Putting the Fun in Data Management: Supporting University Research Data Sharing and Funder Policy Compliance

There is consensus across the research community: research data matters. Federal funding agencies have recently reinforced this position. As of January 2023, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) requires most of the 300,000 researchers and 2,500 institutions it funds annually to include a data management plan in their grant applications and to make their data publicly available. The release of the most recent OSTP Public Access Policy memo in August 2022 further emphasizes the importance of data management and sharing for all sponsored research. This new federal guidance has accelerated the need for institutions to build robust RDM support communities on their campuses. Presented at the National Council of University Research Administrators Region I Spring Meeting