Dr Kim Clugston, Research Data Coordinator, OSC Dr Leontien Talboom, Technical Analyst, Digital Initiatives Many funders and publishers now require data to be made openly available for reuse, supporting the open data movement and value for publicly funded research. But are all researchers aware of why they are being asked to share their data and how to do this appropriately? When researchers deposit their research data into Apollo (the University of Cambridge open access repository) they generally understand the benefits of sharing data and want to be a part of this. These researchers provide their data in open file formats accompanied by rich metadata so the data has the best…