Make a Plan

Compliance and Legal Issues

Some research topics have extra considerations that affect data management, such as human subjects or intellectual property concerns.

The choices made while analyzing data can also contribute to effectively managing research data.

Many funders require data management and sharing plans with grant proposals.

Funders may require that researchers make their outputs publicly accessible.

Locate resources to help with grant proposal and budget development for research projects.

All grant or contract proposals to the NIH that generate scientific data must include a data management & sharing (DMS) plan.