LibGuides: Research Data Management: Writing your DMP

Tools for Writing your DMP

DMP Tool can help you create a ready-to-use data management plan for a specific funding agency.

Model language for Data Management Plans

Data Management Checklist

The following questions can help you to begin to think about how you will manage your data and the answers will be useful for developing the content of a data management plan.

Data Production	What type(s) of data will be produced? What file format(s) will the data be saved as? Are those file formats proprietary? Will they degrade? Will the data be reproducible? Do you need tools or software to create/process/visualize the data?
Data Size	How much data will it be, and at what growth rate? How often will it change?
Data Usage	Who will potentially be using your data both now and later?
Data Retention	How long should it be retained? (e.g., 3-5 years, 10-20 years, permanently). Does your institution have a data retention policy?
Privacy and Security	Any special privacy or security requirements? (e.g., personal data, high-security data).
Data Sharing	Any sharing requirements? (e.g., funder data sharing policy). Have you chosen a repository in which to archive your data?
Data Management Plan	Does your funding agency require a data management plan in the grant proposal?
Data Documentation	How will you be documenting your data and project? What directory and file naming convention will be used? What project and data identifiers will be assigned? Is there a schema, ontological, or other metadata standard in your field for sharing data with others?
Storage and Backup	What are the strategies for storage and backup of the data? Are you aware of support backups?
Publication	When and where will the work be published?
Responsibility	Who in the research group will be responsible for data management? Who controls the data (PI, student, lab, institution, funder)?

Example Data Management Plans

UC San Diego example plans
Several examples intended to provide a starting point for the development of other proposal-specific Data Management Plans.
DataONE example plans
Scroll to the bottom of the page for example DMPs developed by participants of a DataONE Best Practices workshop
ICPSR example plans
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) has guidelines and examples focused on social science research.

Last updated on Mar 20, 2023 11:37 AM