Research data (RDM)
Research data management begins at the initial project planning stage and ends with the archiving and re-use of your research data.
Consulting and Services
Through the Service Point for Research Data Management, the University of Innsbruck aims to provide its researchers with a point of contact for any queries on this subject.
Data Management Plans (DMP)
When it comes to research data management, the DMP is the method of choice.
Policy
The University of Innsbruck recognises the fundamental importance of research data management for high-quality research and for scientific integrity...
About us
Point of contact for research data management
The Service Point for Research Data Management supports researchers with queries regarding the handling of research data and research data management throughout the entire research data lifecycle. Individual consultations (e.g. during the application phase, on data management plans, research data repositories, rights and licences, and funding bodies’ requirements) form an essential part of first-level support.
Learn more under ‘Consulting and Services’
Technical Services
The Service Point operates a range of tools and services:
- the institutional repository for research data researchdata.uibk.ac.at
- Electronic laboratory notebook eLabFTW
- Survey tools (LimeSurvey, QuestionPro, Sona Systems)
- Open Journal Systems (OJS)
- Indico conference management tool conferences.uibk.ac.at
- JupyterHub for OLAT
- Web applications for customized solutions
- Transcription tool for audio files at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences
Contact and Availability
Digital Research Services
Innrain 13 (Ursulinenpassage), 1st floor
Email: researchdata@uibk.ac.at
Tel.: +43 512 507-23380
Availability: Mon–Fri from 9 am–4 pm
Data Stewards
Starting in 2026, the Service Point for Research Data Management is supported by Data Stewards at four faculties, who will expand the range of services to include discipline-specific consulting.
Involvement
The University of Innsbruck is involved in a number of collaborations, projects and initiatives in the field of research data management. These include ...
- participation in the ‘Digitalisation Clusters for Research Data, which brings together the projects FAIR Data Austria, RIS Synergy – along with the follow-up project Shared RDM – and Austrian DataLAB and Services
- Member of the AUSSDA – The Austrian Social Science Data Archive consortium
- Member of the Austrian ELN Community and the eLabFTW community
- Data provider for GBIF – Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- Member of the EU project Infra4NextGen aimed at pooling the results of social science research infrastructures
