diff --git a/ai4papi/routers/v1/catalog/__init__.py b/ai4papi/routers/v1/catalog/__init__.py
index 605f3180..90336b10 100644
--- a/ai4papi/routers/v1/catalog/__init__.py
+++ b/ai4papi/routers/v1/catalog/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import fastapi
 
-from . import modules, tools
+from . import modules, tools, datasets
 
 
 app = fastapi.APIRouter()
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@
     router=tools.router,
     prefix='/catalog',
     )
+app.include_router(
+    router=datasets.app,
+    prefix='/datasets',
+    )
diff --git a/ai4papi/routers/v1/catalog/datasets/__init__.py b/ai4papi/routers/v1/catalog/datasets/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03cd6a45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ai4papi/routers/v1/catalog/datasets/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import fastapi
+
+from . import zenodo
+
+
+app = fastapi.APIRouter()
+app.include_router(
+    router=zenodo.router,
+    )
diff --git a/ai4papi/routers/v1/catalog/datasets/zenodo.py b/ai4papi/routers/v1/catalog/datasets/zenodo.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77d3ac61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ai4papi/routers/v1/catalog/datasets/zenodo.py
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+"""
+This route mimics Zenodo API and return results as is.
+
+PAPI is acting as a proxy between the Dashboard and Zenodo because we want to
+make *authenticated* calls with Zenodo. And we cannot have a Zenodo token in the
+Dashboard because the calls are being run on the client side (ie. the client would see
+the Zenodo token).
+"""
+
+import os
+import re
+import requests
+from typing import Union
+
+
+from cachetools import cached, TTLCache
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException
+from fastapi.security import HTTPBearer
+
+from ai4papi import auth
+
+
+router = APIRouter(
+    prefix="/zenodo",
+    tags=["Zenodo datasets"],
+    responses={404: {"description": "Not found"}},
+)
+security = HTTPBearer()
+
+# If available, authenticate the call to Zenodo to increase rate limit.
+# https://developers.zenodo.org/#rate-limiting
+API_URL = 'https://zenodo.org'
+session = requests.Session()
+zenodo_token = os.environ.get('ZENODO_TOKEN', None)
+if zenodo_token:
+    session.headers = {
+        'Authorization': f'Bearer {zenodo_token}',
+    }
+
+
+@cached(cache=TTLCache(maxsize=1024, ttl=6*60*60))
+def _zenodo_proxy(
+    api_route: str,
+    params: Union[frozenset, None] = None,
+    ):
+    """
+    We use this hidden function to allow for caching responses.
+    Otherwise error will be raised, because "authorization" param cannot be cached
+    `TypeError: unhashable type: 'types.SimpleNamespace'`
+
+    **Note**:
+    - we use `frozenset` instead of `dict` because dicts are not hashable because they
+      are mutable. To convert back and forth:
+      ```
+      fset = frozenset(d.items())  # to frozenset
+      d = dict(fset)  # to dict
+      ```
+    """
+    # To avoid security issues, only allow a subset of Zenodo API (to avoid users
+    # using *our* Zenodo token to update any record)
+    allowed_routes = [
+        '^communities',
+        '^communities/[a-zA-Z0-9-]+/records*$',
+        '^records/[0-9]+',
+        '^records/[0-9]+/versions*$',
+        ]
+    allowed = False
+    for i in allowed_routes:
+        if re.match(i, api_route):
+            allowed = True
+            break
+    if not allowed:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=400,
+            detail="Zenodo API route not allowed."  \
+                   f"Allowed routes: {allowed_routes}",
+            )
+
+    # Make the call
+    r = session.get(
+        f"{API_URL}/api/{api_route}",
+        params=params,
+        )
+
+    if not r.ok:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=500,
+            detail="Failed to query Zenodo.",
+            )
+
+    return r.json()
+
+
+@router.post("/")
+def zenodo_proxy(
+    api_route: str,
+    params: Union[dict, None] = None,
+    authorization=Depends(security),
+    ):
+    """
+    Zenodo proxy
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    * api_route:
+      For example:
+        - `communities/imagine-project/records`
+        - `records/11195949/versions`
+    * params:
+      Any additional params the Zenodo call might need for that given route.
+      For example, in when calling `communities/*/records`:
+      ```
+      {"q": "resource_type.type:dataset"}
+      ```
+
+    **Notes**:
+    The method if a POST because GET methods with body are not supported in FastAPI [1,2].
+    Zenodo API seems to support them, probably because it is using Elastic Search [3].
+    [1]: https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/discussions/6450
+    [2]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/GET
+    [3]: https://github.com/whatwg/fetch/issues/551
+    """
+    # To avoid DDoS in Zenodo, only allow access to EGI authenticated users.
+    _ = auth.get_user_info(token=authorization.credentials)
+
+    # Convert params to frozenset
+    fparams = frozenset(params.items())
+
+    return _zenodo_proxy(api_route, fparams)
diff --git a/ai4papi/routers/v1/deployments/modules.py b/ai4papi/routers/v1/deployments/modules.py
index ee7cfb77..10e2e9d5 100644
--- a/ai4papi/routers/v1/deployments/modules.py
+++ b/ai4papi/routers/v1/deployments/modules.py
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ def create_deployment(
             reference=user_conf,
         )
 
+    # Utils validate conf
+    user_conf = utils.validate_conf(user_conf)
+
     # Check if the provided configuration is within the job quotas
     quotas.check_jobwise(
         conf=user_conf,
@@ -270,9 +273,24 @@ def create_deployment(
         if not user_conf['hardware']['gpu_type']:
             usertask['Resources']['Devices'][0]['Constraints'] = None
 
-    # If storage credentials not provided, remove storage-related tasks
-    if not all(user_conf['storage'].values()):
-        tasks[:] = [t for t in tasks if t['Name'] not in {'storagetask', 'storagecleanup'}]
+    # If storage credentials not provided, remove all storage-related tasks
+    rclone = {k: v for k, v in user_conf['storage'].items() if k.startswith('rclone')}
+    if not all(rclone.values()):
+        exclude_tasks = ['storagetask', 'storagecleanup', 'dataset_download']
+    else:
+        # If datasets provided, replicate 'dataset_download' task as many times as needed
+        if user_conf['storage']['datasets']:
+            download_task = [t for t in tasks if t['Name'] == 'dataset_download'][0]
+            for i, dataset in enumerate(user_conf['storage']['datasets']):
+                t = deepcopy(download_task)
+                t['Env']['DOI'] = dataset['doi']
+                t['Env']['FORCE_PULL'] = dataset['doi']
+                t['Name'] = f'dataset_download_{i}'
+                tasks.append(t)
+        # Always exclude initial 'dataset_download' task, as it is used as template
+        exclude_tasks = ['dataset_download']
+
+    tasks[:] = [t for t in tasks if t['Name'] not in exclude_tasks]
 
     # Submit job
     r = nomad.create_deployment(nomad_conf)
diff --git a/ai4papi/utils.py b/ai4papi/utils.py
index 36ca27de..baabdd00 100644
--- a/ai4papi/utils.py
+++ b/ai4papi/utils.py
@@ -141,3 +141,30 @@ def update_values_conf(submitted, reference):
         reference[k].update(submitted[k])
 
     return reference
+
+
+def validate_conf(conf):
+    """
+    Validate user configuration
+    """
+
+    # Check datasets_info list
+    for d in conf['storage']['datasets']:
+
+        # Validate DOI
+        # ref: https://stackoverflow.com/a/48524047/18471590
+        pattern = r"^10.\d{4,9}/[-._;()/:A-Z0-9]+$"
+        if not re.match(pattern, d['doi'], re.IGNORECASE):
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=400,
+                detail="Invalid DOI."
+                )
+
+        # Check force pull parameter
+        if not isinstance(d['force_pull'], bool):
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=400,
+                detail="Force pull should be bool."
+                )
+
+    return conf
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index 665775d1..13b70478 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ services:
         environment:
             - NOMAD_ADDR=https://193.146.75.221:4646
             - ACCOUNTING_PTH=/home/ai4-accounting
+            - ZENODO_TOKEN=*************************
         volumes:
             - /home/ubuntu/nomad-certs/nomad-prod:/home/nomad-certs
             - /mnt/ai4os-logs/ai4-accounting:/home/ai4-accounting
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ services:
         environment:
             - NOMAD_ADDR=https://193.146.75.221:4646
             - ACCOUNTING_PTH=/home/ai4-accounting
+            - ZENODO_TOKEN=*************************
         volumes:
             - /home/ubuntu/nomad-certs/nomad-prod:/home/nomad-certs
             - /mnt/ai4os-logs/ai4-accounting:/home/ai4-accounting
diff --git a/etc/modules/nomad.hcl b/etc/modules/nomad.hcl
index 7ac87bc6..4c2426f0 100644
--- a/etc/modules/nomad.hcl
+++ b/etc/modules/nomad.hcl
@@ -99,12 +99,18 @@ job "userjob-${JOB_UUID}" {
     task "storagetask" {
       // Running task in charge of mounting storage
 
+      lifecycle {
+        hook    = "prestart"
+        sidecar = true
+      }
+
       driver = "docker"
 
       config {
-        image   = "ignacioheredia/ai4-docker-storage"
+        force_pull = true
+        image      = "registry.services.ai4os.eu/ai4os/docker-storage:latest"
         privileged = true
-        volumes = [
+        volumes    = [
           "/nomad-storage/${JOB_UUID}:/storage:shared",
         ]
       }
@@ -126,6 +132,36 @@ job "userjob-${JOB_UUID}" {
       }
     }
 
+    task "dataset_download" {
+      // Download a dataset to the Nextcloud-mounted storage
+
+      lifecycle {
+        hook    = "prestart"
+        sidecar = false
+      }
+
+      driver = "docker"
+
+      config {
+        force_pull = true
+        image      = "registry.services.ai4os.eu/ai4os/docker-zenodo:latest"
+        volumes    = [
+          "/nomad-storage/${JOB_UUID}:/storage:shared",
+        ]
+      }
+
+      env {
+        DOI = "${DATASET_DOI}"
+        FORCE_PULL = "${DATASET_FORCE_PULL}"
+      }
+
+      resources {
+        cpu    = 50
+        memory = 2000
+      }
+
+    }
+
     task "usertask" {
       // Task configured by the user (deepaas, jupyter, vscode)
 
diff --git a/etc/modules/user.yaml b/etc/modules/user.yaml
index 6d0d83f0..b9196c10 100644
--- a/etc/modules/user.yaml
+++ b/etc/modules/user.yaml
@@ -102,3 +102,8 @@ storage:
   rclone_password:
     name: RCLONE user password
     value: ''
+
+  datasets:
+    name: Info of the datasets you want to download
+    value: []
+    description: Each element in the list should be a dict containing "doi" and "force_pull" keys. It requires the definition of all RCLONE variables.