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Research Support Portal

Select your faculty/institute, a support area, and the phase of your research project to see information relevant to you.

Basics of grant writing

How to write a successful grant proposal 🔐

Data management plan (DMP)

All information about your data, including online help and courses

Data Management Regulations

University regulations on the management, storage and provision of research data

Launching your project to a wider audience

The communication department of your faculty can advise you on communicating your project from start to finish

Leiden University registration numbers

Overview of registration numbers for your reference 🔐

Open access

This portal links you to agreements with publishers, an Open Access checklist and Scholarly Publications

Open access policy

Background information on Leiden University's Open Access Policy

Step-by-step plan for project management

What to do to successfully manage your project

Your research in the media

How to bring your research results to the general public

FAIR data and software

Best practices and support on how to make your data and software FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable)

Leiden Journal Browser

Preferred tool to check if the university has a deal for Open Access publishing with journals/publishers

LUCRIS Publication Management and the Scholarly Publications repository

Information on LUCRIS, Scholarly Publications and the various licenses and versions you can choose

Open access agreements with publishers

Link to the Journal Browser and an overview of publishers with an Open Access discount agreement with information on how enroll

Research data management checklist

A guide to sound data management at every stage of your research 

Scholarly Publications

Leiden's institutional repository that researchers should use to comply with Open Access policy