Economic and Business Models
Data Policy and Planning
Is there a strategic roadmap for building and sustaining DIR? How often is this reviewed and by whom?
How does the agency develop plans and business models for DIR? E.g. derivation of maximum research, economic and social benefit
How does the agency award grants for large-scale data programmes? E.g. Joint calls; Matched funding; Co-funding
Are there plans to fund infrastructure development which includes Public/Private partnerhsips? e.g. Small-scale tool development; Co-ordinated investment in distributed systems; Large central investments in network infrastructure or tools
How does the agency promote use of shared facilities for DIR?
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Capture and Collection (Primary Data)
If there is provision for a facility for managing primary research data (e.g. ATLAS at STFC Diamond/ISIS), what is the contingency plan in case the current facility becomes under threat?
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Processing and Analysis (Intermediate Data)
If there is provision for a facility for managing intermediate research data (e.g. EPSRC NCS at Southampton), what contingency plan is in place in case the current facility becomes at risk?
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Data Curation
If a repository is supported (e.g. ESRC's Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS)) what contingency plan is in place in case the current facility becomes at risk? E.g. a federation; use of CLOCKSS
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Publication and Sharing
What plans are there to support the sharing and publication of research data? E.g. agreements or collaborations with publishers, learned societies, new data journals such as Gigascience etc
What contingency plan does the agency have in case the current data publication facilities become at risk?
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Is there more to do in this area?
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Reuse and Impact
How does the agency foster collaborative agreements to reuse and repurpose research data? e.g. within the disciplne; across disciplines with other funding bodies; across institutions and countries
With which sectors are there collaborative agreements and interactions? E.g. private, public, government etc.
How is involvement or collaboration with the public encouraged?
How does the agency realise the full value of data reuse? E.g. Are there plans to provide value-added services based on corpora of research data?
How are cost/benefits and impact from reuse of data measured?
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