N/A; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This DMP aims to collect meteorological, physiochemical, environmental, and copepod population data to determine the effect of heavy metal on Estuarine Copepods.
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.
DataOne
This DMP aims to collect data to investigate the effect nutrient limitation in grasslands on arthropod community diversity and growth levels.
DataOne
This DMP aims to collect data on the CO2 concentrations present in the air on Mauna Lao, a remote island observatory.
University of New Mexico; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This DMP aims to collect samples from the field to better understand biogenic carbonates through investigating microbes and minerals.
University of California, Santa Barbara; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This DMP will collect compositional, electrochemical property, and structural data to investigate their effects on the rate of electron transfer and structural stability of such Na-ion cathode materials.
Open Anthropology Research Repository
This DMP is curated to document 20 – 25 digital stories depicting Detroit’s ethnic histories. The data collected will include a combination of digital images, audio and video.
Digital Research Alliance of Canada; University of Waterloo
This is a data management plan example created by the Ecohydrology Research Group at the University of Waterloo. It presents a sample DMP for research work within the field involving laboratory, chemical, biological and numerical data.
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.
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.
University of Victoria
This DMP is created for the Groundwater Science and Sustainability Research Group at the University of Victoria. The DMP aims to collect various forms of data, with an emphasis on geospatial data, and is inspired by the ecohydrology specific DMP template at UVic.
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 mixed-methods research where data is obtained from surveys and qualitative interviews/focus groups.
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.
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 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.
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 data on viruses and viral infections in the ocean to better understand which bacteria viruses infect. To do this, the researchers are developing a "high-throughput technique to identify cultures in the environment."
University of Plymouth
This DMP aims to collect survey data to be used for understanding the employee perception of the economic outlook in Myanmar.
Utah State University; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This DMP aims to collect data by analyzing the rocks from the San Andreas Fault Zone to better understand processes, particularly dynamic weakening that lead to the generation of earthquakes.
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.
Women Food and Agriculture Network
This DMP aims to collect both digital and non-digital including online program participant registrations, outreach materials, project activity tracking, and assessment questionnaires. This data will be used in the effort of providing more opportunities for women farmers, as well as boosting aspects of confidence, interest, commitment, and connectivity with respect to the farming field.
University of Bari Aldo Moro; University of Vienna (PHAIDRA)
This DMP was created for the HyPhOE project, which aims to establish a symbiosis between photosynthetic organisms and technology. Data collected includes crystallographic data and experimental data.
University of Nebraska--Lincoln; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This DMP will collect data to "reduce the risk of hazard material transportation, reduce crashes, improve emergency response times for unexpected events, and increase the overall safety of system workers and users."
University of Alberta; Digital Research Alliance of Canada
This is a DMP example for a fictional research study that will use a mixed-methods approach to collect participant data from interviews, surveys, and focus groups. This example uses the new Alliance Simplified Template (Funding Application Stage) which focuses on 5 questions that are helpful for a DMP that meets new Tri-Agency requirements.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
This DMP was created by the NSF as a template for Engineering.
DataOne
This DMP aims to collect data on water resources of the Rio Grande in an effort to create a geodatabase.
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.