Funders requirements for Research Data Management plans

An increasing number of research funders require that a data management plan already at the proposal stage or, at least, when the project is funded. Below are links to some of the most common funders and their policy about research data management.

Swedish Energy Agency

Nothing about research data management in the general terms and conditions. Special clauses can be stipulated in individual calls. 

Formas

You should make data and metadata from funded projects openly available in a repository. If you receive funding, you need to develop a plan for data management. The plan should not be sent to the funder, but you should register it in the diary at Karlstad University.

Forte

Nothing about research data management in the general terms and conditions. Special clauses can be stipulated in individual calls. 

Horizon 2020

A brief plan for handling research data must be included at the proposal stage. A detailed data management plan must be submitted within 6 months after the project has started. A template for Horizon Europe projects can be found in the tool DMPonline (select "European Commission" as "Funder" to access the template).

The Knowledge Foundation (KK-stiftelsen)

Nothing about research data management in the general terms and conditions. Special clauses can be stipulated in individual calls. 

Swedish Environmental Protection Agency 

Results from research funded by Swedish Environmental Protection Agency should be published with open access. A short description of the data management must be included in the application. All approved projects must have a data management plan in place at the start of the project. Do not submit the data management plan, but register it in the diary at Karlstad University.

Riksbankens jubileumsfond

Riksbankens jubileumsfond recommends that research data used as foundation for publications should be made openly available and recommends establishing a data management plan (DHP)  in in conjunction with the application; "A completed DHP is considered when RJ assesses the feasibility of the project, where there must be a realistic, relevant and anchored DHP that extends beyond the end of the project". (Riksbankens jubileumsfond).

Swedish Research Council

The Swedish Research Council has introduced requirements for data management plans for all granted projects. Therefore, the Research Data Groups support in developing a data management plan.

If you received a grant from the Swedish Research Council:

• Create the data management plan for your project by using the customized Karlstad University template available in DMP online.

• When you have drafted the DMP, select the "Request feedback" tab and click the "Request feedback" button. A member of the Research Data Group at Karlstad University will provide feedback and you will receive a notification when we have reviewed at your plan.

• Alternatively, you can export your plan as a PDF or word and send it to forskningsdata@kau.se.

• When the research data group has commented/answered and the plan is considered to be complete, it must be entered in the diary together with all other project documents under the same diary number. 
 

VINNOVA

Nothing about research data management in the general terms and conditions. Special clauses can be stipulated in individual calls.