EU Ethics review
How to pass the Ethics review 🔐
Equipment FSW
A range of equipment at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Faculty collections
File transfer with SURFfilesender
Share large files with collaborators using SURFfilesender free of charge
Financial administration
Information on projects relating to second and third income streams, research funding, (financial) project management, VAT, and invoicing
Financial administration
Information on projects relating to second and third income streams, research funding, (financial) project management, VAT, and invoicing
Find databases
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Information on the GDPR
Grant awarded
Steps to take once you have been awarded your grant 🔐
LUCRIS Publication Management and the Scholarly Publications repository
Information on LUCRIS, Scholarly Publications and the various licenses and versions you can choose
Lab safety at FSW
Rules & protocols to ensure safety when working in a laboratory
Leiden Journal Browser
Preferred tool to check if the university has a deal for Open Access publishing with journals/publishers
MRI Data Sharing Guide
A flowchart showing what MRI data you can share and where to find support
ODISSEI
ODISSEI (Open Data Infrastructure for Social Science and Economic Innovations) - large-scale, longitudinal data collections as well as innovative and diverse new forms of data
ORCID (Author ID)
Information on the Open Researcher and Contributor IDentifier and on how to connect ORCID to LUCRIS
Open access
This portal links you to agreements with publishers, an Open Access checklist and Scholarly Publications
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
Open access policy
Background information on Leiden University's Open Access Policy
Open access publication: flowchart
This overview shows the various steps you can take to make your work Open Access
Open access: funding
How to fund the costs for Open Access and meet the requirements of research funders
Patents and patenting process
Information on patents and the patenting process
Prepare and write a grant proposal
Reference guide to support, tools and tips for individual and collaborative grant proposals.
Preparing for a grant interview
Tips for preparing and dealing with a grant interview
Procurement rules
Rules and procedures on how to hire staff and acquire goods and services
Project control: procedures and guidelines
Information and guidelines for project support staff to support financial management of externally funded projects 🔐
Project controllers
List of controllers for externally funded projects 🔐
Protocols for collecting data at FSW
Protocols when working with equipment at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Public science events
Information on science events and how to take part in them
Qualtrics
Create online questionnaires of various question types for your research
Reference management software
How to choose and use bibliographic managers
Research collections
Research data management checklist
A guide to sound data management at every stage of your research
Research data services catalogue
All the facilities for data management and storage for your research
Research funding by the Leiden University Fund (LUF)
Local funding opportunities by the LUF
Research management tool for research projects - Vidatum
Applying for, managing and accounting for externally funded research projects is becoming increasingly competitive and complex. Vidatum is a research management tool for grants and research projects that assists researchers and research support staff in meeting the requirements of funders in terms of applying for, managing and accounting for externally funded research projects.
Research network
Virtual network for self-managed equipment to ensure optimal security and speed
Research software for FSW
All lab computers at Social and Behavioural Sciences have packages of the most common research software installed. It's also possible to request other software to be installed on a lab computer, or your work computer.
SURKO (Single user compute power on demand)
Single user computing power is a dedicated virtual (Remote desktop) high performance computer that allows researchers and their students to perform data analysis. Continuous operation without updates or restarts is guaranteed for either 4 or 8 weeks.
NOTE: This service is only available for staff of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.
Scholarly Publications
Leiden's institutional repository that researchers should use to comply with Open Access policy
Signing of research-related contracts and grant documents
A useful guide to ensure you get the signatures and approval you need to get your project started
Societal impact
How to increase the social impact of education and research
Software
There are various IT services to support your research. You can also request assistence in building your research setup, or with high performance computing and data management. You can install additional applications via the Managed Software Center or request them via the Helpdesk Portal
Special collection guides
Starting with public outreach
Information on why and how to engage with the media and the general public
Step-by-step plan for project management
What to do to successfully manage your project
Storage finder
Find the right storage solution for your research data, based on your needs.
Strengthen your CV
Guide to improving your CV for a grant application 🔐
Subject guides
Submitting your dissertation to the Leiden Repository
Practical information on submitting your dissertation
Taverne Amendment
Leiden University’s Open Access policy is based on Article 25fa of the Copyright Act, aka the ‘Taverne Amendment’