Research Data Management

The department of Research Support (Division I) supports you in raising funds to finance your research project. The team will assist and advise you starting from the initial project idea through to the actual application. In individual cases, contractual regulations are needed within the scope of a project – in these cases, Division I supports you by providing legal advice. 

From the planning stage onwards, research data management plays an increasingly important role. Many sponsors and funding organizations require details of the research data you will collect, use, and subsequently use in your project. As a rule, the handling of research data is subject to contractual regulations between the respective cooperating parties. Division I supports you with all questions regarding your project proposal – and is also happy to consult the Research Data Center if you have any questions about research data. Together we will find the ideal solution for the research data involved in your project.

The Ethics Committee is responsible for evaluating research projects that involve human participants, personal data, and security-related research from an ethical and legal perspective, and for advising researchers at the University of Mannheim in this regard. It is not an approving or supervisory authority and does not usually check whether researchers comply with the recommendations. The Ethics Committee is made up of eight members and two deputies from different disciplines. Further information and application documents can be found on the website of the Ethics Committee. 

The data protection team at the University of Mannheim is the central point of contact for questions regarding data protection such as the processing of personal data. The data protection team supports research projects, for example, by providing practical advice and the necessary data protection documents. By involving the data protection team early on, researchers can implement data protection regulations effectively and in a resource-efficient way. 

Please contact the data protection team at anfrage.datenschutzmail-uni-mannheim.de or visit the open consultation hour on Mondays between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. via Teams. 

Mannheim University Library (UB) provides services for all stages of the research process. The Research Data Center (RDC) serves as point of contact offering a wide range of information and advisory services on research data management. It also provides infrastructure, for example for data collection using OCR as well as for storing, archiving, and publishing data in line with the FAIR principles. You can also use the German Internet Panel (GIP) to collect your own survey data or use archive data. In the procurement of data sets, Mannheim University Library takes care of negotiating, signing, and managing license agreements. The Open Science Office provides advice and information on open science aspects relating to research data.

The University IT (UNIT) Mannheim is the central IT service provider of the university offering a range of services in the field of research data management. UNIT provides you with various storage options for smaller and larger volumes of data as well as processing options such as bwHPC and bwCloud for smaller and large volumes of data. UNIT also offers various software licenses as well as a client installation service and a backup service.