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Data Management Plan (DMP): Popular online DMP tools

This guide serves as an introduction to Data Management Plans (DMPs), and will assist CSIR researchers in creating their own DMP.

Commonly-used free online DMP tools

Several free online DMP tools are available:

1. DIRISA hosts the SA-DMP tool: https://service.dirisa.ac.za/

  • Various DMP templates can be found on the SA-DMP tool platform, including the default CSIR DMP template, and an NRF template.

2. The Digital Curation Centre (UK) hosts DMPOnline: https://dmponline.dcc.ac.uk/plans

  • The DMPOnline tool is recommended for researchers who are being funded by one of the funders listed below, or for researchers who wish to create a DMP and not add a funder name in the funder field (i.e. leave funder field blank).
  • The DMPOnline contains the following funder templates and guidance (mainly UK-based):
    • Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
    • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
    • Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
    • ZonMw (Nederlands)
    • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
    • European Research Council (ERC)
    • Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
    • Health Research Board (HRB) Ireland
    • European Commission (Horizon 2020)
    • Medical Research Council (MRC)...UK, not South Africa
    • Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
    • National Science Foundation (USA)
    • Cancer Research UK (CRUK)
    • Qatar National Research Fund
    • Science Europe
    • Swiss National Science Foundation
    • Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
    • Swedish Research Council
    • Belmont Forum
    • The Royal Society
    • UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
    • Wellcome Trust

3. Univerity of California hosts the DMP Tool: https://dmptool.org/

This DMP tool contains templates of the following (mainly US-based) funders:

Template Funding organization
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Arctic Data Center: NSF Polar Programs National Science Foundation (NSF)
BCO-DMO NSF OCE: Biological and Chemical Oceanography National Science Foundation (NSF)
Department of Defense (DOD) United States Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Energy (DOE): Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) United States Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Energy (DOE): Office of Science United States Department of Energy (DOE)
Digital Curation Centre Digital Curation Centre (DCC)
Digital Curation Centre (português) FAPESP - São Paulo Research Foundation (fapesp.br)
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (GBMF)
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) 2018 Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)
IMLS Digital Product Form (Data Management Plan) Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Institute of Education Sciences (U.S. Department of Education IES) Institute of Education Sciences (US Dept of Education IES)
Joint Fire Science Program Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP)
NASA Heliophysics Science Division - Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
NASA Planetary Science Division ROSES Data Management Plan (DMP) Template National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Institute of Justice (DOJ) National Institute of Justice (DOJ)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
NEH-ODH: Office of Digital Humanities National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
NIH-GDS: Genomic Data Sharing National Institutes of Health (NIH)
NIH-GEN DMSP (Forthcoming 2023) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
NIH-GEN: Generic (Current until 2023) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology Data Management Plan National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
NSF-AGS: Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF-AST: Astronomical Sciences National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF-BIO: Biological Sciences National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF-CHE: Chemistry Division National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF-CISE: Computer and Information Science and Engineering National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF-DMR: Materials Research National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF-DMS: Mathematical Sciences National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF-EAR: Earth Sciences National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF-EHR: Education and Human Resources National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF-ENG: Engineering National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF-GEN: Generic National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF-PHY: Physics National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF-SBE: Social, Behavioral, Economic Sciences National Science Foundation (NSF)
Tetiaroa Field Station (NOT FINALIZED) Tetiaroa Society
USDA-NIFA: National Institute of Food and Agriculture U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)