Results of the survey on research data management in H2020 | Newsletter items

"The OpenAIRE project supports the Open Science vision of the European Commission. The project and in particular the Research Data Management team provide support, training and information on the Open Research Data Pilot. In this context, a survey was carried out to collect feedback on the Horizon 2020 template for Data Management Plans (DMPs).

As part of the support OpenAIRE provides for the Open Research Data Management requirements, OpenAIRE launched a survey to assess the DMP guidelines and template of the EC. Based on the outcomes, we evaluated how research and research supporting staff experienced the DMP requirements. What was their general experience? Did the guidelines provide enough support to fulfil the requirements? And what could be changed to improve the process? 

Researchers and research supporting staff were asked about their general experience with the DMP template, specific questions about the guidelines and what could be improved...."