Examples

March 28th, 2011

Data plans take a wide variety of forms, depending on the research, type of data, and disciplinary area. The following may be useful as examples when preparing your own data plan.

ExampleDescription
Examples of data management plans from the natural sciencesA list of representative examples compiled by the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Science at the University of Michigan
Sample Data Management Plan for Depositing Data with ICPSRThe Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Science at the University of Michigan provides a sample data plan that includes descriptions of documentation, access, and archiving considerations for data that will be deposited in their repository
Data plan for Nitrogen Cycle card gameDeveloped for an educational game project at the UW-Madison
Notes toward a data plan: Lakeshore Nature PreserveDeveloped for the UW-Madison Lakeshore Nature Preserve