Curriculum for Data Professionals in Research- Performing Organisations in the Netherlands

Dorien Huijser; Fieke Schoots; Marjan Grootveld; Celia W.G. van Gelder; Madeleine de Smaele; Deborah Ellen Thorpe; Simon Saldner; Helen Clare

doi:10.5281/zenodo.17952685

Curriculum for Data Professionals in Research- Performing Organisations in the Netherlands

Dorien Huijser
, Fieke Schoots
, Marjan Grootveld
, Celia W.G. van Gelder
, Madeleine de Smaele
, Deborah Ellen Thorpe
, Simon Saldner
, Helen Clare

DANS-KNAW

Research output: Book/Report › Report › Scientific

Abstract

This document presents a baseline curriculum for research data professionals in the Netherlands. It was established by a dedicated task group within Research Data Netherlands (RDNL), in consultation with RDNL project members, a selection of training providers, and individual data stewards. It is the first deliverable of the RDNL project that aims to build a National training and community platform for research data professionals. This project is funded by Open Science NL as part of its work programme 2024-2025 in the area ‘Capacity building for Open Science’. The project started in January 2025 and will run for four years. The curriculum document will be updated at regular intervals after broader evaluation by key stakeholders. A final version will be published before the end of the RDNL project in 2028.

Original language	English
Publisher	Zenodo
Number of pages	35
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17952685
Publication status	Published - 05 Mar 2026

Keywords

RDNL
data stewardship
Curriculum design
training
RPO

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10.5281/zenodo.17952685Licence: CC BY

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Competency Framework for Data Professionals in Research-Performing Organisations in the Netherlands
Huijser, D., Schoots, F., Grootveld, M., van Gelder, C. W. G., de Smaele, M., Thorpe, D. E., Saldner, S. & Clare, H., 05 Mar 2026, Zenodo. 19 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Report › Scientific

Open Access
Training landscape and gap analysis for research data professionals in the Netherlands
Schoots, F., Huijser, D., Saldner, S., Thorpe, D. E., Iñigo de la Cruz, L. & Grootveld, M., 28 Jul 2026, Zenodo. 33 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Report › Scientific

Open Access

1 Active

National training and community platform for research data professionals
van den Berk, M. (PI), Smit, A. (Supervisor), Saldner, S. (Collaborator), Ferguson, K. (Collaborator), Priddy, M. (Collaborator), Grootveld, M. J. (Collaborator), Kraaikamp, E. (Collaborator), Thorpe, D. (Collaborator), Gelder, C. V. (Collaborator), van Goch, T. (Collaborator), Schoots, F. (Collaborator), Jetten, M. (Collaborator), De Smaele, M. (Collaborator), Kalamkar-Stam, M. (Collaborator), Bouwhuis, M. (Collaborator), Miedema, M. (Collaborator), Iñigo de la Cruz, L. (Collaborator), De Smaele, M. (Collaborator), Willemsen, S. (Collaborator), Korver, I. (Collaborator), Nijem, L. (Collaborator), Boere, I. (Collaborator) & Bangert, D. (Collaborator)
30/01/2025 → 30/09/2028
Project: Other

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Competency Framework for Data Professionals in Research-Performing Organisations in the Netherlands

Training landscape and gap analysis for research data professionals in the Netherlands

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National training and community platform for research data professionals

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