Guide to data management plans
A data management plan (DMP) is a written document that describes the data you expect to acquire or generate during the course of a research project, how you will manage, describe, analyze, and store those data, and what mechanisms you will use at the end of your project to share and preserve your data.
You may have already considered some or all of these issues with regard to your research project, but writing them down helps you formalize the process, identify weaknesses in your plan, and provide you with a record of what you intend(ed) to do. Data management is best addressed in the early stages of a research project, but it is never too late to develop a data management plan.
In the 9 steps below, you can read about essentials parts of a data management plan and find suggested online resources.
Data management guide
SDU requires at data management plan for research projects as a part of the Open Science Policy.
In addition, many funders require you to provide a data management plan (DMP). These plans are also a great way for you to anticipate your data management needs and establish a shared understanding of the resources available to you.
Suggested links:
SDU Open Science Policy
eLearning course research data management
The Danish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity
Suggested links:
DMPonline – for creating data management plans
Data Management for Researchers (e-book, chapter 8.2)
The source of the data will affect your choices throughout your data management plan – are they observational, experimental, simulation or deprived/complied?
Suggested links:
Types of data (DMPtool)
Data flow tool kit
Research Data Management Toolkit
Manage your data (DeiC knowledge portal)
Handling personal data securely in research is very important and SDU require that you notify SDU RIO of your project.
Suggested links:
Personal data requirements at SDU
Notify RIO of your project
Get ethics approval from SDU Research Ethics Committee
The Danish Data Protection Agency (Personal data)
GDPR guidelines at SDU
Confidentiality concerns (Dataone Best Practices)
Suggested links:
SDU IT-guide (SharePoint)
UCloud
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File formats (DMP tool)
Data Management for Researchers (e-book)
Suggested links:
Find a repository here
Rigsarkivet
Open Access (European Research Council)
The Danish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity
Suggested link:
Data Management for researchers (e-book, chapter 4.4)