EP PerMed is organising a two-day, hands-on training course on research data management (RDM) on 5 and 6 February 2026 in Paris, France. The application process will start at the beginning of September 2025.

General aim of the Training in Data Management

The overall purpose of the Training in Data Management is to enable a responsible and effective use of data, by endowing researchers, clinicians, and data professionals with the knowledge, skills, and best practices necessary to manage, share, and interpret complex biomedical data in a way that supports personalised healthcare solutions. The training is made in collaboration with the Portuguese and Norwegian nodes of ELIXIR, the research infrastructure on life science data.
Specific aims of the Training

Two-day hands-on Intensive Research Data Management (RDM) Course, guiding participants across the data lifecycle, highlighting the key challenges and questions to address at each stage, and showcasing tools and resources that researchers can use to aid them. The course will feature theoretical sessions that promote group discussions, intertwined with practical sessions consisting of exercises in small groups, that allow participants to both get acquainted with the tools and get involved in key RDM challenges. Key objectives:

• Enhance Data Literacy and Competency;
• Promote FAIR Data Principles;
• Facilitate Regulatory and Ethical Compliance;
• Improve Research Efficiency and Reproducibility;
• Accelerate Translational Research and Innovation.

Target audience

The training is specifically tailored to the personalised medicine scientific community (researchers, clinicians, healthcare providers, lab managers), applying to EP PerMed (and other) potential funding schemes.

Logistics and Communication

Format

Two-half day physical event.
In person training, with theoretical sessions followed by practical exercises adapted to PM research community, with a focus on handling human genomic data.

Target groups

PM scientific community (researchers, clinicians, healthcare providers, lab managers)

Expected number of participants

30 physical trainees

Date

05-06 February 2026

Location

Paris (France), back-to-back with the ERA PerMed JTC 2022 Midterm Seminar (on invitation only)

Selection of participants

Candidates will apply on a platform (Microsoft Forms), providing curricular information, such as: Professional Experience and Achievements (PM related), publications and motivation to be selected for the Training.

The application process will start at the beginning of September 2025.