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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:
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Data Sharing Policy and Implementation Guidance
- National Science Foundation (NSF) - Dissemination and Sharing of Research Results
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) - Planning Your Next DHAG 3: Managing and Sustaining the Project Assets
- U.S. Department of Agriculture - National Institute of Food & Agriculture (NIFA) - Data Management Plan Guidance
- U.S. Department of Education - Institute of Educational Sciences (IES) - Guide for Public Access to Research Data
- U.S. Department of Energy - Data Management & Sharing Plan Contents
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) - Data Management & Sharing Guidelines and Resources
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)