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Managing Research Data: Data Management and Sharing Plans

The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) maintains a snapshot of Data Sharing and Article Sharing policies from U.S. federal agencies. The provided information may not necessarily reflect the most up-to-date agency policies, so researchers should always refer directly to the agency for the most accurate policy information.

DMPTool provides a list of grant funders and their data management plan requirements.

Below are a few Data Management and Sharing Plan requirements from some larger federal funding agencies:


""Schedule a Consultation with Dani Kirsch, Research Data Specialist or stop by during her Open Office Hours (Tuesdays 10:00 - 11:00 & Fridays 1:00 - 2:00 in the Digital Scholarship Center at the Edmon Low Library)

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OSU is a participating institution with DMPTool. When you log in to DMPTool, log in with your okstate email so that you can select Oklahoma State University as your institutional affiliation. DMPTool provides templates and walk-throughs for data management and sharing plans from a variety of funding agencies and institutions.

The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) provides a Framework for Creating a Data Management Plan.

DataONE has a lesson and hands-on exercise that covers Data Management Planning.

The Digital Curation Centre (DCC) in the U.K. has a 2011 article on How to Develop a Data Management and Sharing Plan.


""Schedule a Consultation with Dani Kirsch, Research Data Specialist or stop by during her Open Office Hours (Tuesdays 10:00 - 11:00 & Fridays 1:00 - 2:00 in the Digital Scholarship Center at the Edmon Low Library)

DMPTool provides a list of grant funders and their data management plan requirements which also includes some sample data management plans.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) provides several sample plans.

The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) provides example language for a data management and sharing plan when the PI intends to deposit data with ICPSR.

University of California San Diego provides numerous example data management plans from NSF project proposals submitted by their faculty.


""Schedule a Consultation with Dani Kirsch, Research Data Specialist or stop by during her Open Office Hours (Tuesdays 10:00 - 11:00 & Fridays 1:00 - 2:00 in the Digital Scholarship Center at the Edmon Low Library)