Researchers

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.

Accelerator scheme

We enable data scientists and researchers to explore how to create, access, and use smart data more effectively.

Fellowships

The SDR UK Fellowships support smart data research to help solve real-world challenges.

Stories

We share the work of smart data researchers whose work is leading this developing field.

Training

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