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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Clinical and/or MRI 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 demographic, clinical and MRI data from human subjects.

A Framework for Adaptive Sampling of Social Science Research Data Using the Twitter API: Understanding Social Media Communication During Crisis Events

Original Source

University of California, Davis; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance

This DMP aims to collect and sample data from the Twitter API for subsequent use in social science research to better understand social media communication during a crisis.

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 Survey Data

Original Source

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

This data management plan from the NIH, intended for submission to the NICHD, details a plan to collect and preserve interview data and time diaries from children and their caregivers.

Migration of legacy data to new media formats for long-time storage and maximum visibility: Modern pollen data from the Canadian Arctic

Original Source

University of Colorado Boulder; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance

This DMP aims to collect data along a stretch of the Canadian Artic to establish a baseline level of pollen that will be compared to current modern levels of pollen so that the effect of climate change on the Artic and subarctic ecosystems can be ascertained.

Non-human data (primates)

Original Source

National Institute on Aging (NIA); Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance

This DMP aims to collect videographic data to generate cardiac physiological profiles taking into consideration behavioral and autonomic nervous system data from 500 subjects.

Non-human data (rodents)

Original Source

National Institute on Aging (NIA); Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance

This DMP supports a study on rodent electrophysiology, behavior, and imaging data, which will be archived in Distributed Archives for Neurophysiology Data Integration (DANDI).

Secondary data analysis

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 perform secondary analysis on data collected from human subjects.

Survey and Interview Example

Original Source

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

This is an example of a data management plan from the NIH, intended to collect anthropologic and public policy data from surveys and interviews.