RDMP (CASRAI)

Research Data Management Certification — Professional

LevelProfessionalRDMRDMP (CASRAI)

100 h

Nominal

Self-paced study

Lessons

11 modules

Domains

Exam blueprint

Exam items

Per attempt

70%

Pass mark

Fixed, uncurved

Retake wait

Days

What you earn

The credential itself

Pass the examination and CASRAI issues this certificate and the post-nominal RDMP (CASRAI), signed by the Programme Director and verifiable by anyone, permanently, from the code on its face.

CASRAI Certification

Certificate of Professional Competence

This is to certify that

Dr. Amelia R. Hartley

has completed the prescribed programme of study and passed the examination in

Research Data Management — Professional

and is admitted to the designationRDMP (CASRAI)

Verify atcasrai.org/verify/CASRAI-RDM-2026-ECLV0H

Specimen. Issued as a signed PDF and as a machine-readable Open Badge; the holder and code shown are illustrative.

How it appears on your CV

Certifications

RDMP (CASRAI) — Research Data Management, Professional

CASRAI·Issued Mar 2026·Credential ID CASRAI-RDM-2026-ECLV0H

casrai.org/verify/CASRAI-RDM-2026-ECLV0H

Every certificate is issued under the signature of Dr. Diana Nieves Castro, MD, Programme Director of CASRAI Certification, who sets the syllabus, blueprint and pass mark for this credential.

It certifies that its holder passed the CASRAI examination for this course on the date shown, scored against the blueprint and pass mark published on this page — and anyone can confirm it from the verification code, without an account and without contacting us.

About this credential

What it covers

Body of knowledge

Exam blueprint

The exam is assembled to these weights on every attempt. They are published before purchase because a blueprint you cannot see is not a blueprint.

Domains and weights8 domains · 69 scored items
Domain	Weight	Items
The research data lifecycle, definitions and the policy landscapeP1	10%≈ 7 items	≈ 7
Data management and sharing planningP2	18%≈ 12 items	≈ 12
Documentation, metadata and data descriptionP3	14%≈ 10 items	≈ 10
Storage, formats, integrity and preservationP4	12%≈ 8 items	≈ 8
Repositories: selection, appraisal, deposit and trustP5	14%≈ 10 items	≈ 10
Sensitive, restricted and Indigenous dataP6	14%≈ 10 items	≈ 10
Sharing, licensing, citation and availabilityP7	10%≈ 7 items	≈ 7
Institutional RDM service design, governance and costingP8	8%≈ 6 items	≈ 6
Total	100%	69

Item counts are approximate. Each attempt draws a fresh form to the weights above, so the exact number of items per domain varies between attempts.

Syllabus

11 modules, 11 lessons

Every lesson and every learning outcome is listed. The lesson bodies open on enrolment; nothing else about the course is withheld.

11 modules · 11 lessons · 100 h

Lesson material opens once you are enrolled. The full syllabus and every learning outcome are shown here so you can judge the coverage before you pay.

Module 1
P1
1 lesson · 8 h
1. Locked.The policy landscape at advisory depth8 h · Locked
Module 2
P2
1 lesson · 12 h
1. Locked.DMP review as a professional practice12 h · Locked
Module 3
P3
1 lesson · 10 h
1. Locked.Advising across disciplines: documentation and metadata10 h · Locked
Module 4
P4
1 lesson · 10 h
1. Locked.Storage, formats and preservation at service level10 h · Locked
Module 5
P5
1 lesson · 12 h
1. Locked.Repository selection and appraisal12 h · Locked
Module 6
P6
1 lesson · 8 h
1. Locked.Repository trust and certification frameworks8 h · Locked
Module 7
P7
1 lesson · 12 h
1. Locked.Personal data, de-identification and disclosure control12 h · Locked
Module 8
P8
1 lesson · 8 h
1. Locked.Controlled access, consent and refusal8 h · Locked
Module 9
P9
1 lesson · 8 h
1. Locked.CARE and Indigenous data governance8 h · Locked
Module 10
P10
1 lesson · 8 h
1. Locked.Licensing, citation and availability at advisory depth8 h · Locked
Module 11
P11
1 lesson · 4 h
1. Locked.Operating an RDM service function4 h · Locked

Assessment

How the exam works

The exam is closed-book and multiple choice. Each attempt draws a fresh form to the domain weights above, so no two attempts are the same paper and no answer key circulates. The pass mark is 70% and is fixed — there is no curve, no quota and no adjustment by cohort.

Scoring is immediate. You are shown your overall result and, for every item, the option you chose, the correct option and the reasoning behind it — whether you passed or not. A failed attempt may be retaken after 90 days. The wait exists so a retake is a second attempt at the material rather than a second attempt at remembering the paper.

Forms are assembled to the blueprint above or not at all: where a domain cannot yet be sampled to that standard, the exam declines to start rather than issue an unbalanced paper. Your material and progress are never affected, and there is no time limit on when you sit.

Passing candidates are issued a certificate with a verification code. Anyone can check that code on our public verification page without an account and without contacting us.

Certifying authority

Signed by Dr. Diana Nieves Castro, MD

CASRAI’s certification programme is academically and medically directed by Dr. Diana Nieves Castro, MD, Programme Director, who sets the syllabus and blueprint for this credential and signs every certificate issued under it.

CASRAI has maintained the terminology and reporting standards of research administration for over a decade. It assumed leadership of the CRediT contributor-roles taxonomy in 2014 and carried it through to adoption as ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022, now in use by publishers, funders and institutions worldwide. This examination is drawn from that body of work.

What the credential certifies: that its holder passed the CASRAI examination for this course on the date shown, scored against the blueprint and pass mark published above — verifiable by anyone, permanently, from the code on its face.

Before you buy

The syllabus, learning outcomes, exam blueprint, pass mark and retake policy on this page are the complete specification of this credential. Everything that determines whether you pass is published here before you pay.

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