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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Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Light-Matter Interactions

Original Source

University of Montreal

This DMP aims to collect calculations, simulations, publications, presentations, and experimental design work. The goal of the project is to comprehend and control the quantum dynamics of light-induced excited states in condensed matter.

Data Management Plan for Computational reproducibility in High-Performance Computing (HPC)

Original Source

Digital Research Alliance of Canada; University of Waterloo

This DMP example show uses a case study of relativistic astrophysics and gravitational physics data to show how management strategies can support computational reproducibility in High-Performance Computing. Data are the inputs and outputs of the numerical simulation model.

Data Management Plan for Historical Canadian Census Data

Original Source

Digital Research Alliance of Canada; Western University, Queen's University

This is an example data management plan from the Alliance which aims to create a database of digital products from the Canadian Census of Population. The database includes text base data collected from Statistics Canada.

Data Management Plan for People, Places, Policies and Prospects: Affordable Rental Housing for Those in Greatest Need (example)

Original Source

Digital Research Alliance of Canada; Cape Breton University

This example data management plan from the Alliance intended to analyze the availability and usage of affordable rental housing. The project requires the collection of various forms of numeric, audio-visual and text-based data collected from a variety of sources such as surveys, focus groups etc.

Data Management Plan: Opening access to economic data to prevent tobacco related diseases in Africa

Original Source

University of Cape Town (SA); Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance

This DMP will collect and make publicly available tobacco related data in certain African countries to increase research in this field such that a continent-wide approach to tobacco control can be developed.

Data Management Plan Template: Accessing Data from Research Data Centres (CRDCN)

Original Source

Canadian Research Data Centre Network; Digital Research Alliance of Canada

This is a template DMP for researchers conducting statistics based research for Statistics Canada.

Data Management Plan Template: Advanced Research Computing

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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.

Data Management Plan Template: Open Science Workflows

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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.

Data Management Plan Template: Research Data Centres and External Analysis (CRDCN)

Original Source

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.

Data Management Plan to Optimize an Industrial Extrusion Process

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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.

Designing Low-Temperature Synthesis Methods for 2-Dimensional Oxide Perovskites

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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.

DMP Example: Economic and Social Research

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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.

DMSP for "RTG: Transdisciplinary Training in Mathematical and Computational Biology at NJIT: From Data to Theory and Back"

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New Jersey Institute of Technology

This DMP aims to collect mathematical model data, code, experimental data, and numerical simulation data. The project itself intends to create a cross-disciplinary training program based on the relationship between mathematics and biology.

EAGER: PBI: Designing Public Use Microdata Business Areas (PUMBAs) for Innovation

Original Source

RTI International

This DMP aims to collect geographic data, survey data, statistics, microdata, and code.

Employee Perception of Economic Outlook in Myanmar’s International Business Environment: An Assessment of Optimism and Pessimism

Original Source

University of Plymouth

This DMP aims to collect survey data to be used for understanding the employee perception of the economic outlook in Myanmar.

EuDEco Data management plan

Original Source

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.

Examining the combined effectiveness of early language and later reading intervention in primary aged children

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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.

INSIGHTS Data Management Plan

Original Source

INSIGHTS Consortium; University of Vienna (PHAIDRA)

This DMP was created for the INSIGHTS project, which aims to develop advanced statistical methods for software-aided problem solving in particle physics and other fields. This project will develop experimental data with 4 levels of significance.

Mock Behavioral and Eye-Tracking Project with Human participants

Original Source

Montreal Neurological Institute

This DMP aims to collect reaction time, choice, and eye-tracking data which will be used for a mock behavioral and eye-tracking project.

R2PI Data Management Plan

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R2PI Consortium; University of Vienna (PHAIDRA)

This DMP aims to collect research and case study data for the R2Pi project, which has the intent of developing sustainable business models to create a circular economy.

Research Data Management Plan for the Meaningful Data Counts Project

Original Source

University of Ottawa; Digital Research Alliance of Canada

This DMP aims to collect and provide empirical evidence for the impact of data usage, data citation, and use of datasets on academic communication.

Sample Data Management Plan for Depositing Data with ICPSR

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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.

Social Pricing - Image Management, Social Preferences and Pay-What-You-Want

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UC San Diego; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance

This is a data management plan from UC San Diego which details a strategy to collect and analyze data for application in the decision and risk management sciences.

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.