CaSDaR's Funding Call was launched on the 5th November 2025 with an online webinar. We want to ensure that our community feel supported to apply for the funding opportunities, so we're inviting anyone who has queries to come to a Q&A session where we'll answer your queries.
We have created an additional Q&A online session to support applicants for CaSDaR's Funding Call round 1 - come prepared with your queries!
Join us for one of two participatory research events exploring the future of data stewardship. In collaboration with the Research Data Alliance’s Data Steward Careers Track Working Group, the University of Sheffield Library and CaSDaR are bringing together people from across the sector to co-create Data Steward personas. Bursaries are available for in-person attendance, and this event is offered as a hybrid sessions. This event is one of two events run in collaboration with UCL's Office for Open Science and Scholarship and STEP-UP.
Join us for one of two participatory research events exploring the future of data stewardship. In collaboration with the Research Data Alliance’s Data Steward Careers Track Working Group, the University of Sheffield Library and CaSDaR are bringing together people from across the sector to co-create Data Steward personas. Bursaries are available for in-person attendance, and this event is offered as a hybrid sessions. This event is one of two events run in collaboration with UCL's Office for Open Science and Scholarship and STEP-UP.
In this Data Stewards Stories session, Dr Agnes Jasinska from the Digital Curation Centre will provide an overview of her career in supporting international Data Stewardship, as well as her wide ranging interests in the responsible use and sharing of data. This session will have a 30 minute presentation from Agnes, followed by an opportunity for audience members to ask questions. Join us to hear more from Agnes about how she developed her skills and how this informed her career in Stewarding data.
In this session, Jeanne will describe her journey and how her research experience informed her development as a Data Steward. This session will have a 30 minute presentation from Jeanne, followed by an opportunity for audience members to ask questions.
Join us for the first session in the CaSDaR Data Stewardship Training series, designed specifically for data stewards looking to strengthen their research data management practice. This hands-on training will equip you with the foundational knowledge and practical tools needed to manage research data effectively, consistently, and in line with best practices across disciplines. Whether you are new to data stewardship or looking to consolidate your existing skills, this session provides a solid grounding in the core principles that underpin good RDM. This Training Session will be run by Digital Curation Centre (DCC).
Join us for the second session in the CaSDaR Data Stewardship Training series, where we turn our focus to one of the most critical and complex areas of research data management: ethics, data protection, and the handling of sensitive data. As data stewards, navigating the legal, ethical, and institutional frameworks surrounding research data is an essential part of the role. This session will provide you with the knowledge and practical grounding to handle sensitive data responsibly, ensure compliance with data protection regulations, and uphold the rights and dignity of research participants. This training session will be run by Digital Curation Centre (DCC).
Join us for the third session in the CaSDaR Data Stewardship Training series, dedicated to the FAIR principles. FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) has become the cornerstone of open science and responsible data stewardship. This session will take you from the foundational concepts behind FAIR all the way through to practical implementation, giving you the tools and strategies to make research data and other research objects genuinely FAIR in your day-to-day work. This training session will be run by Digital Curation Centre (DCC).
Join us for the fourth session in the CaSDaR Data Stewardship Training series, in response to the growing need for practical metadata stewardship skills across the research landscape. Designed for Data Stewards and professionals supporting research data management, the session introduces approaches to efficiently clean, standardise, enrich, and transform metadata using tools such as OpenRefine. Participants will explore how metadata practices support FAIR principles, data sharing, repository ingest, and cross-disciplinary reuse. Through practical exercises and collaborative discussion, attendees will gain experience addressing real-world metadata challenges commonly encountered in research environments. This training will be run by the Digital Preservation Southampton.
Join us for the fifth session in the CaSDaR Data Stewardship Training series, where we turn our attention to two deeply interconnected pillars of responsible data stewardship: data selection and long-term preservation. In an era of ever-growing data volumes, knowing what to keep, how to keep it, and for how long is one of the most consequential decisions a data steward can make. Poor selection and preservation practices put research outputs at risk of being lost, inaccessible, or unusable over time — undermining both the scientific record and the investment made in collecting the data in the first place. This session will equip you with the frameworks, tools, and practical judgment needed to make sound decisions about data selection and to implement robust preservation strategies that stand the test of time. This training session will be run by Digital Curation Centre (DCC).
This hybrid conference organised by Careers and Skills for Data-driven Research (CaSDaR) brings together the growing data stewardship community to share progress, showcase impact, and shape the next phase of activity. This event is fully hybrid, so all sessions will be available online and in-person at The Midland Hotel, Manchester. Day one will focus on data stewardship in practice whereas Day two will highlight CaSDaR's activities to date and allow delegates to have an impact in CaSDaR’s future plans and deliverables through engaging in parallel breakout sessions. There will of course also be the opportunity to meet Cassie and grab some of her swag!
