The NIH issued supplemental guidance outlining six required Elements of an NIH Data Management and Sharing Plan. These elements should be addressed in a supplemental document of approximately two pages.
Explore the information required in each element by clicking on the panels below:
This information is also available as a downloadable checklist:
IMPORTANT: DMPTool lists three template options for the NIH. Researchers should select the NIH-Default DMSP template.
The DMPTool is a piece of software that will help you create your NIH Data Management and Sharing Plan.
Researcher Checklist
Badger, K., Calkins, H., Carr Jones, L., Grynoch, T., Koshoffer, A., LaPreze, D., May, A., Nieman, C., Otsuji, R., Phegley, L., & Ye, H. (2022). Data management and sharing plan checklist for researchers. Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/UADXR
DMS Data Glossary
Denton, A., Exner, N., Hertz, M., LaPreze, D., Nieman, C., & Sheffield, C. (2022). Glossaries. Working Group on NIH DMSP Guidance. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/UADXR