Submitting your data to a repository protects your investment of time and resources while preserving your research contribution to the scientific community. Repositories can help you:

• Manage your data
• Cite your data by supplying a persistent identifier
• Facilitate discovery of your data
• Preserve your data for the long-run

UMB data storage resources

• CITS primary and secondary data storage services
• Pharmaceutical Research Computing Center
• UMB Digital Archive

Open data storage resources

• Figshare
• Zenodo

Commercial data storage resources

• Spider Oak
• AmazonDrive
• Box
• Dropbox
• GoogleDrive
• OneDrive

Discipline-specific data storage resources

• The Registry of Research Data Repositories provides a search tool to help find an appropriate repository for your data. Not all of these respositories take researcher-produced datasets or ensure long-term preservation of your data, so contact them for more details.  Consult with a member of our Research Data Management Services team to help you select a data repository suitable to your needs.

Looking for more guidance?

The UK Data Archive provides additional guidelines on data storage and security.