Over the past two years, the NORF-funded project Sonraí Irish Data Stewardship Network has engaged in broad consultation across the research community, conducting interviews with experts representing data stewards, librarians, project managers, infrastructure providers, funders and researchers across career stages and domains. This has culminated in two important reports:

• Professionalisation of Research Data Stewardship in Ireland
• Data Stewardship Training: Current Landscape and Community Insight

NORF commends the work of the Sonraí project partners in compiling these pivotal reports.

Led by University College Cork (UCC), Sonraí Irish Data Stewardship Network is a two-year project funded under the National Open Research Forum 2022 Open Research Fund, which aims to enable the development of data stewardship skills across the national research landscape by improving recognition across the research landscape for the need for data stewardship, professionalisation of the role of data steward and skills, and knowledge development throughout the emerging community. The development of these skills nationally can ensure the curation, preservation and dissemination of national data assets, and the continued growth and development of Ireland’s Open Research landscape.