Research Data Support at UNH

Familiarize yourself 

• UNH Policy on Ownership, Management, and Sharing of Research Data and the Policy FAQs

Grant Planning

The Research Office provides support to the UNH research community in its efforts to secure external funding by providing high-quality proposal development and submission services.

• Sponsored Program Administration assists the University of New Hampshire (UNH) research community in its efforts to secure external funding.
• Research Development helps faculty and other researchers develop strategies and build skills for grant seeking.
• The Office of Large Center Development coordinates large and complex grant and contract proposal efforts. 

Developing a data management plan (DMP) 

• Visit Data Management Planning
• Contact the  Research Data Services Librarian for a consultation

Working with sensitive or regulated data

Sensitive or regulated data includes but isn't limited to HIPAA, FERPA, CUI and human subjects.

• Visit the Regulated Data website.
• Review Data Security in Research Involving Human Subjects.
• Arrange a consultation with IT Security Services or HIPAA privacy officers.

Ethics and compliance

Explore the compliance and safety programs that help ensure your research follows the appropriate ethical guidelines and regulations. 

• UNH has a policy for the care and use of live vertebrate animals at the institution.
• UNH has a policy on the use of human subjects in research.
• Visit the Office of Contracts and Export Controls (CEC) and Research Integrity Services (RIS) for assistance complying with export control regulations.

UNHInnovations

For questions about patents, trademarks, licensing, start-up companies and the commercialization process based on UNH's intellectual property, contact UNHInnovations. 

If you're interested in receiving additional training in research & data management

• We offer in-person and web-based training in Responsible Conduct of Research at UNH.
• Visit our Data Management Toolkit and the Responsible Conduct of Research & Scholarly Activity library guide.
• Visit our education and training page for current opportunities.
• Contact the Research Data Services Librarian to discuss training in your lab, classroom, or team meeting.

Collaboration tools

UNH provides a variety of tools for collaboration and file sharing

• Box @ UNH for file sharing, collaborative editing, and storage
• SharePoint for group communication
• Zoom for videoconferencing
•  Research Data Ownership and Management Agreement Template - between PI and student and between PI and team members.

Finding or accessing existing data

• Contact the Center for Data for enterprise information and institutional research & assessment.
• To find research data, government data, or other public data for reuse, visit the library's research guide or contact your librarian.

Storage and security

• For help with secure storage for regulated data visit our Regulated Data page.
• Visit our Storage Offerings page to see what is options are available for free and for a fee.
• If you or your department deals with UNH sensitive or legally protected data, contact ISS for information about data encryption or to schedule assisted encryption on your computer.

High-performance computing solutions

• The Research Computing Center is home to multiple High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters.

Computer equipment and research instrumentation

• For help navigating the technology section and purchase process read this IT Knowledge Base article.
• The University Instrumentation Center can assist with use and procurement or research instrumentation.

Data collection, analysis & visualization

• The UNH Survey Center provides consulting on all aspects of survey research projects to the university community. 
• UNH has licensed Qualtrics, a Web-based survey and data analysis service. 
• RCC offers research-specific software and application development including software development services for database-driven web & mobile solutions and assistance in developing custom research-specific applications for all platforms. 
• Statistics and data interpretation resources are available for researchers through RCC, the UNH Statistical Consulting Service out of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and Tufts CTSI/Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) Center. 
• Tableau is data visualization software that lets you easily connect to data and use it to create interactive, sharable dashboards. 
• The RCC VR Lab is a resource that is available for members of the UNH community. The lab is run by members of the Research Computing Center (RCC), and is currently hosted in Morse 220, which also contains the offices of members of the RCC Software Group. Our goal in creating this lab is to reach out to researchers, educators, students, and other community members and find out how Virtual Reality technology can assist them in accomplishing their goals.

Intellectual Property

• UNH Library provides general information about copyright and resources for learning more about Author Rights. 
• UNHInnovations can assist you with questions about intellectual property, including patents, trademark, and licensing, and provide support through the commercialization process.  
• You can read the Intellectual Property Policy on the USNH Online Policy Manual.  

Open Access Publishing 

• The UNH Scholars’ Repository is a central location for collecting and promoting scholarship and creative work by UNH faculty, students, staff, institutes, and programs.
• Open Access publishing is of growing importance. Find out more about the many ways to be open.

Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs)

• Request a DOI for your datasets to make them easier to find and cite.