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Research

Smart Data Research UK is securing safe access to data and building researcher capacity to work with smart data, supporting interdisciplinary and cross-sector collaborations focused on pressing national challenges.

Supporting smart data research

Smart data offers an opportunity to understand society, improve lives, and sustainably grow our economy, but there are commercial, methodological, and technical challenges in using such data for research. We will support researchers and their work in this rapidly evolving field.

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Research themes

We focus on four priority areas – productivity and prosperity, health and wellbeing, digital society and sustainability.

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Training

We offer a range of training and development opportunities, supporting the data scientists and researchers of tomorrow.

Accelerator projects

We support innovative projects that explore how to create, access, and use smart data more effectively.

Case studies

We share case study stories involving different research institutions and data owners.

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