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For lists of U.S. funding agencies' data dissemination guidelines, see the links below:
US Federal Funding Agency |
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Department of Energy (DOE) |
DOE's CIO has primary responsibility to ensure that Information Technology (IT) is acquired and information resources are managed in a manner consistent with statutory, regulatory, and Departmental requirements and priorities. With this responsibility, the CIO provides information resources management advice and assistance to the Secretary of Energy and to other senior managers. |
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
EPA does not have an official data management and sharing policy |
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Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) |
"IMLS encourages sharing of research data." |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
"NASA promotes the full and open sharing of all data with the research and applications communities, private industry, academia, and the general public." |
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |
"The Federal Ocean Data Policy requires that appropriate ocean data and related information collected under federal sponsorship be submitted to and archived by designated national data centers." |
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National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) |
Beginning in Jan 2012, the NEH Office of Digital Humanities will offer Digital Humanities Implement Grants (DHIG). DHIG applicants will be required to submit a data management plan and a sustainability plan. |
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
NIH has issued the Data Management and Sharing (DMS) policy (effective January 25, 2023) to promote the sharing of scientific data. Sharing scientific data accelerates biomedical research discovery, in part, by enabling validation of research results, providing accessibility to high-value datasets, and promoting data reuse for future research studies. Access the full text of the 2023 Final NIH Policy for Data Management & Sharing. Under the DMS policy, NIH expects that investigators and institutions:
Individual NIH Institutes, Centers, or Offices may have additional policies and expectations (see NIH Institute and Center Data Sharing Policies). Download a simplified version of the Data Management and Sharing Policy Overview Page |
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National Science Foundation (NSF) |
"Investigators are expected to share with other researchers, at no more than incremental cost and within a reasonable time, the primary data, samples, physical collections and other supporting materials created or gathered in the course of work under NSF grants. Grantees are expected to encourage and facilitate such sharing." |
Specific program guidance:
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