Discover Smart Data Research UK brochure

The Discover Smart Data Research UK prospectus provides an in-depth look at our activities as we unlock the power of smart data for research and address pressing social and economic challenges.

Researchers have struggled to access smart data due to insufficient infrastructure, underdeveloped methods, and fragmented ethical and legal approaches. SDR UK addresses these barriers by providing safe, secure data access through:

• Developing long-term partnerships with data owners
• Providing secure data infrastructure
• Building public trust through responsible research and citizen engagement
• Supporting the next generation of smart data researchers

The brochure outlines what we can offer researchers, policymakers and practitioners, data partners and the public. It also introduces our four interconnected priority areas: productivity and prosperity, health and wellbeing, sustainability and digital society.

Crucially, the prospectus details our coordinated network of specialist data services based at leading UK universities and research organisations:

• Financial Data Service
• Geographic Data Service
• Healthy and Sustainable Places Data Service
• Imago, Data Service for Imagery
• Smart Data Donation Service
• Smart Energy Data Service

The prospectus also highlights our commitment to building the next generation of smart data researchers through training, career development programmes, and collaborative opportunities with industry partners.

Smart Data Research UK is delivered by UKRI / Economic and Social Research Council and is part of the UKRI Infrastructure Fund.

To read the prospectus, please go to the Discover SDR UK brochure, and you can also download a digital version here: