NIH - National Institute of Health
Time Limits
- The
NIH expects data sharing to be timely
and no later than the acceptance for publication of the main findings from the
final dataset. Data from large studies can be released in waves as data become
available or as they are published.
Data
Management Plan
- YES. The NIH requires a “data sharing statement”
for those proposals requesting more than $500,000; or an explanation of why
data sharing is not possible. Data sharing plans or an explanation should be included
as a brief paragraph, after the research plan. The precise content of the data
sharing plan will vary depending on the data being collected. The following may
be included:
- Schedule
for data sharing
- Format
of final dataset
- Documentation
to be provided
- Analytical
tools to be provided, if any
- Need
for data sharing agreement
- Mode
of data sharing
- Examples
of data sharing plans can be seen here.
- Applicants
can also request funds for data sharing and archiving in their grant
application.
Access/Data
Sharing
- It
is NIH policy that the results and accomplishments of the activities that it
funds should be made available to the public. PIs and grantee organizations are
expected to make the results and accomplishments of their activities available
to the research community and to the public at large.
Policy
documents:
