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Why Manage Research Data?

Research data represents significant value to researchers and the University, and good stewardship of research data is necessary to validate the outcomes and maintain the integrity of research results.

  1. Ensuring research integrity and reproducibility
  2. Increasing your research efficiency
  3. Ensuring research data and records are accurate, complete, authentic and reliable
  4. Saving time and resources in the long run
  5. Enhancing data security and minimising the risk of data loss
  6. Preventing duplication of effort by enabling others to use your data
  7. Complying with practices conducted in industry and commerce
  8. Facilitating the analysis of change by providing data with which data from other points in time can be compared
  9. Meeting funding body grant requirements (if applicable)

Source: MANTRA