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

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Data Management Plan Database

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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 Waterloo; Digital Research Alliance of Canada

This DMP aims to collect text, binary (ASCII, binary), images, audio, etc. data to develop advanced research computing frameworks and infrastructure for application in various fields like quantum chemistry, biochemistry, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.

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 Saskatchewan; Digital Research Alliance of Canada
This is a template DMP for research project utilizing technology and/or software for application in healthcare and medicine.
Leiden University; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This is a DMP template for researchers at Leiden University, The Netherlands. It has a checkbox format instead of a paragraph format which could be useful for certain researchers.
University of Alberta; Digital Research Alliance of Canada

This is a template DMP for mixed-methods research where data is obtained from surveys and qualitative interviews/focus groups.

McGill University; Digital Research Alliance of Canada
This is a template DMP for clinical and biological research projects involving imaging. This particular example includes neuroimaging and pertains to the field of neurosciences.
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).
University of Saskatchewan; Digital Research Alliance of Canada
This is a template DMP for qualitative research projects in the health sciences conducted on human participants.
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 New Brunswick; Digital Research Alliance of Canada
This is a template DMP for use in projects that combine scientific methods with computer simulations/modelling to study molecular interactions.
University of Calgary; Digital Research Alliance of Canada

This is a template DMP for use in systematic review projects in any field.

University of Auckland
This DMP is an interdisciplinary template created for the University of Auckland.
University of Waterloo; McMaster University; The Gordon Foundation; University of Saskatchewan; Wilfrid Laurier University; Digital Research Alliance of Canada
This is a template DMP for oceanographic research to generate water quality data.
Cégep de Sherbrooke; Digital Research Alliance of Canada

This DMP aims to collect digital, tabular, and graphic data on plastic production parameters, environmental conditions, and inspectional measures among other factors to optimize the industrial extrusion process.

USDA; National Agricultural Library
This DMP is an example provided by the National Agriculture Library.
USDA; National Agricultural Library
This DMP is an annotated example provided by the National Agriculture Library.
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.
Delft University of Technology; LIBER
This data management plan from LIBER aims to develop methods to reduce uncertainty in the quantification of Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) results.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This DMP aims to collect data in order "to develop a system to detect clouds in real time with high accuracy by implementing an intelligent low-cost Cloud Motion Vector System (CMVS) design."
University of Waterloo; Digital Research Alliance of Canada
This DMP aims to collect photographs, Raman data, and lab data to develop new and efficient techniques for synthesizing two-dimensional perovskites at lower temperatures.
University of Southern California; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This DMP attempts to redevelop a methodology of measuring Fe(II) in ocean seawater columns to create a better estimate of its concentration.
University of Guelph
This DMP aims to collect numeric field data to be used to diversify and enhance The University of Guelph’s soybean breeding.
University of Maryland, College Park; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This DMP highlights how a Digital Curation Innovation Center will manage its data.
University of Kansas; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This DMP outlines the steps that will be taken when digitizing herbarium samples include images of herbarium specimens, specimen data, georeferenced data, programming, and more.
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.
Georgia State University; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This DMP aims to conduct secondary health data analysis including survey and electronic health records to assess substance use amongst women stratified by sexual orientation.