UCD Dropbox for Research
As part of the EQUIP scheme Research IT are offering UCD Researchers access to a 2 year pilot research data Cloud storage offering via Dropbox for Research (scheduled to end September 2025). The pilot is designed to ascertain initial interest among the UCD Research community.
Research IT & Dropbox Training Webinar Materials
The Research IT & Dropbox Webinar was facilitated by a member of the Dropbox team and provides end user training and highlights best practices and features available to members of UCD Dropbox for Research Pilot.
The video and slides from the Webinar are available from the below link. You will need to login to this Intranet page with your UCD Connect credentials.
Dropbox Help Centre
The Dropbox Help Centre is a helpful resource to learn how to use Dropbox and find answers to common questions. You can view this knowledge base and search for articles from the below link.
What is the UCD Dropbox for Research Pilot?
As part of the EQUIP scheme Research IT are offering UCD Researchers access to a 2 year pilot research data Cloud storage offering via Dropbox for Research (scheduled to end September 2025). The pilot is designed to ascertain initial interest among the UCD Research community.
This service is designed to help research groups with their data during the “active” part of the research data lifecycle which occurs when researchers are gathering and analysing large amounts of raw data. With Dropbox for Research researchers will be able to collaborate easily with external researchers via sending a link or sharing the data directly as part of the group.
Advantages of Dropbox for Research
- Ease of use
- Unlimited storage
- Easy to collaborate with member of your Research group
- Collaborate with external academic researchers
- Access and Authentication via UCD Single-Sign-on
What Dropbox for Research is NOT suitable for
- Sensitive data
- For use as a long-term archiving tool
- As a long term data repository
- Server or scientific instrumental backup solution
Request access to the UCD Dropbox for Research Pilot
Expressions of Interest should in the first instance be logged by completing the UCD Dropbox for Research Request Form in on the 'Request Something' section of the (opens in a new window)IT Support Hub.
Related UCD Documents
UCD IT Services
Computer Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.Contact us via the UCD IT Support Hub: www.ucd.ie/ithelp