For More Information, Contact:
Andrew Sallans, Head of Strategic Data Initiatives
Sherry Lake, Senior Scientific Data Consultant
About the Scientific Data Consulting Group

NSF Data Management Plan Requirement Overview

• Proposals submitted after January 18, 2011 must include a Data Management Plan (DMP)
• DMP should be a supplementary document of no more than two pages
• DMP must describe how the researcher will adhere to the NSF policy on sharing of results
• For full DMP policy implementation, see Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) Chapter II.C.2.j

NEH Data Management Plan Requirement Overview

• Beginning January 24, 2012, DHIG (Digital Humanities Implementation Grants) will require every applicant to include both a sustainability plan and a data management plan (DMP).
• DMP should be a supplementary document of no more than two pages
• DMP requirements aligned with those required by NSF
• DMP must describe how the project team will manage and disseminate data generated or collected by the project
• See the National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Humanities Implementation Grants for full policy implementation

UVa Library’s Scientific Data Consulting Group (SciDaC) NSF DMP Templates

SciDaC has adapted the basic guidelines set forth by the NSF to create a generic DMP template – this template is intended to provide structure for proposals in directorates/divisions that do not have specific standards for DMP content. SciDaC has also developed an individual template for each directorate/division that has specific DMP requirements. These templates all combine NSF guidance, questions from the Digital Curation Centre’s Checklist for a Data Management Plan, and SciDaC tips based on the group’s data management expertise.

If you are a researcher who will be using one of our templates, we encourage you to contact us for feedback and review.

And if you are part of an institution that wishes to re-purpose one or more of our templates, we ask that you please contact us SciDac@virginia.edu.