Data Sharing Resources and Policies

Doing so can also increase your research impact and benefit the greater research community. This page provides resources and policies a sampling to learn more about this topic. Also see: https://its.umich.edu/computing/backup-storage/finder

University of Michigan Resources

Research Data Stewardship Initiative (OVPR)

The U-M Research Data Stewardship Initiative (RDSI) was launched to support U-M researchers in managing and sharing their research data to improve the transparency, rigor and impact of academic research. The RDSI online portal aggregates university-wide resources and guidance to help researchers identify options for archiving and sharing data based on their disciplines and the types of data they generate, while also providing tools to navigate new federal requirements when preparing grant proposals.

DMSP Oversight

In most cases, the DMS Plan oversight at U-M will be provided by the principal investigator (PI) and other study personnel. If help is needed, consider these resources:

• OVPR Research Data Stewardship page - NIH DMSP resources
• U-M Library - Research Guides - Research Data Management
• U-M Navigate Webinar - NIH Data Management & Sharing Policy (Nov 1, 2022)

DMSP Template and Samples

• DMS Plan Format Page (Word doc) provided by NIH
• DMPTool - https://dmptool.org/ 

ICPSR

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) - ICPSR is a world-renowned data archiving program with over 55 years of experience. They house over 10,000 studies comprising 5 million variables. Depositing data at ICPSR is free, in addition, they provide an experienced data archivist, who will assist all depositors in preparing their data as well as their data documentation. 

Deep Blue

Library - Research Data Services  Research Data Services is a network of services throughout the Library to assist you during all phases of the research data lifecycle.

• Deep Blue Data - Deep Blue Data is a repository offered by the University of Michigan Library that provides access and preservation services for digital research data that were developed or used in the support of research activities at U-M.

Federal Policies

• National Institutes of Health (NIH) Data Sharing Policy
• U-M's NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy
• National Science Foundation (NSF) - Dissemination and Sharing of Research Results

Other Data Related Content on ORSP and Research Compliance Websites

• ORSP Data Sharing and Use Agreements (DUAs)
• Research Data and Information Security Requirements
  • Controlled Unclassified Information
  • External Funding and Information Security Requirements