Pathways to archiving personal data and Personal Data and Open Science