Post on 29-May-2015
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RoaDMaPLEEDS RESEARCH DATA MANAGEMENT PILOT
Data management planning
http://library.leeds.ac.uk/roadmap-project
roadmap@leeds.ac.uk
Rachel Proudfoot, RoaDMaP Project Manager
Richard Hall, Professor of Spinal Biomechanics
RoaDMaP activity
Current practice• Tim Banks, Faculty IT Manager,
regularly using for ESRC applications
• Research data risk assessment for all funding applications and awards (in theory)
• mixed practice across Faculties
Yes44%
No56%
DMP
Survey Comments
“Required as part of the ethical approval process”
“Mostly covered in NHS Ethics submission”
“Completing such a plan presupposes that there is support staff available.”
“It was fairly ropey - not something I took very seriously for the application”
“This is completely unnecessary as a requirement. Research is supposed to be innovative. Most things cannot be foreseen.”
What has worked/is working
• “A data management plan ... must be created for each proposed research project or funding application.”
• Practical improvements to DMPOnline - sharing plans
• Replace or refresh existing processes
• DMPOnline: not all funders equally well served; word length
• Example DMPs can be reassuring – not all DMPs complex
• Colleagues concerned about ‘new role’ in DMP
Lessons learnt
What challenges remain & approach
• “Data management plans should take account of and ensure compliance with relevant legislative frameworks”
• Joined up approach Ethics Policy/Data Management Planning
• Cultural change: feedback loop, flexibility in how requirement met
• Internal IT systems – data exchange / feeds
• Models of DMP ownership
• Institutional templates / boilerplate text
What DCC / MRD activity would help
• Continue to enhance DMPOnline: coordinate testing across funders / projects; funder compliant formats; funder templates; alert function to review
• Work with Je-S: ensure no duplication of effort
• Co-ordinate policy work with JULIET
• Testimony of benefits to research, quantification of benefits
Case Study - SpineFX
Research•Deliver cutting-edge inter-related research projects •Bridge the gap between academia, industry and healthcare … with a focus on SMEs
•Transfer new knowledge and skills to the industrial and healthcare sectors•Disseminate SpineFX output through a selection of delivery vehicles
Training•Provide a multidisciplinary training programs in cutting-edge public and commercial research environments •Deliver leading cross- and beyond-network training events•Build a robust inter-professional training framework
Aims: To develop highly-skilled researchers capable of delivering effective solutions to Spinal Disease and Trauma and to significantly enhance the European Research Area as a global leader in Biomedical Engineering In the public and private sectors.
Enhanced ERA
Improved Technology
Patient Benefit
Case Study - SpineFX
osteoporosis traumametastases
Basic
Science
•Bone Mechanics and Damage , Vienna• Spinal Metastases, Leeds
• Spinal Biomechanics and Load Sharing, Hamburg• Disc Mechanobiology, Bern
Orientated Research •Spine Model, AnyBody•Diagnostic Tools for Fracture Risk Prediction, Vienna
Applied Research• Pathology Specific Augmentation, BoneSupport + Bern• Cement Injection Technology, Leeds• Interface of Fixation Devices, Ulrich + Hamburg
Yea
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Case Study - SpineFX
Imaging
Contextual
Mechanical
Case Study - SpineFX
Part of Original EU ITN proposal
• Included in the Management Resource
Activities slow initially:
• Lack of Institutional Support
• Delay in Provision
• Competing Priorities in the Debt-ridden UK Economy
RCUK and EU Horizon 2020 (FP8) plans and JISC Roadmap opportunity have provided fresh impetus
Case Study - SpineFX
Activities thus far:
• Working through DMPOnline & resulting plan
• Interviews with researchers and fellows
• Cultural as well as procedural change
• Shaping institutional policy and activities
• Written into current EU project under negotiation
• €13.4 M over 5 years
Case Study - SpineFX
Lesson learnt:
• Benefits • Easy access to the research group data
• Instils a culture of co-operation from the outset when using data
• Enhances research through additional governance structures
• Must be part of the research activity from the planning stage
• Benefits accrued when:
• Researchers at the ‘coal-face’ are included in the planning
• A requirements specification is developed
• Project risk assessment is undertaken to indentify challenges.
Case Study - SpineFX
Lessons learnt
• Challenges• Institutions need to be resourced correctly (staff, time, data storage
facility…)
• You’ll always use the space available
• Even the simplest data, needs a lot of thought and needs researcher engagement
• Changes in researcher technology
• Understanding the researcher requirements.
Acknowledgements
• Marie Curie Fellows: Ondrej Holub, Antony BouFrancis and Nicola Brandolini – also Daniel Skrzypiec.
• The consortium acknowledges the funding provided by the EU under the FP7 Marie Curie Action - Grant number - 238690
• Roadmap Colleagues• Graham Blyth and Tim Banks