Funder policies and RDM resources

NOAM funding agencies

Canada Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy; March 2023  

Policy notice & documents

• Tri-Agency Statement of Principles on Digital Data Management

• Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy

Policy implementation guidance

• The Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR)

US OSTP Public Access Policy Memos; Directs US Federal funding agencies to establish (or revise) data sharing policies; February 2013 and August 2022  

Policy notice & documents

• OSTP Public Access Memo; 2022

• OSTP Public Access Memo; 2013

Policy implementation guidance

• Desirable Characteristics of Data Repositories

NIH Data Management & Sharing Policy (DMSP) - January 2023   NIH Institute and Center Data Sharing Policies - Table created 2023 ; NIH Other Sharing Policies - Page created 2023  

Policy notice & documents

• Final NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing

• NIH Institute and Center Data Sharing Policies

• Other Sharing Policies

Policy implementation guidance

• Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative

• Selecting a Data Repository

• Supplemental Information to the NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing: Selecting a Repository for Data Resulting from NIH-Supported Research

• Generalist Repositories

• About NIH-Supported Data Sharing Resources

• NIH-Supported Data Sharing Resources

• NIH Institute and Center Data Sharing Policies

NSF Data Sharing Policy; March 2022 and June 2023  

Policy notice & documents

• NSF Public Access Plan 2.0

• Effective Practices for Making Research Data Discoverable and Citable (Data Sharing)

Policy implementation guidance

• re3data.org

• Webinars to help inform public access implementation

NASA Scientific Information Policy for the Science Mission Directorate (SPD-41a); September 2022, implementation in February 2023  

Policy implementation guidance

• Biological and Physical Sciences Open Data

NIST Order 5702.00 Preservation and Maintenance of Published Research Data*; November 2017  

Policy notice & documents

• Preservation and Maintenance of Published Research Data

Policy implementation guidance

• ESDS Program: Open Data, Services, and Software Policies

• Biological and Physical Sciences Open Data

DOE Policy for Digital Research Data Management & DOE Office of Science Statement on Digital Data Management*; January 2022  

Policy notice & documents

• DOE Policy for Digital Research Data Management

Policy implementation guidance

• Statement on Digital Data Management

USDA Directive on Public Access to Scholarly Digital Scientific Research Data DR 1020-006*; July 20, 2022  

Policy notice & documents

• Public Access to Scholarly Publications and Digital Scientific Research Data

*May be updated in forthcoming revised agency public access policy pursuant to 2022 OSTP Public Access Policy Memo

LATAM funding agencies

FAPESP, The São Paulo Research Foundation; October 2017 

Policy notice & documents

• Gestão de Dados

Policy implementation guidance

• Diretrizes para Planos de Gestão de Dados (PGD) para Propostas de Centros

• DMPTool: Create Data Management Plans that meet requirements and promote your research

• DMPonline: Plan to make data work for you

• Documentos e páginas de interesse - Planos de Gestão de Dados

EU funding agencies

EC Open Research Europe Open Data, Software and Code Guidelines; May 2022  

Policy notice & documents

• Open Data, Software and Code Guidelines

Policy implementation guidance

• Approved repositories

VR, Swedish Research Council; May 2019 

Policy notice & documents

• Open access to research data

• The way towards open access to research data

Policy implementation guidance

• Learn more about open access to research data

• Data management plan template

• The way towards open access to research data

• SND: Funding application

• DCC: National development in Sweden for Data Management Plan

DFG, German Research Foundation; December 2021 

Policy notice & documents

• Handling of Research Data

Policy implementation guidance

• Checklist for planning and description of handling of research data in research projects

• re3data.org

• Press release: DFG supports plans for legislation on research data

UK funding agencies

Policy notice & documents

• Publishing your research findings

Policy implementation guidance

• Guidance on best practice in the management of research data

• Open research

• Supporting research data management costs through grant funding

AHRC; Aug 2021, July 2023 

Policy notice & documents

• AHRC research funding guide

BBSRC Data Sharing Policy; March 2017, Bioscience leaflet 2021 

Policy notice & documents

• BBSRC data sharing policy

• Data sharing in the biosciences

Policy implementation guidance

• BBSRC data sharing policy FAQ

EPSRC Policy Framework on Research Data; May 2011 

Policy notice & documents

• Policy framework on research data

Policy implementation guidance

• Expectations

• Principles of EPSRC research data policy framework

• Scope and benefits

• Exploitation of research results and collaborative research

• Responsibility for costs

ESRC; May 2018 

Policy notice & documents

• ESRC research data policy

Policy implementation guidance

• ESRC data citation: what you need to know

• Publishing your research findings

MRC; Sept 2016, January 2017, January 2020 

Policy notice & documents

• MRC data sharing policy

• Data management and sharing

• MRC guidance on sharing research data from population and patient studies

• Open research data: clinical trials and public health interventions

Policy implementation guidance

• Good research practice policies and guidance

NERC; December 2019 and March 2022 

Policy notice & documents

• NERC data policy

Policy implementation guidance

• NERC Data Policy - Guidance Notes

• Facilities and resources

STFC; August 2021 

Policy notice & documents

• Data management plan

Policy implementation guidance

• DCC: Because good research needs good data

APAC funding agencies

NHMRC/ARC/Universities Australia Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research, 2018 (2018 Code; ISBN  9781864960136); 2018  

Policy notice & documents

• Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research, 2018

Policy implementation guidance

• Management of Data and Information in Research