Data Management Planning Tool

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NIH Pilot

• NIH Pilot Kickoff
• DMS Plan Format
• Alpha Template
• Bravo Template
• Pilot Webpage

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DMP Tool

DMP Tool helps researchers create comprehensive and grant compliant data management (and sharing) plans (DMPs or DMSPs). A group of universities plus professional organizations focused on research data management collaborated on the development of the DMP Tool, and continue to help maintain its templates, which correspond to the DMP requirements of major grants. 

DMP Tool offers a step-by-step form, allowing researchers to create DMPs by providing answers to a series of questions. For each component of the plan, DMP Tool provides detailed guidance and links to general and institutional resources to help answer questions as they arise.

 

How to access it

Go to the DMP Tool page and click “Sign Up” if it’s your first time using the tool. Next, provide your UWYO email address, and continue through the prompts to create an account using UWYO’s single sign-on (SSO) and your first and last name. If you already have an account, click “Login” and enter your UWYO email address to sign in using SSO. 

Questions on using DMP Tool? Contact a Data Services Librarian at wyodata@uwyo.edu.

 

Using the tool

Once logged in, you can view public DMPs and funder requirements/templates, return to plans you’re drafting (or have submitted), or you can create a new plan. To create a new plan, click on “create plan." Next, provide a title for your plan/research project, then select the primary institution associated with your research (most likely UW). Next, select the primary funding organization (i.e. NSF, NIH, DOE, etc). The funding organization you select will determine the template DMP Tool provides for your DMP.

Some major funding organizations, such as the NSF, contain multiple directorates or programs. If prompted, select the relevant directorate/program from the fourth drop-down menu.  

If your funder is not listed, or if you’re not applying for a grant, check the box that says “no funder associated with this plan or my funder is not listed”. This will activate UW Libraries’ general-purpose DMP template. If you want or need to create a test plan, check the first box that says “mock project for testing, practice, or educational purposes”.

Once you've completed your plan setup and clicked "create plan”, you’ll enter the DMP template form. Navigate to each section of the plan using the tabs at the top, and answer each question utilizing the guidance provided.

If you wish to add collaborators to your plan, you can do so under the “collaborators” tab. Collaborators with editor or co-author permissions will be able to edit answers and/or add comments alongside answers to the prompts.

Under “Research outputs” you’ll need to click “add a research output”. This will allow you to note the types, titles, and descriptions for data outputs you anticipate sharing, and will allow you to communicate where you intend to publish your data for the broader research community. If you don’t already have a repository in mind, the Wyoming Data Repository is a great choice!

Once finished, you can download your DMP as a pdf, docx, or csv. You can include it in your grant application directly, or contact the Research Development Office (307-766-2987) or a Data Services Librarian (wyodata@uwyo.edu) with questions or to request DMP review.

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