A data management plan is a document which outlines how data will be managed in terms of storage, access, use and dissemination. Data management plans have become a critical component of high-throughput biomedical research, and a required sub-component of grant proposals, some of which are specific to funding agencies. 

H3ABioNet supports the development of Data Management Plans in many different areas, one of which is for clinical data collection.

Data Management Plan (DMP) Tools and Resources

DMP Tools

• Elements of a Data Management Plan
• Checklist for a Data Management Plan
• The Digital Curation Centre (DCC)
• Framework for Creating a Data Management Plan
• DMPonline
• Guide to Social Science Data Preparation and Archiving: Although, for social science, it includes basic concepts of RDM/DMP
   

DMP Training Resources

• Research Data Management & DMP
• 10 medical and health research data Things. “10 medical and health research data Things” is an opportunity to explore issues surrounding management of research data, specifically for people working with medical, clinical and health data.
• The University of Edinburgh Research Data Management Training (MANTRA)
• New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum
• Data Management Training (DMT) Clearinghouse
• Data Management Adventure Game

Additional Links

• Best practice for developing a Data Management Plan: H3ABioNet DMP Poster presented at the 13^th H3Africa Consortium Meeting, 8-12 April 2019, Tunis, Tunisia.
• 10 Simple Rules for Creating a Good DMP:
• 10 principles for machine actionable DMPs (maDMPs)
• The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship.
• UCT Digital Libraries:
• University of Cambridge Data Management Guide:
  

Data Management and Governance Specific Queries
Questions can be posted to the H3ABioNet Helpdesk under the category "Data Management Plans".

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