April 14, 2026
As part of this mission , CaSDaR launched our first funding call in November 2025, with applications closing on the 22nd January 2026. Read this post to find out who was successful in this first call!
April 8, 2026
Workshop about UK dRTP skills and competencies community collaboration @ SSI Collaborations Workshop
The Software Sustainability Institute's annual Collaborations Workshop (CW) is an immersive, three-day unconference, which emphasises active collaborations, dynamic discussions, and hands-on problem-solving. The highly anticipated Collaborations Workshop 2026 (CW26) will take place as a hybrid event from Tuesday 28 April to Thursday 30 April at ICC Belfast. The event is set to feature an impressive lineup of speakers and an interactive programme of sessions. The theme is Strengthening The Research Software Community. The programme includes a one-hour mini-workshop titled How should the DIRECT Framework adapt to serve diverse dRTP communities?
April 8, 2026
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.
April 1, 2026
In our March newsletter, we discuss our upcoming AMA with Cassie, keep you up to date on our funding call, talk about our work with other networks, reflect on our Trusted Research webinar and talk about our future events.
March 25, 2026
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.
March 18, 2026
CaSDaR launched our first funding call in November 2025, with applications closing on the 22nd January 2026. Our reviewers had a month to review the applications, before our review panels for the £5k funding stream and £70k funding stream met on the 5th March 2026. The quality of the applications we received was incredible and we did not know how we would be able to decide on only funding a few of those applications.
March 9, 2026
Data journals are a format of publication that publish datasets or ‘data papers’ rather than conventional research articles. They offer a route to increase the visibility of research data outputs whilst also rewarding creators with a peer-reviewed publication, credit, and increased opportunity for citation (Walters, 2020). This event will feature presentations from researchers from a range of disciplines, in both STEM and the humanities, involved in editing data journals, who will share their experiences and advice with attendees. The event will introduce the concept of data journals and how they operate and explore best practices when submitting papers to these journals or developing data journal publications. There will be opportunities for questions and discussions throughout the event.
March 5, 2026
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.
March 5, 2026
Join us to learn about BioFAIR, the BioCommons digital research infrastructure for the UK life sciences community, from our guest speakers Tony Burdett and Nishadi De Silva. BioFAIR is a UKRI funded federated digital research infrastructure and provides end-to-end FAIR research data management & analysis capabilities along with the necessary support and training for UK researchers working in the life sciences.