Welcome to the Researchdata website which brings together all information on research data management issues.

 

By planning you...
  • anticipate all the steps and resources needed to ensure the quality of the research data produced

  • increase your efficiency and effectiveness

  • comply with the requirements of funders

 

By organising your data and its collection you...
  • limit the risks of data loss

  • increase the transparency of your data and of their analysis processes, making it easier to detect errors or changes

  • establish common practices for your entire project team

By storing your research data you...
  • limit access to your data to authorised persons only

  • limit the risk of loss or destruction of your data

  • increase your data's security

By preserving your research data you...
  • ensure a return on your investment of time and resources

  • make your contribution to research sustainable and easy to reuse by yourself and others

 

By sharing your research data you...
  • validate the contents and results of your research

  • facilitate new discoveries

  • promote innovation and the creation of new data by other scientists

  • increase the impact of your research through potential future citations and collaborations

  • support Open Research Data and more broadly Open Science

 

Data Lifecycle

 

Latest news

— November 25, 2025

Open Research Data – Funded projects

Presentation of the projects selected in the “Open Research Data” call for proposals conducted between August and September 2025.

— October 1, 2025

Event : Lost in Submission?

Do you have a research project to submit but aren’t sure where to begin? The Research and Grant Office (RGO) invites you on October 10 to "Lost in Submission?", an event designed to guide you through the process and make your submission journey clearer and simpler.

— August 8, 2025

Call for projects – Open Research Data

UNIGE aims to support and encourage its researchers in adopting and implementing best practices in Research Data Management and and Open Research Data (RDM and ORD).

Upcoming training sessions