General Training on Research Data

Continuing Education Course: “Managing Research Data” (UM)

This training course provides an introduction to the general context of Open Data and to the challenges, requirements, and opportunities involved in research data management. It teaches participants how to use data repositories to find, deposit, and (re)use research data, and how to implement a Data Management Plan (DMP). Finally, it offers hands-on workshops on DMP-OPIDoR and Research Data Gov.  

• Resource type: training
• Educational institution: UM
• Target audience: researchers, faculty members, and research support staff
• Training eligibility: Open to all EcoDoR members
• Status: active
• Last updated: 2025
• Keywords: Open Data – FAIR principles – data lifecycle – PGD – OPIDoR DMP – data warehouses – data repository – Data Gouv Research
• Level: Beginner
• Format: in-person and online
• Frequency: twice a year
• Duration: 2 hours
• Language: French

For members of the University of Montpellier:

For everyone else:

Customized Training on Research Data (UM)

The UM Open Science Support Team offers on-demand training sessions on various aspects of Open Science. In the area of research data, these training sessions cover drafting a Data Management Plan, using DMP-OPIDoR, selecting a data repository, depositing data in Recherche Data Gouv, and more. They are tailored to the specific needs of the requester. 

• Resource type: training
• Educational institution: UM
• Target audience: researchers, faculty members, research support staff, and doctoral students
• Training eligibility: Open to all EcoDoR members
• Status: active
• Keywords: PGD – DMP-OPIDoR – Data Warehouses – Government Data Research
• Level: beginner or advanced
• Format: in-person and online
• Frequency: on demand
• Duration: variable
• Language: French
• Last updated: 2025

Group Training Sessions in Laboratories Upon Request (UM)

The UM Open Science Support Team offers on-demand training sessions on various aspects of Open Science. In the area of research data, these training sessions cover drafting a Data Management Plan, using DMP-OPIDoR, selecting a data repository, depositing data in Recherche Data Gouv, and more. They are tailored to the specific needs of the research unit or research team.

• Resource type: training
• Educational institution: UM
• Target audience: researchers, faculty members, research support staff, and doctoral students
• Training eligibility: Open to all EcoDoR members
• Status: active
• Last updated: 2025
• Keywords: PGD – DMP-OPIDoR – Data Warehouses – Government Data Research
• Level: beginner or advanced
• Format: in-person and online
• Frequency: on demand
• Duration: variable
• Language: French

Awareness-raising sessions at project kickoff meetings (UM)

The purpose of these brief presentations at project kickoff meetings is to outline the requirements for data management and the data management plan (DMP) at the start of and throughout the project, as well as the resources and tools available for developing the DMP.

• Resource type: awareness-raising initiative
• Educational institution: UM
• Target audience: project leaders
• Training eligibility: Open to all EcoDoR members
• Status: active
• Last updated: 2025
• Keywords: ERP
• Level: Beginner
• Format: in-person and online
• Frequency: on demand
• Duration: 30 minutes
• Language: French

Doctoral Program in “Research Data” (UM)

This training course provides an introduction to Open Science and Open Data. It also covers the theory behind Data Management Plans (DMPs) and helps participants understand how to adopt best practices for data preservation throughout a research project. Finally, it teaches participants how to use data repositories to find, deposit, and (re)use research data. The practical portion of this module is dedicated to DMP OPIDoR, an online tool for creating and drafting DMPs.  

• Resource type: training
• Educational institution: UM
• Target audience: doctoral students
• Eligibility: Open to all EcoDoR doctoral students
• Status: active
• Last updated: 2025
• Keywords: Open Data – FAIR principles – data lifecycle – PGD – OPIDoR DMP – data warehouses – repository
• Level: Beginner
• Format: in-person and online
• Frequency: Twice a year
• Duration: 6 hours
• Language: French

DU Scientific Data Management (UM)

The goal of the program is to raise awareness and provide training in open science techniques, as well as to explain their significance and the issues involved. As such, the program offers a broad range of courses in computer science applied to data management, data engineering (anonymization, storage, archiving), project management, intellectual property and digital law, and more. For this reason, the program also includes courses focused on both theoretical knowledge and practical skills (hands-on projects).

This is a degree program leading to a University Diploma (DU). However, some modules can be taken independently of one another. In that case, the program will lead only to a certificate and not to a degree.

It offers both initial and continuing education programs.

• Resource type: training
• Educational institution: UM, affiliated with ISDM
• Target audience: researchers, faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, doctoral students, engineers, and leaders of innovative projects (whether incubated or not)
• Training eligibility: Open to all EcoDoR members
• Status: on hiatus
• Last updated: 2025
• Keywords: Data Management – Data Engineering – Data Law
• Level: beginner or advanced
• Format: In-person
• Frequency: training modules spread out over the course of a year
• Duration: one week per month
• Language: French