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).

Data Management Plan Database

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Curtin University; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This DMP will conduct open data pilot case studies investigate, develop, and implement open data management and sharing plans.
Digital Research Alliance of Canada; Université de Montréal
This is an example data management plan from the Alliance which describes a fictional research project which involves the collection of soundscapes from monasteries. The fictional researcher intends to collect audio data (WAV files) in order to facilitate analysis.
Canadian Research Data Centre Network; Digital Research Alliance of Canada
This is a template DMP for researchers conducting statistics based research for Statistics Canada.
University of Alberta; Digital Research Alliance of Canada
This is a template DMP for arts-based research intending for projects that will utilize artistic research methods.
Université du Québec à Montréal; Digital Research Alliance of Canada
This is a template DMP for researchers conducting historical research within the humanities utilizing analog research data.
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This is a DMP template for researchers at the H.W. Odum Institute for Research in Social Science applying to the National Science Foundation (NSF). This DMP template is for data that does not contain Personal Identifiable Information (PII).
University of Ottawa; CAU Kiel University; Digital Research Alliance of Canada
This is a template DMP for mixed social sciences research projects that adopt an open scholarship workflow and produce both qualitative and quantitative datasets.
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This is a DMP template for researchers at the H.W. Odum Institute for Research in Social Science applying to the National Science Foundation (NSF). This DMP template is for data that contains Personal Identifiable Information (PII).
Canadian Research Data Centre Network; Digital Research Alliance of Canada

This is a template DMP for researchers conducting statistics based research for Statistics Canada for use in external analyses and applications.

University of Edinburgh
This DMP aims to collect questionnaire data that will be analyzed. This data is collected in the effort to recognize the University of Edinburgh’s past of enslavement and colonialism, while also providing a vision for institutional and cultural development in the future.
University of Cambridge; University of Vienna (PHAIDRA)
This DMP was created for the DIGIWHIST project which aims to systematically evaluate information on public procurement in 35 jurisdictions across Europe. Data collected includes procurement data, and public sector data.
University of Alabama; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This DMP aims to collect data from public records and judicial proceedings to investigate and better understand the litigation process.
University of Leeds; Digital Curation Centre (DCC)
Includes two example DMPs from the University of Leeds covering research involving the collection of primary data by use of interviews and focus groups.
University of California, Irvine; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This DMP aims to collect qualitative and quantitative survey information to improve DMPs and make them more actionable.
Louisiana State University; Open Anthropology Research Repository
This DMP aims to collect coastal hazard data, GIS shape files and data, social-economic data, and demographic data. This data will be used for investigating population changes in a vulnerable coastal environment.
RTI International
This DMP aims to collect geographic data, survey data, statistics, microdata, and code.
Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This DMP will collect qualitative and quantitative information on cognitive, affective, and developmental data of human subjects to ascertain the impact financial constraints have on the academic performance of University students.
University of Plymouth
This DMP aims to collect survey data to be used for understanding the employee perception of the economic outlook in Myanmar.
TRACK Consortium
This DMP was created for the TRACK project, which aims to benchmark and identify energy efficiency opportunities for buildings. The DMP will outline the collection of publication data, datasets, technology data, data models, pictures, videos, audio, interview data, and building data.
The University of Texas at Dallas; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This DMP aims to collect data in order to better understand neocolonialism in the context of "unethical policies, practices, and systemic violence in early 21st Century International Development."
University of Alabama; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This DMP aims to collect data to better understand the relationship between ethnic heterogeneity and public goods provision across Latin America.
EuDEco Consortium; University of Vienna (PHAIDRA)
This DMP aims to collect case study data, model data, survey data, and observational data for the EuDEco project. This project will indulge in establishing a self-sustaining data market in the context of developing the data economy.
Bangor University
This DMP aims to collect  demographic data, numeric data, and raw and standardized score measurements. This data will aid with investigating the combined effectiveness of language and literacy interventions on reading outcomes in primary school children.
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC); Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This is a fictional DMP Example that aims to collect data on recipes from the 1600s to World War 1 to ultimately create an open-access database.
Durham University
This DMP aims to take a qualitative approach through the use of research interviews and solicited diaries. The data mentioned above will be used to investigate the manner in which LGBTQ language instructors navigate across the highly complex environment of Vietnamese language education.
FACTS4WORKERS Consortium; University of Vienna (PHAIDRA)
This DMP was created for the FACTS4WORKERS project, which aims to use its collected data to develop and demonstrate workplace solutions that support and empower workers using smart factory infrastructure. The data to be collected includes 41 interviews with workers at 6 industrial partners, photos, videos, and data from focus groups.
Florida Atlantic University; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This DMP aims to collect data for a Master thesis by interviewing en-wheeled women to better understand how they may engage in "hyperfeminist as a stigma management technique in order to diminish a sexualization."
University of London
This DMP aims to survey approximately  2,000 UK residents online. This survey will focus on collecting financial info and trust-related questions.
FIRES Consortium; University of Vienna (PHAIDRA)
This DMP aims to collect interview data, and numerical data, in order to assist the FIRES project. This project will look into smart, inclusive and sustainable growth in Europe, specifically pertaining to entrepreneurial activity.
University of Nottingham
This DMP aims to collect survey data that will be used to provide the information needed to further inform and address food insecurity in Nottinghamshire.