How do you ensure the the long-term preservation and accessibility of research data? Science Europe launches 3 complementary maturity matrices to provide funders, performers, and data infrastructures with a way to create a common understanding of the approaches needed.

Research funding and performing organisations should harmonise their approaches to sustainable research data. Science Europe has developed a tool for organisations to evaluate their current status and optimise their progress towards sustainable data sharing.

Research funding and performing organisations should harmonise their approaches to sustainable research data. Science Europe has developed a tool for organisations to evaluate their current status and optimise their progress towards sustainable data sharing.

Research funding and performing organisations should harmonise their approaches to sustainable research data. Science Europe has developed a tool for organisations to evaluate their current status and optimise their progress towards sustainable data sharing.

Research funding and performing organisations should harmonise their approaches to sustainable research data. Science Europe has developed a tool for organisations to evaluate their current status and optimise their progress towards sustainable data sharing.

Research funding and performing organisations should harmonise their approaches to sustainable research data. Science Europe has developed a tool for organisations to evaluate their current status and optimise their progress towards sustainable data sharing.

Research funding and performing organisations should harmonise their approaches to sustainable research data. Science Europe has developed a tool for organisations to evaluate their current status and optimise their progress towards sustainable data sharing.

This Practical Guide provides guidance to ensure the long-term preservation and accessibility of research data, and supports organisations to provide a framework in which researchers can share their output in a sustainable way. It includes three complementary maturity matrices for funders, performers, and data infrastructures. These allow them to evaluate the current status of their policies and practices, and to identify next steps towards sustainable data sharing and seeking alignment with other organisations in doing so.

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