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

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Equipment FSW

A range of equipment at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Information on the GDPR

Grant awarded

Steps to take once you have been awarded your grant 🔐

High Performance Computing (HPC)

Test and run computationally extensive calculations

I have an invention, what should I do?

What to do if you have made a new discovery

IBL Guidebook

A starting point for any non-scientific questions that you might have as an employee or guest at the Institute of Biology Leiden. You can find the IBL Guidebook in the IBL Teams environment or per request via communicatie@biology.leidenuniv.nl

ICT Helpdesk

Request ICT support; open and monitor progress of helpdesk tickets

ICT Workplace

ISSC can help you with computers, printers and accessories like tablets or external hard drives

Image collections

Internet connection for an unmanaged device

If you work from an unmanaged device at one of Leiden University’s locations, ISSC can install a secure internet connection via cable for you.

Knowledge Security

How do you assess whether an international academic collaboration is permissible and desirable? Here you can find more information on knowledge security and tools & tips that will help you assess a collaboration.

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

Laboratories

An overview of laboratories from different faculties

Laboratories of Archaeology

An overview and contact details of all laboratories at Faculty of Archaeology

Laboratories of Humanities

An overview and contact details of all laboratories at Faculty of Humanities

Laboratories of LUMC

An overview and contact details of all laboratories at LUMC

Laboratories of Science

An overview and contact details of all laboratories at Faculty of Science

Laboratories of Social and Behavioural Sciences

An overview and contact details of all laboratories at Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Launching your project to a wider audience

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

Legal Support for research contracts

Information on legal support for research contracts and other types of formal agreements

Leiden Journal Browser

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

Long-term data retention

Satisfying the long-term data retention requirements

Luris contract tool

Save time making RfAs, CDAs and MTAs using the Luris Contract Tool

Media guide for scientists

Practical help and advice on preparing for a media appearance

ORCID (Author ID)

Information on the Open Researcher and Contributor IDentifier and on how to connect ORCID to LUCRIS

Online Scientific Integrity Module

Practical guidelines and information on research integrity, ethical standards for researchers, research ethics, questionable research practices, fabrication, falsification and plagiarism

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 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

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 🔐

Research collections

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.

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.

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’

Text collections

VPN

Connect to our local services remotely as if you were sitting in your office & browse the internet safely

Your research in the media

How to bring your research results to the general public