{"id":1117,"date":"2026-10-20T16:48:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T15:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/?p=1117"},"modified":"2026-10-20T16:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T15:50:08","slug":"new-ukri-research-data-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/2026\/10\/new-ukri-research-data-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"New UKRI research data policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UKRI has recently published its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/publications\/uk-research-and-innovation-research-data-policy\/ukri-research-data-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new research data policy<\/a>, which provides a high-level framework of good practice expectations applicable to most research contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The policy applies to&nbsp;in-scope funding opportunities launched on or after <strong>1 April 2027<\/strong>. For any funding opportunities launched before 1 April 2027 and awards arising from them, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/manage-your-award\/publishing-your-research-findings\/making-your-research-data-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">follow current research data guidance<\/a> and research council-specific policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the meantime, colleagues in Library Research Services are working to update Newcastle University&#8217;s research data policy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/library\/academics-and-researchers\/lrs\/rdm\/planning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our guidance<\/a> and the support we provide, accordingly. If you are concerned about upcoming changes, or you have urgent questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at <a href=\"mailto:lrs@ncl.ac.uk\">lrs@ncl.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UKRI has recently published its new research data policy, which provides a high-level framework of good practice expectations applicable to most research contexts. The policy applies to&nbsp;in-scope funding opportunities launched on or after 1 April 2027. For any funding opportunities launched before 1 April 2027 and awards arising from them, please follow current research &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/2026\/10\/new-ukri-research-data-policy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New UKRI research data policy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,39,36],"tags":[8,10,27,29],"class_list":["post-1117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-data","category-open-research","category-ukri","tag-open-research","tag-open-research-data","tag-research","tag-research-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1117"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1121,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117\/revisions\/1121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}