Project planning:
Research data definition
There are numerous definitions of research data. In general, research data includes all data that arise during the research process (e.g. with measurements, surveys, work with sources), that can be used as a basis for scientific research (e.g. digital copies), or that are the result of scientific work.
Funders' requirements (EU, DFG, BMBF)
National and international funding organizations increasingly require detailed information about how research data arising from research projects are handled and, in part, are also requiring open access to data relevant to publications.
- European Commission (Horizon Europe): Provision of a data management plan when submitting an application; Guidelines on FAIR data management
- DFG (German Research Foundation): see here for information on: Managing research data, checklist, Guidelines for submitting project proposals (03/2022)
- BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research): Announcement,
Further information can be found on the information platform Forschungsdaten.info under research founders.
Costs for FDM can usually be requested at the time of application. You can find an overview of costs here: FDM budget planning
Publishers’ requirements
Publishers are also increasingly including “data sharing policies” requiring those research data to be published or provided that are used as a basis for the publication in a scientific journal. Please check the requirements before publication.
Examples of data policies from academic journals:
- Nature: Availability of Data, Material and Methods Policy
- Science: Data and Materials Availability Policy and Preparing Your Supplementary Materials
- BioMed Central: Availability of supporting data
- Elsevier: Research data Policy and Text and Data Mining Policy
- List of selected social science journals
- List of journals with open-data policies
More information can be found here: Guidelines and policies
Costs of data management
RDM costs can usually be included in the application. An overview of the costs incurred can be found here.
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