Library Guides: Research Data Management: Funding Agency Guidelines

Funding Agency Policies and Guidelines

Numerous funding agencies have developed policies regarding data management; some of them have begun to require the submission of a data management plan with funding proposals. Requirements, guidelines, and data policies vary from agency to agency.

The below list, compiled by Andrew Johnson at the University of Colorado, Boulder, gives an overview of some of these policies. (The original list can be viewed on CU Boulder's Research Data Services webpage).

Funding Department or Agency	Link to Data Management Policy or Plan
Center for Disease Control and Prevention	Releasing and Sharing Data Office of the Associate Director for Science (OADS)
Department of Agriculture	Public Access Implementation Plan (pdf)
Department of Defense	Department of Defense Instruction 3200.14, Principles and Operational Parameters of the DoD Scientific and Technical Information Program (pdf) Department of Defense Directive 3200.12, Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Program (STIP) (pdf) Draft Plan to Establish Public Access to the Results of Federally Funded Research
Department of Energy	Statement on Digital Data Management Public Access Plan (pdf) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility Data Sharing and Distribution Policy Department of Energy Standard Research Terms and Conditions (pdf)
Department of Health and Human Services	Office of Research Integrity Guidelines for Responsible Data Management in Scientific Research (pdf) ASPR Public Access to Federally Funded Research: Publications and Data (pdf) AHRQ Public Access to Federally Funded Research
Department of the Interior	Data Resource Management, Departmental Manual, Series 17, Part 378 DOI Data Management DOI Open Data FY14 Plan (pdf)
Department of Transportation	Increasing Access to Federally Funded Research Results (pdf)
Environmental Protection Agency	Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by the Environmental Protection Agency Survey of EPA and Other Federal Agency Scientific Data Management Policies and Guidance 2010 (pdf)
Food and Drug Administration (Department of Health and Human Services)	Public Access to Results of FDA-Funded Scientific Research
Institute of Education Sciences (Department of Education)	Policy Statement on Data Sharing in IES Research Centers
Institute of Museum and Library Services	Specifications for Projects that Develop Digital Products Standards and Guidelines for Requirements for Federally Sponsored Research
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	NASA Earth Science Data and Information Policy NASA Earth Science Data Rights and Related Issues NASA NASA Guidebook for Proposers Responding to a NASA Research Announcement (NRA) or Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) (pdf) NASA Plan for Increasing Access to the Results of Scientific Research (pdf)
National Endowment for the Humanities	Data Management Plans for NEH Office of Digital Humanities Proposals and Awards (pdf)
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Department of Agriculture)	National Institute of Food and Agriculture Award Terms and Conditions Data Management Plan for NIFA-Funded Research Projects (pdf)
National Institutes of Health	NIH Sharing Policies and Related Guidance on NIH-Funded Research Resources NIH Data Sharing Policy and Implementation Guidance Data Sharing Regulations/Policy/Guidance Chart for NIH Awards (doc) Frequently Asked Questions on Data Sharing
National Institute of Justice	Data Archiving Plans for NIJ Funding Applicants
National Institute of Standards and Technology (Department of Commerce)	National Institute of Standards and Technology Guidelines, Information Quality Standards, and Administration Mechanism Plan for Providing Public Access to the Results of Federally Funded Research (pdf)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Department of Commerce)	NOAA Data Documentation Procedural Directive NOAA Data Management Planning Procedural Directive NOAA Data Sharing Procedural Directive NOAA Plan for Increasing Public Access to Research Results
National Science Foundation	NSF's Public Access Plan (pdf) Dissemination and Sharing of Research Results Award & Administration Guide (AAG) Chapter VI.D.4 Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) Chapter II.C.2.j Data Management & Sharing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Biological Sciences Directorate (BIO) Directorate-wide Guidance (pdf) Computer & Information Sciences & Engineering (CISE) Education & Human Resources Directorate (EHR) (pdf) Engineering Directorate (ENG) Directorate-wide Guidance (pdf) Geosciences Directorate (GEO) Directorate-wide Guidance Geological Sciences Directorate (GEO) Division of Earth Sciences (pdf) Geological Sciences Directorate (GEO) Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (pdf) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate (MPS) Division of Asdivonomical Sciences (AST) Advice to PIs on Data Management Plans (pdf) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate (MPS) Division of Chemisdivy (CHE) Advice to PIs on Data Management Plans (pdf) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate (MPS) Division of Materials Research (DMR) Advice to PIs on Data Management Plans (pdf) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate (MPS) Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) Advice to PIs on Data Management Plans (pdf) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate (MPS) Division of Physics (PHY) Advice to PIs on Data Management Plans (pdf) Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate (SBE) Directorate-wide Guidance (pdf) Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate (SBE) Data Archiving Policy for the Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES)
Smithsonian Institution	Smithsonian Institution Plan for Increased Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research (pdf) Sharing Smithsonian Digital Scientific Research Data from Biology (pdf)
U.S. Geological Survey (Department of the Interior)	USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center Data Policies and Guidance
Veterans Affairs	Policy and Implementation Plan for Public Access (pdf)

DMP Guidelines and Templates

The DMP Tool lists data management requirements from specific funding agencies in addition to providing templates for your data management plan. It includes templates designed to meet the requirements of various funding agencies, and provides step-by-step guidance throughout the creation process

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