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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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.

Sample DMSP for R01 – mouse study, cardiac function, image data, -omics data

Original Source

University of Alabama Birmingham; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance

This is an example DMP that aims to collect gene and protein expression data to assess DNA methylation and its impact on cardiac function.

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.

Signature for Pain Recovery IN Teens (SPRINT)

Original Source

Stanford University; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance

This DMP aims to collect patient clinical data in order to develop a guideline to diagnose teens suffering from MSK pain.

Statistical Analysis Plan: Towards a population approach for monitoring dementia frequency, risk factors and management, leveraging electronic medical records and routine administrative data

Original Source

National Centre for Healthy Ageing

This DMP aims to take a population approach for monitoring dementia frequency, risk factors and management. The DMP will outline the collection of clinical data, patient data, and other health data.

Survey and interview data

Original Source

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

This sample DMP aims to collect data from an accelerometer, surveys, and semi-structured interviews from 250 participants.

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.

Survey, interview, and biological data (tiered access)

Original Source

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

This DMP from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) aims to add to an existing longitudinal project by conducting another wave of data collection from 13 000 web-surveys and 200 health exams. This will be shared under a restricted use agreement.

VDL Student Data Management Record

Original Source

McMaster University

This is a student data management record created by the vascular dynamics lab. Although it was created for students working within this lab and is structured for kinesiology related research, it has broad applicability as an exit protocol for labs working across Natural and Health Sciences.

Women's Advanced Risk-Assessment in Manitoba (WARM) Hearts

Original Source

University of Manitoba; Digital Research Alliance of Canada

This DMP aims to collect clinical data for 1000 women for an observational study to assess the effectiveness of a cardiovascular screening program and identify any potential biomarkers that are predicative for cardiovascular disease.

Youth Experience Matters: Participation in physical activity, what really matters to adolescents with a physical disability?

Original Source

N/A

This DMP aims to collect survey data from approximately 100 youth individuals with a primary physical disability diagnosis. This data will be stored as numeric and tabular data and will be used to examine the health and wellbeing aspect of physical activity in this demographic.

Zurich Project on the Social Development from Childhood to Adulthood (Z-Proso) data management plan

Original Source

University of Zurich; ETH Zurich; University of Cambridge; Digital Curation Centre (DCC)

This data management plan aims to extend an existing study on the same topic by creating new data from surveys. This DMP also deals with sensitive identifiable data and anonymization practices.