Research Data Management at SUNY Geneseo

Research Data Management & Sharing Plans (DMSPs) - or sometimes Data Managment Plans (DMPs) - are now required as part of grant proposals for federal funding. DMSP/DMPs describe how you will collect, document, analyze, store, preserve, and share the data that you collect with the support of the grant funds.

Parameters of a DMS Plan

• Page limit: 2 pages or less is most common.
• Living document: Plan must be updated as research evolves and/or changes.
• 6 required elements
  • Data Type - What data/metadata will be generated; how will it be processed, managed, preserved, and shared? Will any data not be shared? Why?
  • Related Tools, Software, and/or Code - What tools/software are needed to support reproducibility? How can they be accessed? How long will they be available?
  • Standards - What standards will be applied to data/associated metadata? If no discipline consensus data standards exist, consider committing to general or interdisciplinary standards or simply state that no consensus data standards exist.
  • Data preservation, Access, and Associated Timeline - What repository will be used? How will data be findable/identifiable? When will what be made available and for how long?
  • Access, Distribution, or Reuse Considerations - Are there any limitations or restrictions to data sharing?
  • Oversight of Data Management and Sharing - How will the plan be monitored and by whom?

Locate a federal agency's Data Management Plan requirements and guidelines:

• Browsing Data Sharing Requirements by Federal Agencies, SPARC
• Research Data Management Service Group, Cornell University

General Guidance from DMPTool:

• Data Management General Guidance, DMPTool

Guidance for Data Management Planning:

• Data Management Planning, Research Data Management Service Group, Cornell University

DMPTool is a free, open-source, online application that helps researchers create data management plans (DMPs) provided by the California Digital Library. It provides a click-through wizard for creating a DMP that complies with funder requirements. It also has direct links to funder websites, help text for answering questions, and data management best practices resources.

• DMPTool Quick Start Guide

KnightScholar Repository is the institutional repository for SUNY Geneseo. KnightScholar is a discipline agnostic platform that can store and provide open access to data files. KnightScholar Repository is supported by the College Library. Contact the KnightScholar Services Team for more information at knightscholar@geneseo.edu.

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