Research data management requirements of research funders

Research funders may have requirements with regard to research data management. These requirements generally promote that publicly funded research data should be made openly available with as few restrictions as possible.

Research funders require that researchers create a data management plan and apply the FAIR principles to research data. You can use DMPonline to access funder specific templates for data management plans. However, we recommend to use the WUR data management plan, because i) research funders allow this template and ii) it is fine-tuned to research services at WUR, e.g. storage, security and privacy, and resources.

NWO

  • During the proposal stage: data management section.
  • Once funding is awarded (<4 months): data management plan.
  • Data management costs are eligible for funding.
  • WUR data management plan template is accepted and advised to use by data management support.
  • Requires data management plans are first checked by a data steward or data management support at the researcher’s organisation prior to submission.
  • For more information see this page or find the data management plan template in DMPonline.

Horizon Europe (European Commission)

  • During the proposal stage: one page explaining how data (and other research outputs) will be managed in line with the FAIR principles.
  • Once funding is awarded (<6 months): data management plan.
  • data management costs are eligible for funding.
  • WUR data management plan template is accepted and advised to use by data management support.
  • For more information see this page or find the data management plan template in DMPonline.

ZonMw

  • During the proposal stage: data management paragraph.
  • Once funding is awarded (<6 months): data management plan.
  • Data management costs are eligible for funding.
  • WUR data management plan template is accepted and advised to used by data management support.
  • For more information see this page or find the data management plan template in DMPonline.

Support

For information about data management requirements from any other research funders, questions or feedback on your data management plan, please contact data@wur.nl. You can also get feedback on your data management plan via DMPonline by clicking on the green 'request feedback' button under the 'request feedback' tab.