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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Newcastle University
This DMP predicts to collect spectrograms, and formant frequencies. This data will be used in the aim to understand how singers’ accent and pronunciation contributes to the ways their music is received and understood.
McMaster University
This data management plan template is designed to facilitate group collaboration among a diverse range of stakeholders, including artists, researchers, research participants, social service workers, community organizers, and community workers. It is intentionally crafted in plain language to facilitate accessibility and understanding for all parties involved. Additionally, it frames the process as conversation as opposed to a more traditional form, fostering relational approaches to interdisciplinary collaboration.
University of Limoges; University of Vienna (PHAIDRA)
This DMP was created for the ATHOR project which aims to develop technologies in material engineering and numerical simulations, for the modeling of refractory linings. Data to be collected includes experimental data, literature reviews, and quantitative model results.
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)
This DMP was created for the audioCommons project, which aims to create an ecosystem for reuse of audio content, to encourage creativity and innovation.
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.
National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

This is an example of a data management plan from the NIH, intended to collect clinical, demographic, and dialysis data from research participants.

Digital Research Alliance of Canada; Simon Fraser University
This sample data management plan from the Alliance aims to create a comprehensive digital database of women's contributions to print culture from 1750 to 1830. It uses data collected from a variety of digital databases and print bibliographies and uses a metadata schema developed by the authors.
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.
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.
University of Calgary; Digital Research Alliance of Canada

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

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.

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.
Johns Hopkins University; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This DMP aims to collect and create a public dataset of over 4000 MRI and CT scans of patients with various brain illnesses including but not limited to acute stroke and manual lesions.
ISGLOBAL
This DMP was created for the Harmonic project which aims to collect cancer patient data, cardiac patient data, as well as biomarker analysis data. The overall goal of the project is to build two cohorts of pediatric populations treated with medical ionizing radiation. The two cohorts are cardiac patients and cancer patients.
MaX Consortium
This DMP was designed for the Centres of Excellence for HPC applications. It aims to collect various open-source first principles simulation codes.
MaX Consortium
This DMP was designed for the European Centre of Excellence in materials modeling, simulations and design. It aims to collect code and simulation data.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
This DMP was created by the NSF as a template for Materials Research.
Loughborough University
This DMP aims to collect qualitative interview data, which will be used in the efforts of validating and exploring more about a literature review on the integration of sustainability into graphic design pedagogy in UK higher education.
UNIPI
This DMP was created for the PRIMAGE project which works in the area of medical imaging, artificial intelligence, and childhood cancer research. The project will collect data such as clinical data, biomarker information, and images.