Data Management Plan Database

A Data Management Plan (DMP) describes how you will manage, store, secure, document, and share research data. DMPs can vary broadly across disciplines, methodologies, and data types. DMPs are a growing requirement for grants, and can also guide data practices for individuals and teams. DMP Assistant is a free webtool that guides you through drafting your DMP and the easiest way to start building a DMP.

Our database gathers examples from across the world including DMPs from the Digital Research Alliance of Canada, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Qualitative DMP Competition, DataOne, Digital Curation Centre, Liber, the Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance, and UC San Diego Research Data Curation into one searchable, open-access platform.

Download the amalgamated dataset: https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/SDITUG

Project Team: Rebeca Gaston Jothyraj (RDM Assistant - 2024), Shrey Acharya (RDM Assistant - 2023), Sarthak Behal (RDM Assistant 2022-23), Danica Evering and Isaac Pratt (RDM Specialists), Debbie Lawlor (Developer).

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Basic Research from a Non-Human Source Example

Original Source

National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

This is an example of a data management plan from the NIH, intended to collect genomic data and subsequent phenotype data from cancerous mice models.

Data Management Plan: Empowering Indigenous Peoples and Knowledge Systems Related to Climate Change and Intellectual Property Rights

Original Source

Natural Justice; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance

This DMP aims to collect data on Indigenous experiences with climate change and the licensing behind data produced by these communities.

Effects of Placental Dysfunction on Brain Growth in Congenital Heart Disease

Original Source

Washington University in St. Louis; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance

This DMP aims to collect demographic, clinical, and patient data in the form of MRI scans as well as patient placenta and tissue data from pregnant people diagnosed with fetal CHD.

Gene expression analysis data from non-human model organism (zebrafish)

Original Source

National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

This is a sample data management plan from the NIH, intended for submission to the NICHD, that describes a plan to create and preserve biological data from different types of fish embryos.

Genomic data from human research participants

Original Source

National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

This is a sample data management plan from the NIH, intended for submission to the NIMH, presenting a proposal to collect and analyze genomic, phenotypic, and clinical data from human subjects.

Genomic Data from Human Research Participants Example

Original Source

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK); Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance

This example DMP aims to collect genomic and phenotypic data from 36 human subjects.

Genomic data from a non-human source

Original Source

National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

This is a sample data management plan from the NIH, intended for submission to the NIMH, presenting a proposal to collect and analyze genomic data from animal (mice) and human subjects.

Human clinical and genomics data

Original Source

National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

This is an example of a data management plan from the NIH, intended for submission to the NICHD, that details a plan to collect and deidentify clinical, laboratory and genomic data from 1000 participants.

Human genomic data

Original Source

National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Human Genome Research Institute Home (NHGRI)

This is a sample data management plan from the NIH, intended for submission to the NHGRI, that provides an outline for a project involving human genomic and clinical data.

Language Endangerment and Revitalization at the Dialectal Level: A current analysis of Salasaca Kichwa (ISO 639-3 = qxl)

Original Source

Temple University; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance

This DMP aims to collect audio recordings, surveys, and observations to revitalize and endangered language.

Project Indigo, a non-profit dedicated to empowering Pacific indigenous communities through innovative research, cultural heritage preservation, and economic development

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Brigham Young University–Hawaii

This DMP was created for the Indigo project which aims to use research and innovation to empower Pacific indigenous communities. The DMP outlines the collection of interview recordings, transcripts, survey responses, and related documents.

Sample DMSP for R01 – bacteria, vertebrate animal, bioinformatics, genomics, transcriptomics, image

Original Source

University of Alabama Birmingham; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance

This is a sample DMP that will be collecting quantitative data to develop a novel database for the new genome sequencing data for the pathogen, streptococcus pneumoniae.

Secondary Data Analysis Example

Original Source

National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

This sample data management and sharing plan proposes a secondary data analysis of existing kidney magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data. This secondary data will be accessed from the database of Genotypes and Phenotypes (dbGaP). The goal of this research is to produce a clinical dataset of kidney volume, estimated using a neural network.

Text analysis of Taldash (GAL) in Support of Nuu-wee-ya' Language Revitalization: Indigenous-based linguistic analysis and methodological reflections

Original Source

University of Oregon; Qualitative Data Management Plan (DMP) Competition

This DMP aims to digitize data and create a database of semantics, lexicon, and morphemes to preserve the Nuu-wee-ya' language.

The study and improvement of data collection and management for infectious diseases and immunodeficiencies

Original Source

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID); Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance

This DMP aims to collect data on nonrandomized observational population studies to identify gaps in study design and data collection methods to make it more standardized.