Data Management Tutorials & Training Courses
Below is a list of funding agencies that require data management plans for grant proposals, and links to their guidelines. Some of these agencies also have public access requirements (see guidelines).
If your grant will involve digitization of still images or audio-visual materials, you'll want to consult the Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines.
If other funding agency policies and guidance would be useful to include on this page, please email John.Martin@unt.edu
| Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | Grant Proposal Guidelines (see the "Information Products" appendix) |
| American Heart Association | Open Science Policy Statements for AHA Funded Research |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | Open Access Policy |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |
| Department of Defense | |
| Department of Energy |
Statement on Digital Data Management Note: Some Program Offices provide distinct guidance for researchers preparing DMPs; be sure to consult the guidance from the office to which you are applying. |
| Department of Transportation | |
| Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | |
| Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation | Data Sharing Philosophy |
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute | Research Policies/Sharing Published Materials |
| Institute of Education Sciences (IES) | Implementation Guide for Public Access to Research Data |
| Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) | Notices of funding sometimes include a section called "Guidance for Projects that Develop Digital Content". See specific grant guidelines for details. |
| National Aeronatics and Space Administration (NASA) |
Plan for Increasing Access to the Results of Scientific Research |
| National Endowment for the Humanities/Office of Digital Humanities (NEH-ODH) |
Data Management Plans for NEH Office of Digital Humanities Proposals and Awards DMPs from successful grant applications (NEH-ODH) |
| National Institutes of Health | Data Sharing Policy |
| National Institute of Justice | Data Archiving Plans for NIJ Funding Applicants |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | NOAA Data Sharing Policy for Grants and Cooperative Agreements Procedural Directive |
| National Science Foundation |
Data Sharing Policy and Data Management Plan Requirements Guidance and Sample Data Management Plans Note: Each NSF Directorate provides distinct guidance for researchers preparing DMPs; be sure to consult the guidance from the Directorate to which you are applying. |
| Smithsonian Institution | Plan for Increased Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research |
| U.S. Dept. o f Agriculture (USDA) | Implementation Plan to Increase Public Access to Results |
| U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) | USAID's Open Data Policy |
| U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research |
| U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA) | Plan for Public Access to Scientific Publications and Digital Data |
