DMPTool Funder Templates Updated
DMPTool Blog 2020-09-11
We are excited to announce the completion of the first project of our newly established DMPTool Editorial board. As of September 2020, the Board has audited 36 funder templates within the DMPTool and updated the templates when necessary to reflect current proposal requirements and ensure all funder related content is up to date.
Template updates mean that admins will now need to transfer any customizations you may have created for these templates (instructions here).
None of the updates made to templates affect the core requirements of the DMPs and updates largely involve correcting links, resources, and other data management planning requirements. A detailed summary of the changes for each template is below and you can view all templates on the DMPTool Funder Requirements page.
The critical work keeping the DMPTool in line with current funder requirements would not have been possible without the effort, expertise, and excellence of our volunteer Editorial Board and we at the DMPTool are endlessly grateful for their commitment to supporting the tool. Please join us in recognizing their contributions and thanking them for their work supporting our shared infrastructure advancing research data management.
- Heather L Barnes, PhD, Digital Curation Librarian, Wake Forest University
- Raj Kumar Bhardwaj, PhD, Librarian, St Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, India
- Renata G. Curty, PhD, Social Sciences Data Curator, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Jennifer Doty, Research Data Librarian, Emory University
- Nina Exner, Research Data Librarian, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Geoff Hamm, PhD, Scientific Publications Coordinator, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Janice Hermer, Health Sciences Liaison Librarian, Arizona State University
- Megan O’Donnell, Data Services Librarian, Iowa State University
- Reid Otsuji, Data Curation Specialist Librarian, University of California, San Diego
- Nick Ruhs, PhD, STEM Data & Research Librarian, Florida State University
- Anna Sackmann, Science Data & Engineering Librarian, University of California, Berkeley
- Bridget Thrasher, PhD, Data Stewardship Coordinator, Associate Scientist III, National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Douglas L. Varner, Assistant Dean for Information Management / Chief Biomedical Informationist, Georgetown University Medical Center
Together with the Editorial Board, we’ll be working on adding new templates to the tool over the coming months. If you have suggestions for funders to be added please let us know by emailing maria.praetzellis@ucop.edu.
Summary of DMPTool Template Updates
All NSF templates were updated to include links to the updated 2020 Proposal & Award Policies and Procedures Guide (2020 PAPPG). Additional updates are summarized below:
NSF-AGS: Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences
- Updated link to new 2020 PAPPG
- Edited question text
BCO-DMO NSF OCE: Biological and Chemical Oceanography
- Updated link to new 2020 PAPPG
- Updated questions & links
NSF-CISE: Computer and Information Science and Engineering
- Updated link to 2020 PAPPG.
- Added “Additional Guidance on Selecting or Evaluating a Repository” under “Plans for Archiving and Preservation”
NSF-DMR: Materials Research
- Updated link to 2020 PAPPG.
- Updated DMP to reflect new DMP guidance from the Directorate of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Division of Materials Research (DMR) that were released on March 18, 2020
Department of Energy (DOE): Generic
- Funder links added for Office of Science, and Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy instructions
Department of Energy (DOE): Office of Science
- Funder link added
- Description updated with additional guidance
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
- Data Management Plans for IMLS are collected via the IMLS Digital Product Form. Originally the form was broken out into three templates within the DMPTool, however we have streamlined the process and combined them into one, comprehensive, template to more accurately reflect current requirements.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Updated text to match the wording of NASA’s description of an ideal DMP
USDA
- Reformatted section 1 to make reading easier.
- Deleted the compliance/reporting section. This is no longer part of the DMP template as it is related to annual reporting. This information was moved to an Overview phase description.
- Made the guidance links consistent.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Updated template to reflect new “Information Products” appendix.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Updated links
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
- Updated questions and links
- We are continuing to work with USGS and may have additional updates to this template in the near future.