The National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a new policy on data management and sharing for data generated from NIH-funded or -conducted research that went into effect on Jan. 25, 2023. Chief among the new requirements is for researchers to develop and submit a data management and sharing plan as part of the grant application process. To learn more about the policy, visit the NIH’s scientific data sharing hub, which contains all information pertaining to this and other relevant agency policies and resources.
Report: Institutional Strategies for the NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy: Infrastructure, Policies, and Services
As academic institutions prepare to meet a greater demand among researchers on their campuses given the NIH policy, sharing existing tactics and expected strategic opportunities is critical to meeting this demand.
The AAMC, the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries, and the Association of Research Libraries conducted a research project to identify and uplift existing or proposed innovations in infrastructure, policies, and services for other institutions to reuse, build upon, or otherwise leverage to meet this NIH policy.
Relevant Initiatives for Institutional Readiness
The Federal Demonstration Partnership ran a pilot program with the NIH to generate greater consistency in data management and sharing plan requirements across the agency and mitigate administrative burden for researchers in developing and implementing data management and sharing plans.
Review the links below for more resources:
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"Ten Simple Rules for Recognizing Data and Software Contributions in Hiring, Promotion, and Tenure" (PLoS Computational Biology, 2024).
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“Ten Simple Rules for Maximizing the Recommendations of the NIH Data Management and Sharing Plan” (PLoS Computational Biology, 2022).
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COGR’s NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Readiness Guide (2022).
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Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance was developed by a national librarian task force, this array of resources can be used to guide both researchers and data management service providers on adopting the new policy.
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A DMPTool working group is creating updates and revisions specific to the NIH templates, as well as additional educational content.
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FASEB DataWorks! is an initiative that brings the biological and biomedical research communities together to advance human health through data sharing and reuse.
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Realities of Academic Data Sharing initiative was launched by the Association of Research Libraries to continue research into institutional expenses for public access to research data.