Research data management - FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Below you will find answers to the most frequently asked questions about research data management at UNIL. If you cannot find the information you are looking for, please do not hesitate to contact FBM IT support.
May I freely use my research data? Who owns my research data?
Regardless of where the data is stored and regardless of the storage service, any data created or modified during your collaboration with UNIL is protected by copyright but belongs to UNIL. This means that for any use other than scientific and academic purposes, a special agreement of UNIL's Management is required (e.g. for commercialization).
Based on UNIL’s rugulations (Art. 70-72 LUL), we would like to clarify a few practical points related to data::
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When a group leader (Principal Investigator) leaves, a copy of all data created or modified during his/her collaboration with UNIL must be returned to the FBM Dean's Office (Directive 4.5 Art. 19 al. 1) regardless of the degree of confidentiality. To do this, we recommend saving the data on the NAS storage space.
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In case of commercial use, a special agreement is required from UNIL's management.
If in doubt, please contact UNIL's Legal Department.
Where can I store my research data at UNIL? What infrastructure is available to me?
UNIL encourages employees to save all work-related data generated during their collaboration with UNIL on the University's institutional infrastructure (Directive 4.5 Art. 8 al. 2). To this end, the UNIL Central IT Services (Ci) provides a NAS storage server.
The UNIL Isilon NAS server is a secure and robust storage service that guarantees the security and durability of your work data. This network storage server is available to all collaborator under contract with UNIL and offers a high level of availability. It is divided into two separate tree structures – research and administrative – which allow data to be organized according to its nature.
Quels sont les ressources informatiques dédiées à la recherche à l’UNIL ? Quelles en sont les conditions d’utilisation ?
Puis-je utiliser des services dans le Cloud (Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud, etc.) pour traiter et stocker mes données?
Comment rédiger mon Data Management Plan? Où puis-je trouver des informations concernant l’Open Data?
A l’UNIL, existe-t-il des logiciels pour faciliter la gestion du laboratoire et des stocks (LIMS, ELN, etc.)?
Comment envoyer des pièces-jointes de plus de 30 Mo par e-mail? Comment partager des données?
Sous quelles conditions dois-je conserver mes données après la publication de ma recherche?
Mon groupe est mixte UNIL/CHUV. De quelle manière pouvons-nous collaborer et échanger des données?
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Statutory and regulatory framework
References and contact