Increasingly, funders are interested in “roles and responsibilities” when it comes to data management activities and compliance with DMS Plans. As you create your plan, you will want to describe how compliance will be managed and monitored. What are the titles and roles of those at your institution who will be responsible? How frequently will oversight activities take place?
- Example: Lead PI, [Name and ORCID id], will be responsible for the day-to-day oversight of team data management activities and data sharing. Broader issues of Data Management and Sharing Plan compliance oversight and reporting will be handled by the PI in conjunction with Co-Investigators as part of general UW-Madison stewardship, reporting, and compliance processes
Other Plan Considerations
Validation Schedule
Some funders will additionally ask for a schedule to validate the quality of the data being uploaded to a repository. This is meant to check that the data are compliant with data dictionaries and standards that are being used.
Potential Data Management Costs
Check with the funding agency to determine where in the proposal to include costs related to data management. Include any costs for data management services during the course of the project and after the project is complete.