Data: Find and Share

 New NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy (effective January 25, 2023)

• The new policy applies to any researcher funded in whole or in part by NIH whose research generates scientific data.
• The policy requires investigators to submit an official Data Management and Sharing Plan as part of their request for funding.
• The policy does not require researchers to share data per se but expects them to maximize their data sharing. NIH strongly encourages the use of established repositories to the extent possible for preserving and sharing scientific data.
• It allows investigators to request funding for personnel costs or other fees related to data management and sharing activities; however, the money must be spent during the grant’s award period.
• Grant reviewers will see the data management plan and can comment on the budget, but plans are not used to determine the grant’s scientific merit.
• The approved plan becomes a part of the terms and conditions of the grant. Compliance will be monitored at regular reporting intervals and may factor into future funding decisions.

Resources for Data Sharing:

Data Sharing Policy for Genomic Data --- Effective January 25, 2015

This Policy applies to:

• Competing grant applications that are submitted to NIH starting with the January 25, 2015 receipt date;
• Proposals for contracts that are submitted to NIH on or after January 25, 2015; and
• NIH intramural research projects generating genomic data on or after January 25, 2015.

Human genome data must be submitted to NIH designated database, whereas non-human genome data may be submitted to any widely-used data repository (see partial list below).

Links to resources, the actual policy and related documents and information:

Widely-used data repositories for NON-human data -- while these were cited in NIH GDS policy, any widely-used data repository is permitted: