Scholarship
Students from ICPSR Member institutions are welcome to apply to this year's data communications scholarship
ICPSR's Data Fair @ Love Data Week
This year, the ICPSR Data Fair will take place during Love Data Week 2026, joining a global celebration of data, research, and open science. The ICPSR Data Fair is a free virtual conference hosted by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), offering tools, training, and inspiration for the worldwide data community.
ICPSR is proud to be the host institution for International Love Data Week.
What is the Data Fair? Love Data Week?
This year’s events will happen February 9-13, 2026.
Held every other year, the ICPSR Data Fair brings together universities, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and data professionals from around the world to share innovative approaches to data management, data sharing, and data-driven discovery.
Love Data Week (#LoveData26), celebrated each February around Valentine’s Day, highlights the importance of data in research and everyday life. By aligning with Love Data Week, the 2026 ICPSR Data Fair will amplify this international celebration, connecting participants with resources, workshops, and conversations that help make data more accessible, usable, and meaningful across disciplines.
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Schedule of ICPSR events
2026’s schedule is coming soon! Sign up for ICPSR Announcements to receive up-to-date information on events and more.
| Time (ET) | February 9 | February 10 | February 11 | February 12 | February 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Day | |||||
12:00 p.m. | – | ||||
1:00 p.m. | – | Getting Better All the Time: Metadata Enhancements in the ICPSR Catalog | DataLumos: An Update on the Crowd-sourced Repository for Valuable Government Data | A Re-Introduction to the Social Media Archive: New Website, New Features, New Data | |
2:00 p.m. | – | NACDA Study Highlight – The Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging (VETSA) | Navigating the New North: Data Insights About the Changing Canadian Consumer Patterns | ||
3:00 p.m. | Child and Family Data Archive (CFData)-What’s new at CFData! | – | – |
Looking for a listing of all Love Data Week events around the world? ICPSR hosts the international schedule for Love Data Week events. Visit International Love Data Week.
Promoting ICPSR Resources
Use our materials at your institution to promote ICPSR data access, data deposit, and training in quantitative methods
International Love Data Week Events
ICPSR hosts the international Love Data Week website and you can view all events around the world
Activities
Scavenger hunt
Nine questions with hints and answers included, as well as a completion certificate
Crossword puzzles
Two puzzles with hints and answer sheet included (canva file or pngs)
Adopt a Dataset
Looking for a quick, fun way to participate? Adopt a dataset! Just choose one from the list of datasets available for adoption (or any dataset in the ICPSR holdings), download it, and start exploring—it’s that easy.
Adopting a dataset is kind of like adopting a pet, except less messy. Choose a dataset that interests you, fill out the Adoption Form, and dig into the data. Bring your dataset to life and share what you learn through email, social media, and more. Hint: we have images and templates that make sharing easy.
Finish your adoption and download a Certificate of Adoption. You can even be featured on our Wall of Honor. Get ready to feel warm fuzzies and a deep sense of pride.
ICPSR’s Adopt a Dataset program is free and open to everyone—students, researchers, nonprofit staff, or anyone curious about data.
- Pick a dataset from the data available for adoption list
- Fill out the short Adoption Form
- Explore your data like a detective: Is it numbers? Categories? A bit wild?
- Share your discoveries using email or social media with #ICPSR and #LoveData26
- Snag your Certificate of Adoption and see your name on the Wall of Honor
- Spread the love – invite others to adopt their own dataset
Share the good news with ready-to-use social media content, images, and the Wall of Honor. Copy/paste any of the messages below, fill in the blanks, and send.
- Email template: I just adopted a dataset for Love Data Week! My dataset is called _______. Some things that stood out to me in the data were ________. You can adopt a dataset, too! Visit https://myumi.ch/ICPSRLoveDataWeek to learn more.
- Bluesky template: I’m excited to take part in Love Data Week by adopting a dataset from @icpsr.bsky.social! The dataset I chose is called ____. Something unexpected I discovered is ____. Want to get involved? Check out https://myumi.ch/ICPSRLoveDataWeek for details. #LoveData26 #ICPSR
- X template: I just adopted an @ICPSR dataset for Love Data Week! My dataset is called ____. One fact I was surprised to learn from these data was ______. You can adopt a dataset, too! Visit https://myumi.ch/ICPSRLoveDataWeek to learn more. #LoveData26 #ICPSR
- Instagram/Facebook template: I just adopted an @TheICPSR dataset for Love Data Week! My dataset is called ____. One fact I was surprised to learn from these data was ______. You can adopt a dataset, too! Visit https://myumi.ch/ICPSRLoveDataWeek to learn more. #LoveData26 #ICPSR
Add an image to your social media posts or email: Drag and drop these images to your desktop, or use them directly on Instagram Stories and other social media. Don’t forget to tag #ICPSR #LoveData26!
The Classroom Edition is designed to get students familiar with a single study within ICPSR’s catalog. It would be especially useful in a course in which students have been introduced to research-related concepts such as sampling, data collection, or hypotheses and variables. The types of questions asked are the kinds of things one should keep in mind when exploring and evaluating data for secondary analysis.