Who can use our data repository?
Despite the fact that 4TU.ResearchData is a joint venture between the 4 universities of the 4TU Federation,
- Delft University of Technology
- University of Twente
- Eindhoven University of Technology
- Wageningen University & Research
every researcher from the Netherlands and abroad who has research data in the technical sciences can upload this data to our data repository.
The difference between researchers from a member institution or from another university or institution is the quantity of research data they can archive for free.
Costs
Every researcher can upload up to 5 GB of data per year to the 4TU.ResearchData repository free of charge. By default, this data will be available via Open Access and be stored for a minimum of 15 years. Your data will be backed-up at three different locations to ensure its safety.
Funding
- Are you a researcher at University of Twente or TU Delft and do you have research data from completed research?
You can deposit up to 1TB of data free of charge per year. For depositing larger data collections, we charge a one-time fee of €1.50/GB. So for example, if you submit 3TB (= 3072 GB) of data, you will be invoiced for €3.072 (1.50*2048).
- Are you a researcher at Eindhoven University of Technology or Wageningen University & Research and do you have research data from completed research?
You can deposit up to 100 GB of data free of charge per year. For depositing larger datasets we charge a one-time fee of €3,- per GB which is covered by your university.
- Are you a researcher at another, non-member, research institution and do you have research data from completed research?
You can deposit up to 5 GB of data free of charge. For uploads larger than 5GB we charge a one-time fee of €4.50 per GB. For uploads larger than 5GB we charge a one-time fee of €4.50 per GB.
If you are unsure whether you are able to pay for your data, or if you have any other question about the costs, please contact us at researchdata(at)4tu.nl.