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. Watch previous year’s recordings on the 2024 Data Fair Playlist and the 2025 Love Data Week at ICPSR Playlist.
Time (ET) | February 9 | February 10 | February 11 | February 12 | February 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12:00 p.m. | – | – | – | – | ICPSR Data-Savvy Teaching Office Hours |
1:00 p.m. | – | – | DataLumos Update | – | – |
2:00 p.m. | ICPSR Data Communications Scholarship | – | – | AI and Data Privacy | – |
3:00 p.m. | – | ICPSR Live Demo | ICPSR Summer Program | – | – |
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.
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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 answer sheet included (canva file or pngs)
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.
Love Data Week 2024
February 12-16, 2024
#LoveData24
The 2024 theme is “My Kind of Data.” Data is personal. Join ICPSR February 12-16, 2024, to learn about data equity and inclusion, disciplinary communities, and creating a kinder world through data.
ICPSR-specific Love Data Week activities are posted below. Sign up for ICPSR Announcements to receive up-to-date information on events and more. View last year’s webinar recordings: Navigating the New NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy with ICPSR’s NIH-funded Projects, Curating and Visualizing Inspiration through Data: The Places and People that Connect Katherine Dunham’s Repertory. Visit the 2024 Love Data Week playlist where the recordings from 2024 will be available after each presentation.
- Mon., Feb. 12 – Adopt a Dataset: Webinar 1-1:45 PM ET:DSDR, A Population Health Data Archive: 20 Years of Sharing Research Data and Resources. Register at https://myumi.ch/8eWbP
- Tues., Feb. 13 – Adopt a Dataset: Webinar 1-2 PM ET:Early Care and Education Data Resources for Students and Librarians from the Child and Family Data Archive (CFData). Register at https://myumi.ch/VMRbX
- Wed., Feb. 14 – Adopt a Dataset: Webinar 1-2 PM ET:Balancing Data Sharing and Protection: The COVID Measures Archive at ICPSR. Register at https://myumi.ch/QqW3Z
- Thurs., Feb. 15 – Adopt a Dataset:
Webinar 10:-10:45 AM ET: Open Love of Data Sharing with the Patient-Centered Outcomes Data Repository (PCODR). Register at https://myumi.ch/Dwdk1Webinar 1-2 PM ET: SOMAR: Exploring the Innovations of the Social Media Archive at ICPSR, featuring Meta Content Library API. Register at https://myumi.ch/p7nM5 - Fri., Feb. 16 – Adopt a Dataset: Webinar 1-2 PM ET:Introducing the Metadata Documentation Portal. Register at https://myumi.ch/kxXEV
Looking for a listing of all Love Data Week events around the world? ICPSR is hosting the international schedule for Love Data Week events. Visit Love Data Week 2024 – International Events.
Want to join the fun but not sure how to do so?
We’ve created ready-to-use activities and resources, such as data scavenger hunts (good for all levels), a prewritten blog post, and “Caption the Chart,” to name a few. Access these resources at the Shareable Resources & Toolkit.
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Activity: Adopt a Dataset
ICPSR’s Adopt a Dataset program is free and open to the public until 5 p.m. EST on the last day of Love Data Week. Researchers, nonprofit staff members, undergraduate students, and anyone else who wants to learn about data is encouraged to adopt a dataset from the list below.
What does it mean to adopt a dataset?
Adopting a dataset is kind of like adopting a pet, except less messy. Get started by reviewing the list of datasets below to find something of interest to you. Fill out the Dataset Adoption Form, and then download, analyze online, or just review the summary information for your adopted data. Your role is to bring your dataset to life by learning about the information it contains and to share the information you’re learning through email, social media, virtual meetings, and more. Use the images and templates below to get started.
When you fill out your Dataset Adoption Form, you can expect to feel warm fuzzies and a deep sense of pride. You’ll receive a digital Certificate of Adoption and, if you choose, your name will appear on the Adopt a Dataset Wall of Honor, along with others who have adopted their own datasets.
New for 2024: ICPSR Data Communication Scholarship
Students from ICPSR member institutions who love data, it’s your time to shine with the new ICPSR Data Communication Scholarship! Deadline: Apply by Feb. 23, 2024.