Library Guides: Funding and Grants Research Guide: Data Management Plans

Data Management Plans

A Data Management Plan is a formal plan that documents:

The type of data your research will generate
How it will be stored, accessed, and preserved during and after your research project
How privacy & confidentiality will be securely maintained
How it will be archived and made available following the completion of your research project.

Data Management plans are often no longer than 2-pages in length and are required by all Federal Funding agencies and many other private funders (e.g., Gordan & Betty Moore Foundation, Science) as per the OSTP Public Access Policy Memo of 2013

List of all major DMP Requirements
Provided by the DMPTool, in which Tulane subscribes
NSF Data Sharing Policy
Includes guidance for specific NSF program solicitations
NIH Data Sharing Policy
The Final NIH Statement on Sharing Research Data was published in the NIH Guide on February 26, 2003.
NEH -Digital Humanities Implementation Grants
National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Humanities Implementation Grants
Wellcome Trust Data Policy
Our policy on data management and sharing reflects the principles set out in these statements. It is consistent with the Trust’s position on open and unrestricted access to published research, our guidelines on good research practice and our policy on intellectual property and patentin

Create, review, and share data management plans that meet institutional and funder requirements.

Templates specific to Tulane that breaks down the DMP Requirements of all major Funding Agencies.
Public DMPs from various researchers and institutions
Sample DMPs when available
Advice and guidance on creating a DMP
Easy to use

DMPTool
Plans created with this tool are Tulane password protected and stored on secure server space by our university partners.
DMPTool Workshops at Howard-Tilton Library
Check out Howard-Tilton Memorial Library's website for the next DMPTool Workshop or email us at library@tulane.edu
DMPTool Workshops at Matas Library of Health Sciences
Workshops are also available by request email kpicket1@tulane.edu
DMPTool Quick Start Guide
Overview of the tool and basic instructions

Data Management Plan guide @ ICPSR
In addition to being a data depository, the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) provides guidance on data preparation and writing data management plans.
Data One
Data Observation Network for Earth's (DataONE's) provides Best practices, advise, resources, and guidance on creating DMPs and managing Research Data
University of Minnesota - Introduction to Data Management
5 online sessions of tutorials from Storing your data to How to Digitally Preserve Your Data for the Future
HIPAA & DMP
Research Repositories, Databases, and the HIPAA Privacy Rule from the NIH
Preparing raw clinical data for publication - Article
Hrynaszkiewicz, I., Norton, M. L., Vickers, A. J., & Altman, D. G. (2010). Preparing raw clinical data for publication: guidance for journal editors, authors, and peer reviewers. Trials, 11(1), 1-5. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-11-9
DataOne Investigator Toolkit
The Investigator Toolkit is a collection of software tools for finding, using, and contributing data in DataONE
DCC - Data Management
Resources and guidance from the Digital Curation Center