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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Arthropod responses to grassland nutrient limitation

Original Source

DataOne

This DMP aims to collect data to investigate the effect nutrient limitation in grasslands on arthropod community diversity and growth levels.

Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations, Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii, 2011-2013

Original Source

DataOne

This DMP aims to collect data on the CO2 concentrations present in the air on Mauna Lao, a remote island observatory.

Biosignature Suites: Using Connections between Microbes and Minerals to understand Biogenic Carbonates

Original Source

University of New Mexico; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance

This DMP aims to collect samples from the field to better understand biogenic carbonates through investigating microbes and minerals.

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.

Evidence for Dynamic Weakening Mechanisms in the San Andreas Fault: Microgeochemistry and microthermometry of Fault related Rocks from SAFOD core and Exhumed Fault

Original Source

Utah State University; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance

This DMP aims to collect data by analyzing the rocks from the San Andreas Fault Zone to better understand processes, particularly dynamic weakening that lead to the generation of earthquakes.

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.

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).

Rio Grande Basin Hydrologic Geodatabase Compendium

Original Source

DataOne

This DMP aims to collect data on water resources of the Rio Grande in an effort to create a geodatabase.

Sample Data Management Plan for Depositing Data with ICPSR

Original Source

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)

This is a sample data management plan created by the ICPRSR, intended to be edited and customized by the user. It is a general data management template with basic information filled in to give researchers an idea of where to start.

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.

Water pollution governance in Lake Titicaca: Creating Political Spaces of Democratization

Original Source

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

This DMP gathers semi-structured interviews, oral histories, focus groups, and Social Network Analysis (SNA) to investigate democratization of water pollution governance within the rural communities and urban centres around Lake Titicaca in Puno, Peru.