Research Data Management: Introductory Course

The Open Science Team at the National Science Centre Poland kindly invites researchers, research support staff, and data stewards to join our English-language online course : Research Data Management – Introductory Course.

The webinar introducing the course will take place on the Webex platform on 16 December, from 10:00 to 11:15 (CET). During the webinar, we will present the structure, methods, and training tools used in the course and discuss its individual modules, including:

Module 1: Introduction to Open Science and Research Data Management: what Open Science means, global initiatives, global and local benefits, and the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)

Module 2: Planning and organisation – Part I: research data lifecycle, data types, repositories, and data management plans (DMPs)

Module 3: Planning and Organisation – Part II: naming conventions, version control, preparing data for FAIR, and legal aspects

Module 4: Research Data Storage: secure storage practices, data formats, metadata, and persistent identifiers

Module 5: Research Data Sharing: data sharing, FAIR principles in practice, documentation, and reproducibility

Module 6: Tasks and Resources in Research Data Management: tasks, competencies, and supporting roles, such as data stewards and RDM services

Participation in the Research Data Management – Introductory Course is free of charge, and completion of the course will be confirmed with a certificate.

The NCN Open Science Team has extensive experience in developing MOOC courses and delivering training in research data management and Open Science. Since 2023, four online courses in research data management and data stewardship have been prepared and attracted more than 10,000 participants. Building on this success, the NCN Open Science Team has developed its first English-language course dedicated to RDM. Published on the NAVOICA platform in June 2025, it has already attracted more than 620 participants.

If you would like to learn more about the course, how to register, how to use it, and how to successfully complete it, join us for the webinar on 16 December, from 10:00 to 11:15 (CET). As the number of places is limited, please register here: form.

We warmly invite you to join the webinar and to explore our Research Data Management – Introductory Course!

Acknowledgement: The MOOC course Research Data Management – Introductory Course was co-funded through the EOSC Focus project and Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland.