Data Management Plans
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), and many other funding agencies require a data management plan as part of a standard grant
application.
A data management plan (DMP) describes what kind of data will be collected from the researcher’s project, how the researcher plans to index the data in a public repository for future use, and what lasting impact or application the data will have.
Data preservation is congruent with WVU’s land-grant
commission to disseminate research conducted at the University for the benefit
of the community. On this page, you will find various resources for writing your data management
plan and finding a place to archive and distribute your research. The ECAS Research
Office is happy to meet with you to discuss plans for your data, guide you to the right repository, and help configure your data management plan according
to organizational standards.