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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McMaster University
This DMP is a template created by McMaster’s Family of Medicine department.
FEAST Consortium
This DMP was created for the FEAST project, which aims to collect images, video, audio, presentation, questionnaires, interviews, and documentation data. The project itself intends to use this data to study food systems that support transitions to healthy and sustainable diets.
University of Guelph
This DMP aims to collect both qualitative and quantitative data. This data is mainly numerical and includes soil structural properties, crop measurements, and general site information. Data collected will be used in the study of no-till corn and soybean production in high-residue environments via improved planter components. 
University of East Anglia; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This DMP was curated for the purpose of using MRI, TMS, and case report form data to analyze functional strength training for upper limb recovery after stroke.
University of Guelph
This DMP aims to collect numeric data to  improve the productivity and profitability of Ontario garlic sector.
National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
This is a sample data management plan from the NIH, intended for submission to the NICHD, that describes a plan to create and preserve biological data from different types of fish embryos.
Dartmouth College; Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This DMP aims to collect genomic data to isolate and analyze DNA and RNA in bulk tissue samples.
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 genomic, phenotypic, and clinical data from human subjects.

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK); Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance

This example DMP aims to collect genomic and phenotypic data from 36 human subjects.

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 genomic data from animal (mice) and human subjects.
University of Ottawa Heart Institute; Metaresearch and Open Science

Developed by researchers for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, this guidance and worked example outlines a hypothetical genomic study into acute lymphoblastic leukaemia using blood drawn from patients, healthy volunteers, and mouse models.

California State University, Channel Islands
This DMP aims to collect observational data including oak tree height, Lat, log, width, and acorn count. This data will be collected by surveying Harmon Canyons Oak trees in order to understand Canopy cover and the biodiversity that lies under the cover.
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.
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This DMP aims to collect health information and educational resources for women with epilepsy from preconception to postpartum. The resources consist of texts, audio, video, and apps.
University of Helsinki (UH)
This DMP was created for the HERCULES project, which aims to perform single-cell analysis to characterize and target high-grade serous ovarian cancer.
N/A
This DMP aims to collect test data, questionnaires, body measurements, video, pictures, and text related to interventions. Thai data will be used to assess a home-based exercise program for individuals with breast or prostate cancer.
Karolinska Institutet
This DMP aims to collect data from medical records to be used in cohort studies, case-control studies and risk-prediction studies. These studies are performed in the effort of increasing person-centered care during labor.
National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

This is an example of a data management plan from the NIH, intended for submission to the NICHD, that details a plan to collect and deidentify clinical, laboratory and genomic data from 1000 participants.

National Institute on Aging (NIA); Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This DMP will collect data to generate whole genome sequencing data from blood sample obtained from 3200 non-Hispanic White patients with Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease.
National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

This is an example of a data management plan from the NIH, intended to collect data from a phase 3 RCT on preeclampsia.

National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Human Genome Research Institute Home (NHGRI)

This is a sample data management plan from the NIH, intended for submission to the NHGRI, that provides an outline for a project involving human genomic and clinical data.

National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
This data management plan from the NIH, intended for submission to the NICHD, details a plan to collect and preserve interview data and time diaries from children and their caregivers.
University of Manchester
This DMP aims to collect tissue from failed cartilage surgery. The goal of the project is to identify mechanisms of failure.
Econutri Consortium
This DMP was curated for the econutri project, which aims to innovate concepts and technologies for ecologically sustainable nutrient management in agriculture. This DMP collects various forms of data including datasets, Standard Operating Procedures, publications, and reports.
University of Georgia
This DMP aims to collect both quantitative and qualitative data. This will mainly consist of experimental and analysis data, which will be used in the efforts of investigating the genetic diversity of pantoea ananatis.
Center for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving
This DMP was created for the MAGIC project which studies marginal lands for growing industrial crops. The DMP will outline the collection of field trial data, crop data, yield result data, and quality result data.
Mobilise-D Consortium
This DMP aims to collect multi-sensor-lab data, single-sensor data, multi-sensor-home data, patient reported outcomes, semi-structured interviews, GPS annotated data, and legacy data. This data will be used for the Mobilise-D project which will connect digital mobility assessments to clinical outcomes for regulatory and clinical endorsement.
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.

University of Edinburgh
This DMP aims to collect medical record data, questionnaire data, images, genotypic data, and quantitative molecular genetic data. This data will be used in the effort of enhancing molecular pathology cancer epidemiology studies.
National Institute on Aging (NIA); Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance
This DMP aims to collect videographic data to generate cardiac physiological profiles taking into consideration behavioral and autonomic nervous system data from 500 subjects.