Research Data Management

Unlocking the Value of Research Data

At Campostella R&C, we help organizations maximize the impact of their research data—across institutions, sectors, and borders—by improving governance, sharing, and infrastructure, all while protecting integrity and enabling discovery.

Why Research Data Matters

At Campostella R&C, we believe research data—public or private—has value across space and time. Properly managed data, with descriptive metadata, secure storage, persistent identifiers, and appropriate licenses, can be repurposed and combined to drive new discoveries and maximize return on investment.

Research Data as a Public Good

Publicly funded research data are a public good: multiple uses do not conflict, and using them does not diminish their value. While not free to produce or use, the collective benefits of research data far outweigh the costs.

Data in the Age of AI

We provide guidance on managing research data for AI and machine learning, ensuring high-quality data is used appropriately while maintaining confidentiality and intellectual property protections.

How We Help

We assist organizations, teams, and individuals in improving data management governance and infrastructure at modest cost. Using the NIST Research Data Framework (RDaF, 2023), we guide self-assessments, identify areas for improvement, and highlight positive outcomes across the research data lifecycle.

Science Policy

Campostella R&C engages the broader research community through position papers.
  • “Now is the time to build a national data ecosystem for materials science and chemistry research data.” Eva M. Campo, Sadasivan Shankar, Alexander S. Szalay, and Robert J. Hanisch, ACS Omega, 7, 16, 13398–13402 (2022).
  • “National AI ambitions need a data governance backbone: RDaF can provide it.” Eva Campo and Christopher Steven Marcum, Tech Policy Press, Sept. 29, 2025.
  • “Playing catch-up in building an open research commons.” Phillip E. Bourne, Vivien Bonazzi, Amy Brand, Bonnie Carroll, Ian Foster, Ramanathan V Guha, Robert Hanisch, Sallie Ann Keller, Mary Lee Kennedy, Christine Kirkpatrick, Barend Mons, Sarah M. Nusser, Michael Stebbins, George Strawn, and Alex Szalay. Science, 377, 6603, 256-258 (2022).
  • "The Virtual Astronomical Observatory: Re-engineering access to astronomical data.” R.J. Hanisch, G.B. Berriman, T.J.W. Lazio, S. Emery Bunn, J. Evans, T.A. McGlynn, and R. Plante, Astronomy and Computing, 11(B), 190-209 (2015).

    • Our Experience

    Our team has worked on projects at institutional, national, and international scales across government, academic, and private sectors. We help organizations treat data as a disruptive technology, grow a culture of data sharing, leverage metadata, and protect intellectual property and data integrity.

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    Want to strengthen your research data practices or explore new opportunities? Contact Us Today—our team is ready to help.