Ahead of the new NIH Data Management and Sharing policy changes, which go into effect January 25, 2023, DMPTool has released a new NIH template. This template is based on the NIH data management & sharing plan provided by the NIH and includes sections that help researchers answer questions about data types, related tools, software and/or code, standards, data preservation, considerations for access, distribution, and reuse, as well as oversight of data management and sharing.
In addition to guidance provided by Research Data Services and DMPTool, the template also includes guidance provided by the NIH. In order for researchers to become accustomed to the new template, we suggest that researchers who will be submitting applications after the policy change go into effect log into DMPTool and create a test plan.
When creating a test plan, click on the “mock project for testing, practice, or educational purposes” box. You should also enter “National Institute of Health” for your primary funding organization and select the “NIH-GEN DMSP (Forthcoming 2023) template from the drop down menu below. Once you have created your test plan, you can familiarize yourself with the different sections by clicking on the “Write Plan” tab and then maximizing and minimizing the sections by clicking on the blue headings as needed. The questions will appear on the left side of the screen and you can find guidance from the NIH, Research Data Services (Wisc), and DMPTool on the right side of the screen by clicking on the corresponding tabs.
When it comes time to write your real DMS plan, you can request feedback on your plan from RDS by selecting the “Request feedback” tab in the top menu. In the meantime, if you have any questions while creating your practice DMS plan in DMPTool, please feel free to reach out to RDS through our contact form. We are happy to help!