The “Guidelines for handling research data at the University of Hildesheim Foundation” were adopted on February 5, 2020 by the extended university management and offer all researchers at the SUH an orientation framework that creates transparency, clarity and support in dealing with research data. In the spirit of Open Science and Open Access, the new guidelines for handling research data promote transparency in science and research. They help to implement the Sorbonne declaration on access to research data, recently signed by 160 international universities, based on the FAIR principle (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) at the SUH.