Research Guides: NIH Data Management & Sharing Plan (DMSP) Research Guide: Sharing Options

GREI Collaborative Webinar Series on Data Sharing in Generalist Repositories

The GREI Collaborative Webinar Series provides information on data sharing in generalist repositories. This video provides an introduction to that series.

Data Repositories

NIH-supported Scientific Data Repositories
NIH repositories housing data of a specific type or related to a specific discipline
Generalist repositories
Repositories that house data regardless of type, format, content, or subject matter
Open Science Framework (OSF)
GW maintains an institutional account to OSF which can be used for some data archiving purposes.
Registry of Research Data Repositories
re3data.org or the Registry of Research Data Repositories is a database of data repositories that allows you to find a repository to fit your data needs. You can browse the database by subject, content type, and region.
FAIRsharing: General Repository Comparison Chart
This chart compiled by the Research Data Alliance provides an overview of some of the various generalist repositories that can be used for data sharing.
NIDDK Data Management & Sharing
Tools and resource from NIDDK including a Repository Selection Consideration Tool.
Data Repository Finder
Data Repository Finder helps researchers find data repositories where they can share data as they develop and implement their NIH Data Management and Sharing Plans. Repositories are added on an ongoing basis.
NIH-Supported Data Sharing Resources (List)
To help researchers locate an appropriate repository for sharing or accessing data, BMIC maintains lists of data sharing repositories. Domain-specific repositories are typically limited to data of a certain type or related to a certain discipline.
NIH-Supported Data Sharing Resources (Tool)
NIH resource to help researchers locate an appropriate repository for sharing or accessing data.
Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative (GREI) Use Cases
Use case examples for GREI repositories.
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
ICPSR welcomes and encourages deposits of digital data. Deposits are made using a secure data deposit form to describe the data collection and upload content.
Qualitative Data Repository (QDR)
Access to qualitative data, curation, events, and repository services for GW researchers. GW instructors, teaching faculty, and course designers are also able to access a diversity of resources to support classroom instruction and learning.
Weill Cornell Medicine Selecting a Data Repository Resource
Resource from Weill Cornell Medicine to help with data repository selection.

Selecting a Repository

This video provides a overview of how to select a data repository.

Informed Consent and Data Sharing

Consent Tools
List maintained by GW Office of Human Research.
Recommended Informed Consent Language for Data Sharing
Provided by the Institute for Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan

This video provides information on writing informed consent language.

Software Citation

Software can also be considered a research output. Cite all software utilized in your research and include software that was used to generate and analyze the data.