Many funding agencies are now requiring data sharing as a condition for receiving funds. On this tab, we'll look at the policies of several of the most common funding organizations
Starting January 25, 2023, the NIH will require that researchers receiving NIH funding will submit a plan detailing how the data created through their NIH-funded research will be managed and shared.
Some of the key elements of the Final NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing are:
The NSF Data Sharing Policy states:
"Investigators are expected to share with other researchers, at no more than incremental cost and within a reasonable time, the primary data, samples, physical collections and other supporting materials created or gathered in the course of work under NSF grants."
This policy is further elaborated in the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG)
NSF (n.d.) Dissemination and Sharing of Research Results - NSF Data Management Plan Requirements. https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/dmp.jsp
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