About the Tohoku University Research Data Management App

Under the policy mandating Open Access (OA) for scholarly articles funded by competitive research funds from FY 2025 calls onward, researchers are also required to report metadata for underlying data. In other words, OA compliance and research data management must be addressed simultaneously.

To support this, Tohoku University has developed the Research Data Management App as a single integrated platform for both research data management and OA compliance. The app aims to streamline DMP preparation and OA workflows by importing each researcher’s publication data and external funding information. This allows users to complete required tasks by adding only missing items to prefilled, known information, resulting in an efficient UI/UX.

In particular, to reduce duplicative work—such as repeatedly entering similar information in different formats for various reports—the app will progressively provide outputs in commonly required reporting formats. In addition, the app will offer features to support research data publication as part of promoting open science.

About “Tohoku University Research Data Management App” Research Data Management refers to managing and recording various data across the entire research lifecycle. Since the platform introduced at Tohoku University closely follows this concept, the name Tohoku University Research Data Management App has been adopted.

Announcements

• 2024年5月9日 — 科学研究費助成事業における研究データの適切な管理や利活用の促進について（通知） 日本語版
• May 9, 2025 — Promoting the appropriate management and utilization of research data in Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research English ver.

Tohoku University Research Data Management App

• Research Data Management App Login Page
• Operation Manual

”Tohoku University Research Data Management App” User Guide Session

• Date & Time: Friday, March 28, 2025, 10:00–10:40 (Session concluded)
• Format: Online meeting
• Audience: Researchers who generate or collect research data
• Instructor: Director, Open Science Promotion Division, Research Management Center, Tohoku University
• Topic: Overview of the Tohoku University Research Data Management App
• Materials: Please check “here”

Operation Guide Video

This content is available to university members only. To view it, you must be logged into YouTube with your Tohoku University account (tohoku.ac.jp). If the video appears as “Private,” please confirm that you are logged in with your Tohoku University account.

”Chat Function for Research Data Management Using Generative AI” (NotebookLM)

AI-Powered Chat Function for Research Data Management

A chat function for research data management using generative AI has been released. Users who log in to the app will be added sequentially as shared users.

• Updates currently occur about once per day, so please allow for a time lag before access is granted.
• Responses may be inaccurate, so please use this feature with caution.