UCD Dropbox for Research
As part of the EQUIP scheme Research IT are offering UCD Researchers access to a 2 year pilot research data Cloud storage offering via Dropbox for Research. The pilot is designed to ascertain initial interest among the UCD Research community.
This service is designed to help research groups with their data during the “active” part of the research data lifecycle which occurs when researchers are gathering and analysing large amounts of raw data. With Dropbox for Research researchers will be able to collaborate easily with external researchers via sending a link or sharing the data directly as part of the group.
Advantages of Dropbox for Research
- Ease of use
- Unlimited storage
- Easy to collaborate with member of your Research group
- Collaborate with external academic researchers
- Access and Authentication via UCD Single-Sign-on
What Dropbox for Research is NOT suitable for
- Sensitive data
- For use as a long-term archiving tool
- As a long term data repository
- Server or scientific instrumental backup solution
Expressions of Interest should in the first instance be logged by completing the UCD Dropbox for Research Request Form on the 'Request Something' section of the IT Support Hub.
UCD IT Services
Computer Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.Contact us via the UCD IT Support Hub: www.ucd.ie/ithelp