LibGuides: Research Data Management: Data Management Plans

What is a Data Management Plan

A Data Management Plan (or DMP) is a formal document required by many federal and private funding agencies that provides information on the data you will be collecting through the course of your project. Typical elements include a description (provides subject scope and scale), probable formats, metadata, how the data will be stored, secured and backed-up, who will be primarily responsible for the care of the data, and how the data will be preserved and shared with a broader audience.

Keep in mind that Duke does have its own Research Data Policy (May 2023) pertaining to data governance, retention and transfer.

Data Management Planning @ Duke

Data Management Guidance Template
All Duke research units are encouraged to develop a Data Management Plan (DMP) that describes the data governance policies within each group (i.e. how data are documented, organized, stored, and shared). Duke’s DMP Guidance Document is designed to help researchers develop a DMP for their research group and outlines specific considerations, best practices, and links to helpful resources.
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If you have any issue downloading this guidance document, contact askdata@duke.edu to request a copy.

Resources for creating a Data Management Plan

The DMPTool, a service of the University of California Curation Center of the California Digital Library, provides a way to think through and build your DMP using up-to-date guided templates for all funders that currently have DMP requirements. We have customized elements of this tool to link to useful resources at Duke. Click Get Started and locate Duke University in the institutions list to log-in with your NetID and password.
This is a sample data management plan for the social sciences provided by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Ten Simple Rules for Creating A Good Data Management Plan
A 2015 article published in PLOS Computational Biology that provides a solid overview on how to develop a good data management plan.

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What is a Data Management Plan

Data Management Planning @ Duke

Resources for creating a Data Management Plan

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