International Love Data Week, which takes place February 9 – 13, 2026 is the perfect time to build community, learn new skills, and have fun while we do it! Below are a few ways you can get involved with Love Data Week at UW-Madison and connect to Research Data Services.
Attend a free workshop
Sign up for one of the exciting workshops being offered during Love Data Week. This year’s workshops can help you more effectively work with data and the public. See the full workshop and register on the Love Data Week page.
- Learn about tools and databases to find public datasets
- Learn data visualization strategies for communicating with the public
- Connect with community to archive public datasets
- Learn about careers in data
Vote for UW-Madison’s entries into the BTAA Data Viz Championship
Cheer on the winners of Bucky Data Viz Challenge as they represent UW-Madison in the BTAA Data Viz Championship! Vote to help them be declared this year’s champions on the competition page.
Share tips with a friend
Read and share a copy of Handle with Care: Tips for Managing Your Research Data! Learn all about organizing your files, documenting data, and good file naming practices and pass it on.
Check out our learning modules
Can’t make it to a live workshop? No problem! We’ve got self-paced modules to help you learn data management skills quickly. We cover everything from the basics to data sharing and writing Data Management and Sharing Plans (DMSPs) for grants.
- Introduction to Research Data Management
- Responsible Data Planning, Use, and Sharing
- Data Sharing Essentials
- Data Management and Sharing Plan (DMSP) Resource
Learn about our resources and tools
Research Data Services supports a variety of tools for researchers at various stages of their research projects. You can learn more about some of them below.
- Researcher Toolkit – A portal for UW-Madison faculty, staff, and student researchers that points to helpful resources throughout the phase of a research project. Includes resources for planning, gathering data, analyzing and visualizing data, publishing research artifacts, and closing out projects.
- DMP Tool – A free, open source application that helps researchers create data management plans (DMPs), which are required by many funding agencies as part of the grant proposal process. The DMP Tool contains templates for many funders and allows you to request a review of your plan draft from a Research Data Services consultant.
- MINDS@UW – An open access institutional repository, designed to gather, distribute, and preserve digital materials related to the University of Wisconsin’s research mission. Content may include research papers and reports, pre-prints and post-prints, datasets and other primary research materials from current faculty, staff, and students of the UW-System.