Your Data Management Plan (DMP) must be specific to your project! Proposal reviewers will compare the data that you plan to collect in your research plan and see if you have described how each of those data types will be managed in your DMP. There should be a one-to-one correlation.
General Guidelines
A data management plan describes the data that will be authored and how the data will be managed and made accessible throughout its lifetime. The contents of the data management plan should include:
- the types of data to be authored;
- the standards that would be applied, for example format and metadata content;
- provisions for archiving and preservation;
- access policies and provisions; and
- plans for eventual transition or termination of the data collection in the long-term future.
A tool that can help guide you as you create a plan is the Data Management Tool. You pick Ohio State and get in that way. Click on “Create New DMP” from the tabs and then Select Template – pick the program you are submitting to – then Next. On the next screen you’ll see the guiding questions you need to answer as you start to create your plan.
NSF Resources
NSF Data Management Plan Requirements Video, Jean Feldman, Director, Policy Office, Office of Budget, Finance & Award Management, NSF
Dissemination and Sharing of Research Results — Includes NSF Data Sharing Policy and Specific Requirements for Each Directorate
Guidelines for creating Data Management for NSF SBE Directorate Proposals and Awards — revised April 2018
NIH Resources
NIH Data Sharing Policy and Implementation Guidance — Includes Requirements and Examples of Data Sharing Plans
The following statement is used by Natasha Slesnick in her NIH submissions:
Identifying data will be removed from the dataset and any users will need to be approved by and sign a data sharing agreement through the OSU IRB that 1) they will only use the data for research purposes, 2) will secure the data using appropriate computer technology and 3) data will be destroyed or returned after completion of the analyses