The National Institutes of Health will require a Data Management & Sharing Plan for applications submitted on or after January 25, 2023, to help promote sharing of scientific data. This document will be reviewed by NIH program staff for completeness and acceptability. Awardees are expected to carry out the data management and sharing activities outlined in their approved plans as a term and condition of their award.
Each Data Management and Sharing Plan should be specific to the research project and to the NIH program as the requirements are not streamlined across all NIH institutes and centers.
The Data Management and Sharing Plan will apply to all awards that generate scientific data (full list here).
The UI NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy Implementation Working Group presented information about this new requirement to CLAS faculty and staff on January 18, 2023.
View Presentation Slides
View Live Presentation with Q&A
Learn more at the following upcoming workshops hosted by University Libraries:
Sign up preferred, but drop-ins welcome. Sign-Up: HERE
Wednesday, February 8th 2023, 10:00 - 11:00 am, ZOOM
Thursday, March 9th 2023, 3:00-4:00 pm, ZOOM
Tuesday, April 4th 2023, 10:00 - 11:00 am, ZOOM
Wednesday, May 3rd 2023, 2:00 - 3:00 pm, ZOOM
Below are example resources available to help investigators develop Data Management & Sharing Plans.
National Institutes of Health
- Data Management & Sharing Plan Overview
- Explore the Areas in which NIH has sharing Policies
- Writing a Data Management and Sharing Plan
- Sample Plans (scroll about ¾ down the page)
- Selecting a Data Repository
- NIH-supported Data Repositories
- Budgeting for DMS Plans
- Various NIH Institute or Center data sharing policies
- Preview Draft Plan (document download
University of Iowa Libraries
- Iowa Research Online (IRO)
- Research Data Services
- Brian Westra (brian-westra@uiowa.edu), UI Data Librarian, is an excellent resource for researchers developing and implementing Data Management Plans for any federal sponsors.
- NIH DMS Plan Checklist
University of Iowa Division of Sponsored Programs
- Data management and Sharing Plan, and also a handy DMS Reference Guide
External Tool for creating a Data Management Plan