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European diversity
Data management requirements in Europe
There are many different local, national and international DMP templates and tools that you can use to create a DMP for your own research project. At this stage, it might be good for you to check for templates or tools that best fit your own specific situation. You can ask at your university or department whether they have a DMP template. Or maybe your research funder requires a DMP in a specific format.
In the accordion below we sum up European diversity in funder requirements on Data Management Planning and provide links to DMP templates if they are available.
| EU funding institution |
DMP requirements |
DMP template? |
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Yes - download here (.docx) |
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| No. |
No |
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| Yes, at least 6 months after the start of the project. |
Template (European Research Council, n.d.) |
| Austrian funding institution |
DMP requirements |
DMP template |
| Yes, at project start |
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| No |
No |
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| Anniversary Fund of the Osterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB Jubiläumsfonds) |
No |
No |
| No |
No |
|
| No |
No |
| Belgian funding institution |
DMP requirements |
DMP template |
| Yes |
Yes, applicants should provide detailed information following the requirements described here: https://www.fwo.be/en/the-fwo/organisation/data-management-plan/ |
|
| Federal State – Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO) |
Pending |
Pending |
| No |
No |
|
| No |
No |
|
| No |
No |
| Croatian funding institution |
DMP requirements |
DMP template |
| Yes |
Yes, a DMP template is available (.docx) |
| Czech funding institution |
DMP requirements |
DMP template? |
| Yes |
No |
|
| Yes |
No |
|
| Ministry of Education Youth and Sports - R&D support programmes |
Yes |
No |
| Yes |
No |
|
| Yes |
No |
| Finnish funding institution |
DMP requirements |
DMP template? |
| Highly recommended. |
Yes, via DMPTuuli (2017) |
|
| Highly recommended. |
||
| Highly recommended. |
Recommends a DMP based on the requirements of the Finnish Academy |
|
| Highly recommended. |
No, but see more information Koneen Säätiö (n.d) |
|
| Highly recommended. |
No |
| German funding institution |
DMP requirements |
DMP template? |
| There is a general recommendation, but not a requirement. Requirements may be (and are) made on an individual program level. See DFG Guidelines on the Handling of Research Data (n.d.). |
No |
|
| There are no general requirements. Requirements are made on a "per call" basis (some calls have requirements, others don't). See Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (n.d.). |
No |
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| No |
No |
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| No |
No |
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| No |
No |
| Dutch funding institution |
DMP requirements |
DMP template? |
| Yes, both at grant submission and when the grant has been awarded. |
Yes, see Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (2020) |
|
| Yes, both at grant submission and when the grant has been awarded. |
No, but for more information see Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (n.d.) |
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| At grant submission information on whether data will be reused or collected needs to be provided. Also, a final DMP is required when the grant has been awarded. |
Also, you may want to have a look at the overview of DMP templates used by Dutch universities (Landelijk Coördinatiepunt Research Data Management (2017)).
| North Macedonia funding institution |
DMP requirements |
DMP template |
| No |
No |
| Norwegian funding institution |
DMP requirements |
DMP template? |
| Starting in 2018, all Research Council-funded projects that generate data will as a general rule need to have a data management plan (DMP). |
Yes |
|
| Yes, during the project |
No |
The Research Council of Norway published their revised policy in December 2017, announcing that DMP requirements will be incorporated into calls for proposals starting in 2018. The main rule is that all Research Council-funded research projects that generate data must have a DMP. The DMP should be a living document that is updated throughout the project period, and should cover: which data are to be generated, how the data are to be described, where the data will be stored and whether and how they may be shared. The plan should be made public. The DMPs must be in place when projects submit their revised grant applications, but they will not be part of the Research Council’s application review process.
The institutions are responsible for determining how they will provide access to the data. Under certain circumstances, the Research Council will require storage of the data in specific national or international archives (e.g. at NSD - Norwegian Centre for Research Data).
| Serbian funding institution |
DMP requirements |
DMP template? |
| Ministarstvo prosvete, nauke i tehnološkog razvoja Republike Srbije (Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia), |
No |
No |
| Slovenian funding institution |
DMP requirements |
DMP template? |
| No |
No |
| Swedish funding institution |
DMP requirements |
DMP template? |
| No |
No |
|
| No |
No |
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| No |
No |
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| No |
No |
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| No |
No |
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| No |
No |
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| No |
No |
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| No |
No |
In Sweden, good data management is considered a key component for open access to research data, as well as a foundation for FAIR data. For the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet, VR), a data management plan is a requirement for an approved application for funding, for all applications as of 2019. Other national public research funding bodies also require data management plans in new calls for applications. This applies to Formas, Forte, and Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, which require a DMP to be set up when funding is granted.
VR has appointed a national reference group, consisting of researchers, representatives for universities, archives, libraries, and research funding bodies, to collaborate on the work on data management plans. The national reference group has four working groups. These groups address concepts and definitions, stakeholders, DMP users, and specifications for a national tool for data management plans. Work is already in progress for a national DMP tool, and the plan is to implement a first “light” version of the tool in December 2019.
The Swedish National Data Service provides a guide and a checklist for a data management plan.
Some universities across Sweden have, on their websites, recommendations on using SND’s checklist or other organisations’ DMP tools.
| Swiss funding institution |
DMP requirements |
DMP template? |
| Yes, as of October (2017), data management plans are an integral part of project funding applications submitted to the SNSF. The data management plans do not need to be finalised by the submission deadline. The submitted DMP is considered a notice of intention. It is a requirement for any transfer of funding. Researchers are encouraged to adapt its contents as the project evolves. A final version must be made available at the end of the grant and will then been made available on the SNSF’s P3 database. See the Guidelines for researchers (SNF, 2017). |
Yes, see Data Management Plan (SNF, 2017) |
| UK funding institution |
DMP requirements |
DMP template? |
See 'Developing an outputs management plan' (Wellcome (n.d.)) |
Yes, via DMP Online (Digital Curation Centre, 2017) |
|
| Yes, at grant submission. See the ESRC Research Data Policy (ESRC, n.d.) |
Yes, via DMPOnline (Digital Curation Centre, 2017) |
|
| Yes, at grant submission |
Yes (Cancer Research (n.d.) |
|
| Yes, at grant submission |
Yes (Department of International Development (2013)) |
Open Data and Open Science policies in Europe
For a snapshot of various Open Data and Open Science policies, as they currently stand throughout Europe, you can have a look at this report by SPARCEurope and the Digital Curation Centre (Sveinsdottir et al. 2021).