UK Research Data Service
A joint project for assessing the feasibility and costs of developing and maintaining a national shared digital research data service for UK Higher Education sector.
Such a research data service is seen by the project sponsors as forming a crucial component of the UK’s e-infrastructure for research and innovation, and one which will add significantly to the UK’s global competitiveness. The feasibility study concluded that embedding the skills, capability and organisation into the HEI research management process was the best approach and that a relatively small national service structure would be needed to foster this through channelling training, tools and good practice developed by existing national and international skill centres. UKRDS is a joint project, funded by HEFCE under its Shared Services programme, with support from JISC.