Read the policy and supplemental guidance from NIH.
Determine your timeline and factor in the needs of possible external collaborators.
Become familiar with the FAIR principles which are central to the new policy.
Assess your project and data management practices. Also consider practices that you currently have or may need to develop.
Review GW data services and consider costs that require budgeting. NIH provides additional guidance on Allowable Costs for Data Management and Sharing
This video provides an overview of Research Data Management and the FAIR principles.
University of California Curation Center (2020) About: What is the DMPTool.
This video provides a brief introduction on how to use the DMPTool.
These videos from NIH provide a comprehensive overview of the Data Management and Sharing Policy. Part 1 focuses on an overview of the policy and Part 2 provides a more nuanced look at the policy.
The following is a list of data management plan examples & templates:
This video provides a brief overview of the NIH Common Date Elements (CDE) repository.
The Open Science Framework (OSF) is a free, open source web application from the Center for Open Science that is designed specifically for research project management. Researcher can use OSF to collaborate, document, archive, share, and register research projects including related materials and data. The system's flexible private/public settings allow research to share their work selectively and to acquire a DOI. OSF integrates with tools such as Google Drive, Box, GitHub, and Zotero making it valuable resource in relation to the NIH DMS Policy.
This brief video provides an introduction to the Open Science Framcework.
This video provides a step by step introduction to using Google Refine 2.0, now Open Refine.
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