In a statement released on October 29, the NIH announced the development of a new policy on data management and sharing for all researchers receiving NIH funding. The policy will require researchers to submit a data management plan as part of the budget justification section of their NIH funding application. The overall goal of this new policy is to ensure that data resulting from NIH-funded research is made accessible to the public. To achieve this, data management plans will require potential funding recipients to describe how they will responsibly organize, protect, and maintain research data while making it freely and easily accessible to the public.
This policy will not go into effect until January 25, 2023, allowing NIH-funded researchers time to bring their data management practices in line with the new policy.
Need help developing a data management plan? Feel free to contact the Himmelfarb Library’s Research Support Librarian, Tom Harrod (tph@gwu.edu) for assistance in this process.
