Definition: Provision of study materials, reagents, materials, patients, laboratory samples, animals, instrumentation, computing resources, or other analysis tools.
Resources involve providing essential physical and digital assets, as well as the coordination and management required to maintain, and make these resources accessible to the research team. Examples of tasks that may be described by the role of resources include:
- Preparing, transporting or managing access to samples, artefacts, tools, equipment, documents, archives, and digital/physical infrastructure.
- Inventory management, safekeeping of samples and providing reports on availability and state of resources.
- Calibrating and maintaining instruments and equipment.
- Coordinating data storage solutions and computational resources.