Polen Research Data Repository enters pilot implementation phase

The Polen Research Data Repository will enter the pilot implementation phase with the participation of seven research units, selected through a call for expressions of interest, which will use and collaborate in testing the platform.

Managed by the National Scientific Computing Unit of the FCT, the Polen project aims to promote the practice and principles of Open Science and respond to the needs of the scientific community in research data management (RDM). As part of this project's activity plan, a research data repository service will be made available to beneficiaries of FCT funding instruments.

The projects selected for this pilot phase will have the opportunity to use and play an active role in testing the service and suggesting improvements.

The call for expressions of interest to participate in the pilot phase was aimed at higher education institutions and/or R&D entities that are beneficiaries of FCT funding instruments. This process is financed by funds resulting from the SAMA project "Digital Transformation in Research: Science Management and Open Science."

Entities selected to participate in the pilot implementation phase

• Center for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT) – University of Coimbra
• MagIC Research Unit – NOVA IMS
• FCT NOVA
• Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Human Behavior Evolution – University of Algarve
• Apis (Portuguese Social Information Archive)/ PASSDA (Production and Archive of Social Science Data) Research Infrastructure
• Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine – NOVA University
• IT-UBI: Telecommunications Institute – University of Beira Interior