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Looking back on the Open Science Festival 2025: Stories, stickies, heat, and great enthusiasm
What are the most pressing training needs for the Dutch data professional community? To answer this question, RDNL organised a workshop at the Open Science Festival in Groningen, on 24...
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New Essentials 4 Data Support course February-March 2026
Begin 2026 with the Essentials 4 Data Support course The Essentials 4 Data Support course provides an introductory-level overview for data professionals and those who assist researchers with storing, managing, archiving and sharing their research...
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First RDNL Stakeholder Forum
October 2025 Co-creating a National Training and Community Platform On 30 September 2025, Research Data Netherlands (RDNL) hosted its first Stakeholder Forum, at the seat of The Royal Netherlands Academy...
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eScience center: Research Software Support Training
The Netherlands eScience Center offers a masterclass on "Research Software Support Training." The masterclass will be held over two days in November 2025: Wednesday, November 5th, and Wednesday, November 19th....
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Welcome to the new RDNL website!
Welcome to the new RDNL website! We redesigned and updated our website over the last few months and are excited to share it with you. Our goal is to build a national training and...
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GDPR 4 Data Support course autumn 2025 open for registration
The GDPR 4 Data Support (GDPR4DS) course is an introductory course designed for data supporters who want to understand more about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the context of research...
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Dutch Essentials 4 Data Support course
January 17, 2025 The Essentials 4 Data Support course offers an introduction on beginner level for data professionals and those who support researchers in storing, managing, archiving and sharing their...
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Spring round of Essentials 4 Data Support 2025 open for registration
November 25, 2024 The Essentials 4 Data Support course offers an introduction on beginner level for data professionals and those who support researchers in storing, managing, archiving and sharing their...
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Dutch Data Prize 2024 win: The Impact-Aware Robotics Database
October 31, 2024 Alessandro Saccon and Maarten Jongeneel (Twente University) are behind the project ‘The Impact-Aware Robotics Database‘, that showcases a database and a custom searching web interface supporting the development of impact-aware...
Read articleDutch Data Prize 2024 win: Sharing wildlife sounds from all over the world
October 24, 2024 Xeno-canto is a citizen science project where volunteers can record, upload and annotate recordings of wildlife sounds. The dataset is a figurehead of FAIRness. One of the reasons...
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Dutch Data Prize 2024 winners awarded in The Hague
The Hague, 17 October 2024 The Dutch Data Prize has been awarded to the three winning datasets of this eighth edition of the prestigious award. Out of 52 nominations, three...
Read articleThe finalists of this year’s Dutch Data Prize
October 7, 2024 On 17 October, the Dutch Data Prize 2024 will be awarded during the FAIR-IMPACT National Roadshow in The Hague. From the 52 submitted datasets, the jury has...
Read articleNieuwe ronde GDPR 4 Data Support cursus (Engels)
september 18, 2024 GDPR 4 Data Support is een cursus die alle concepten rond de Algemene Verordening Gegevensbescherming (AVG; GDPR in het Engels) belicht en de stappen die u in de...
Read articleNominations Dutch Data Prize extended
August 12, 2024 It is still possible to nominate your own dataset or a dataset from an individual or research group for the RDNL Dutch Data Prize 2024. The deadline...
Read articleStand a chance to win the Dutch Data Prize 2024!
June 3, 2024 Every two years, the Dutch Data Prize is awarded to an individual or team that makes research data FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable). For a chance...
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Essentials 4 Data Support, Feb/Mar 2026 (EN)
Essentials 4 Data Support
The Essentials 4 Data Support course provides an introductory-level overview for data professionals and those who assist researchers with storing, managing, archiving and sharing their research data. The first round of 2026 will be held in February and March, with details below. One will take place on Thursday, February 5, 2026 and Day Two will take place on Thursday, March 26, 2026. Both in-person days will be hosted at DANS in Den Haag.
GDPR 4 Data Support, Mar/Apr 2026 (NL)
GDPR 4 Data Support
De cursus GDPR 4 Data Support (GDPR4DS) is een introductieprogramma, bedoeld voor datasupporters die hun kennis van de Algemene Verordening Gegevensbescherming (AVG) in de context van wetenschappelijk onderzoek willen verdiepen, en die hun rol in het beschermen van persoonsgegevens verder willen uitbreiden.
Looking back on the Open Science Festival 2025: Stories, stickies, heat, and great enthusiasm
What are the most pressing training needs for the Dutch...
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New Essentials 4 Data Support course February-March 2026
Begin 2026 with the Essentials 4 Data Support course The Essentials...
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First RDNL Stakeholder Forum
October 2025 Co-creating a National Training and Community Platform On...
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eScience center: Research Software Support Training
The Netherlands eScience Center offers a masterclass on "Research Software...
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Welcome to the new RDNL website!
Welcome to the new RDNL website! We redesigned and updated our website...
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GDPR 4 Data Support course autumn 2025 open for registration
The GDPR 4 Data Support (GDPR4DS) course is an introductory course designed...
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Dutch Essentials 4 Data Support course
January 17, 2025 The Essentials 4 Data Support course offers...
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Spring round of Essentials 4 Data Support 2025 open for registration
November 25, 2024 The Essentials 4 Data Support course offers...
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Dutch Data Prize 2024 win: The Impact-Aware Robotics Database
October 31, 2024 Alessandro Saccon and Maarten Jongeneel (Twente University)...
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