Sponsor Requirements

In order to promote open access to research data, many funding agencies require research data produced as part of a funded project to be made publicly available. Many agencies have instituted requirements for data sharing and formal data management plans, including, but not limited to:

• National Institutes of Health: Data Sharing Policy: Supports the sharing of research data and expects researchers funded at $500,000 or more to include a data sharing plan in their grant proposals.
• US Department of Defense Data Management Strategy
  • "Sharing Data, Information, and Information Technology Services in the Department of Defense", 08/05/2013
  • DoD Net-Centric Data Strategy
    Memorandum by John P. Stenbit, May 9, 2003. The DoD Net-Centric Strategy provides a key enabler of the Department's Transformation by establishing the foundation for managing the Department's data in a net-centric environment.
  • Guidance for Implementing Net-Centric Data Sharing
  • Implementing the Net-Centric Data Strategy
    Progress and Compliance Report
  • Adoption of the National Information Exchange Model within the Department of Defense Memorandum
    Memorandum by Teri Takai
  • DoD Guidelines on Data Quality Management
• Veterans Affairs Research Data Standard Operating Procedures
• Use of Data and Data Repositories in VHA Research
• VA/DoD Collaboration Guidebook for Healthcare Research Data Security and Resources - Page 39 - 45
• Center for Disease Control Data Storage, Security and Confidentiality Guidelines
• Center for Disease Control/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Policy on Releasing and Sharing Data
• National Science Foundation Data Management Plan Requirements: As an extension of the NSF Data Sharing Policy, new grant proposals must include a supplementary data management plan of no more than two pages.