Title:
NSF DMP Content Analysis: What Are Researchers Saying?
NSF DMP Content Analysis: What Are Researchers Saying?
Author(s)
Parham, Susan Wells
Doty, Chris
Doty, Chris
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Abstract
The
National
Science
Foundation
(NSF)
implemented
its
requirement
that
all
grant
proposals
include
a
two-‐page
data
management
plan
(DMP)
in
January
2011.
Like
our
colleagues
at
research
institutions
across
the
U.S.,
librarians
and
technologists
at
Georgia
Tech
developed
services
to
support
this
mandate,
including
guidelines
and
workshops
for
developing
a
DMP.
Toward
the
end
of
the
requirement's
first
year,
we
assessed
the
impact
of
our
consultation
and
outreach
services
by
reviewing
the
content
of
submitted
data
management
plans.
In
collaboration
with
the
GT
Office
of
Sponsored
Programs,
we
examined
NSF
DMPs
submitted
by
Georgia
Tech
researchers
during
the
first
eight
months
of
the
mandate
(through
9/6/11).
Of
the
335
submitted
proposals,
we
reviewed
the
content
of
183
plans.
We
excluded
those
proposals
that
were
grant
supplements
or
transfers.
While
it
is
too
early
to
draw
conclusions
regarding
a
correlation
between
the
quality
of
data
management
plans
and
proposal
approval,
we
used
the
DMP
review
to
inform
our
own
data
services,
data
repository
planning,
and
outreach.
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Date Issued
2012-07-23
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Resource Type
Text
Resource Subtype
Poster