Managing Research Data (JISCMRD) : JISCJISC considers it a priority to promote and support good research data management and sharing for the benefit of UK Higher Education and Research.
The Managing Research Data Programme, is targeting a number of key areas:
piloting essential research data management infrastructures within institutions and for distributed research groups Managing the Research Data Challenge
improving practice in research data management planning
developing tools to help institutions plan their research data management practice
encouraging the publication of research data and demonstrating the benefits of improved methods for citing, linking and integrating research data
stimulating the acquisition of appropriate skills, among academics and research support staff in Universities
JISC also funds the Digital Curation Centre, which provides internationally recognised expertise in this area, as well as support and guidance for UK HE.