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Data Management Plans: An Introduction to NIH requirements

Funding organizations

2003 NIH Data Sharing Policy (seeking over $500,000; Clinical trial data encouraged to be shared)*

2011 NSF requires Data Management Plan

2014 NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy (all NIH-funded research generating large scale human or non-human genomic data)

Some private foundations (Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, Howard Hughes) also require sharing of data & may include a DMP requirement

Divisions & specific grants within an agency may have additional or unique requirements. Some journals have data sharing requirements

*This will be replaced with the 2023 requirements

2023 NIH Data Management & Sharing Policy

Effective January 25, 2023

Requires researchers seeking NIH funding to prospectively submit a  plan outlining how scientific data from their research will be managed and shared

Researchers should “maximize the appropriate sharing of scientific data”

Data should be shared as soon as possible, and no later than the time of an  associated publication or end of the performance period (whichever comes first)

This plan represents the minimum requirements. NIH ICOs may expect more  specificity in their plans - check funding announcements for info