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Data management and sharing plan guide

Learn how to write a data management and sharing plan

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The focus of this section is to clearly explain which data will be shared, how, and under what conditions. If you plan to use a data repository, this is the section to introduce it and explain how it meets your funder’s requirements. You should also explain how people will be able to locate (search) for the data and include information about licensing.

Consider

  • Which data (and metadata) will be made publicly accessible? Be specific.
  • Who can access the data during the award period?
  • How and when will you make your data available to others?
  • How will other people locate the shared data?
  • What license will be applied to the shared data?

Tips

  • Repository deposit fees can be included in your award budget.
  • Many funders recommend licensing research data under the least restrictive license as possible to encourage data reuse.

Resources

Writing prompts

USDA-NIFA

Describe your data access and sharing procedures during and after the grant. Name specific repositories and catalogs as appropriate.

NIH

Provide the name of the repository(ies) where scientific data and metadata arising from the project will be archived; see Selecting a Data Repository… [AND] … Describe how the scientific data will be findable and identifiable, i.e., via a persistent unique identifier or other standard indexing tools.

Department of Energy

The DMSP should provide a plan for making all scientific data displayed in peer-reviewed scholarly publications resulting from the proposed research open, machine-readable, and digitally accessible to the public at the time of publication. This includes data that are displayed in charts, figures, images, etc. In addition, the underlying digital scientific data used to generate peer-reviewed scholarly publications should be made freely available and publicly accessible at the time of publication, in accordance with the principles stated above. The published article should indicate how these data can be accessed. The DMSP should also provide a timeline for sharing digital scientific data produced under the DOE-funded R&D effort not associated with peer-reviewed scholarly publications.
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