R: Drive (research data storage)

• Safety and security - greater than desktop storage or portable USB storage.
• Convenience - provided and managed by the University, including backups and maintenance of hardware.
• Collaboration - enables researchers and students to share data and collaborate on the same project, reducing duplicate copies and effort in transferring/emailing.
• Retention - keep your research data in the long term, either to building a repository of your valuable data or to meet retention requirements (minimum 5 years after project).
• Supervision - can retain Higher Degree Research project data centrally reducing risk of loss to supervisors and students.

If your research program has special needs that you’d like to discuss please contact the eResearch team.

The research storage has also been used for creating read only repositories, research data collections for teaching purposes, published downloadable datasets and instrument based data collection.

Submit completed forms to the research office: research-drive@vu.edu.au.

Using VU Storage is the easiest way to address digital data security, backup and long term retention requirements under the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research. Discipline recognised research repositories and data archives are potential alternatives.

A completed Research Data & Materials Plan is now necessary for you and the University to meet the following requirements:

• Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research
• VU Research Integrity Policy.

If you've already completed the Research Data & Materials Plan, but not applied for storage, either submit an updated version or contact the Research office. We'll notify you once you have access.