During your research
Learn about project management. Get advice on financial issues, data protection, ICT services, and more.
Learn about all steps in your project management.
Step-by-step plan for project management
During your project you can get advice on financial issues.
Financial administration
Project control: procedures and guidelines
When you haven’t done so in the preparation phase, seek advice and approval from the Ethics Committee at your faculty. Don’t forget to discuss matters related to ethics, academic integrity and copyright with your collaborators and the students that may work for you.
Assessment by Ethics Committee
Academic integrity
Whenever you work with personal data, you record in the data processing register for researchers how you will process the data. Your privacy officer will help you. At all times you must be careful when handling personal or otherwise sensitive data. New facilities and tools may become available during your project.
Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Privacy Office
Make sure all legal requirements are met.
Legal Support for research contracts
Luris contract tool
Copyright on publications
You’ll need to have your workplace organised. Make sure all the equipment, software and storage space are in place before you start. Contact the ISSC for all ICT services.
If you have self-managed equipment the ISSC can help you set up and collaborate in a secure environment.
Internet connection for an unmanaged device
Research network
Get an overview of all research facilities that are available for Leiden researchers, such as HPC facilities, laboratories and other equipment.
Procurement rules
Make sure you have enough storage space for the data that you will be collecting. For large files you can request bulk storage in blocks of 1 TB. When collaborating and sharing files, make sure you use secure services provided by the University.
Bulk storage for research data 🔐
File transfer with SURFfilesender
Update your data management plan whenever major changes occur to the provisions you have described in your initial plan.
Research data management checklist
Research data services catalogue
If you’re findings are subject to IPR or patents or offer interesting possibilities that can be further developed into new products or processes, contact the LURIS Business Development team.
I have an invention, what should I do?
Patents and patenting process
Collaborations with industry or societal partners
Who owns my intellectual property?
Otherwise, prepare in an early stage to share results according to Open Science principles.
Open access publication: flowchart
Open access agreements with publishers
Introduce your research to a wider audience.