Data Front Door
Duke's Data Front Door is a single entry point into Research Data Support Services at Duke. Simply tell us what kind of assistance you need, and a network of experts will get you to the right team for support. You can get help with:
- Data Management Planning
- Data Sharing in alignment with publisher or sponsor requirements
- Data Archiving and Repositories
- Finding and Accessing Data, including Duke patient data
- Data stewardship
- Determining allowable Storage and Compute options
- Visualizing data
- basically anything supporting your data through the research lifecycle
Access the Data Front Door
Use the link above or you can login to myRESEARCHhome and navigate to the Research Help widget. The Data Front Door is the bottom button. The form will auto-populate with your contact information.
What information do I need to provide?
If you have background information that you think will expedite our team's review of your issue, please provide it in the request form. This could include supporting documentation like a contract or proposal, emails, or IRB protocol numbers. The form is very open-ended, so you can decide what is important to include.
If you prefer, you can simply type your question, categorize your request, and hit submit.
Who is behind the Data Front Door?
We are a virtual team formed from various support groups around Duke. The Front Door includes staff from the Duke Office of Clinical Research, the Office for Research & Innovation, the School of Medicine, the Duke University Libraries, the Duke Office of Scientific Integrity, and the myRESEARCHnavigators. We, in turn, partner with dozens of other groups around Duke (contracting, IT security, DHTS, OIT, Research Computing, etc.) to help you move your research and scholarship forward.