Guides and Templates

We have created a number of templates, guides, and activities to help you with your data management and sharing tasks. Feel to suggest a resource by emailing us or filling out this form.

Guides

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NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Overview

DMP Creation Best Practices

Data Organization Best Practices

Data Saving and Sharing Best Practices

Choosing a Creative Commons License for Your Data

File Format Considerations

10 Tips for Managing Secondary Data

A Guide to Data Cleaning

Data Transfer and Use Agreements

Data Sharing in Informed Consent

Templates

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File Naming Conventions

Data Management Planning Workbook

Grainger NSF-ENG DMP Template

Readme Template

Activities and Exercises

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Risk Assessment

Example Data Management (and Sharing) Plans

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For more examples, see the DMP Competition Winners here.

Example Plan (Human Subject Research)

Example Plan (High Risk Human Subject Research)